From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying

November 13, 2009

In 1994, The Shawshank Redemption was released against the likes of Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction.  Ironically, even though the latter two took home plenty of Academy Awards, the former ranks higher on many critics’ lists of the all-time greatest movies.
In the poignant scene just before his escape, Andy Dufresne talks with his friend Red [...]

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You’ll Never Guess who Invented Windows

November 10, 2009

It wasn’t Windows or even Apple.

It was actually Xerox working out of a research center in California. While they were at it they also invested the mouse.
What’s your passion? Are you doing something about it?

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The Middle will Crush Your Business

November 9, 2009

Wal-Mart has a killer business because their prices are low.  They’re the best at low prices and no one can beat them in a price war.
Saddleback Leather is expensive but they’re the best.  No one can compete with their quality and their 100 year guarantee (or Dave’s wit and sense of humor — buy the [...]

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Perfection Leads to Procrastination

November 8, 2009

I used to fail all the time.  I’d plan and plan then step back, analyze and plan some more trying to get it perfect.  I planned so much trying to get things perfect that I’d never make anything happen.
Most of my clients try to plan their businesses, products, and services to 100% before launching.  They [...]

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You Don’t Stop Struggling when You Make it Big

November 7, 2009

It takes a lot of financial backing to make to the presidency of the United States. You spend years of hard work (some say a lifetime) to get there. You sacrifice through long hours, dinners away from family and other family activities. It’s a lot of work but for those become elected [...]

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Bill Gates didn’t have Computer Access

November 5, 2009

At 13 years old Bill Gates snuck out of the house nearly every night for the only computer access he could find at the time.  The year was 1968 and he would set his alarm so he could arrive to the lab at 3 am.  He’d do his thing until 6am and then sneak back [...]

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Surprise! College Costs a Fortune

November 3, 2009

Always have a box of tissues handy when you talk to parents about the rising cost of college tuition.  The inflation rate for college tuition is about 7% nowadays.  If you’re wondering if that seems high, it’s because the average inflation rate for consumer goods is around 4% per year.
Based on this math, a school [...]

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Best Reasons to go on a Cruise

November 3, 2009

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that we’re hosting a No More Mondays cruise in February, 2010.  Of course we’d really love to have you join us, but more importanty we’ve been collecting many reasons to go.  Most of them have been kind of funny.
If you have a good reason to go on a cruise [...]

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Image Success Series – Your Clothes

November 3, 2009

What you think of yourself is not necessarily what others think of you. This kicks off our Image Success Videos series. What you wear matters. It may not be right, but people judge regardless.

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Money gets in the way

November 2, 2009

A recent News & Observer article highlighted a “successful” father who was fired from his job after adopting his youngest child from Russia.
While there’s much to the actual story, Jim Dotson was, from the outside, very successful in his career. Jim’s job at Pfizer as a salesman had him earning $250,000 per year before [...]

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