a friend of mine wrote a book called Modern Pirates. Modern Pirates is the number one resource for those individuals who own or manage any company–irregardless of its size. Pirates is the primary operational resource for software asset management and compliance assurance professionals as well as an excellent vehicle for use in “educating” executive management [...]

Guidelines for Writing Practice from A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves © 1999 1. Keep writing. Don’t stop to edit, to rephrase, to think. Don’t go back and read what you’ve written until you’ve finished. 2. Trust your pen. Go with the first image that appears. 3. Don’t judge your writing. Don’t compare, [...]

Because there are so many great small business issues to discuss, I want to get more focused and focus on what you want to read about. If you have a question you wanted answered, I created a form http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/ask-the-business-coach-form.html for you fill out. There are no required fields on the form but if you post [...]

The life of a startup can be precarious, a wrong turn disastrous. Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley discusses the most frequent flops made by entrepreneurs, everything from hiring the wrong lawyer to puffing up the business plan. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3348.html Ron Finklestein * info@yourbusinesscoach.net * Phone: 1-330-990-0788 * fax: 1-330-865-6922 My website: http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net * My BLOG: [...]

Seven Steps to Creating the Life You Want My studies have shown that there are seven behaviors that all successful people exhibit. This attitude and behaviors include being: Selfish Focused Disciplined Persistent Take Ownership Results Oriented People Focused Selfish: When I talk about successful people being selfish I am not referring to the childish behavior [...]

How does a Successful Person Grow Successful Business? By Ron Finklestein How does a successful person grow a successful company? It’s such a provocative question that it prompted me to do some research. Despite the bad news we so often hear about businesses closing or moving, I found some encouraging news. After interviewing and working [...]

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Always give a reason Here is a little psychological trick that can make all the difference when you are trying to get someone to do what you want: Just say “because.” In his blockbuster book, The Art of Influence, Robert Cialdini describes an experiment he conducted where a student with a stack of papers approaches [...]

The contents for this article came from a speech given by Alan Brunton. I am going to present the material in outline form for ease of reading. A. Principle One: Maximize Your Chance Opportunities a. Lucky people build and maintain a strong network of luck b. Lucky people have a relaxed attitude towards life c. [...]

I am one of the founders of this event and I apologies to my READERS who do not live in Northeast Ohio for this post is for Northeast Ohio companies only. I would encourage everyone to attend this event on 11/2 if you are interested in what companies do and how they do it to [...]