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Category Archives: business
Why you need to be comfortable with adversity
Your average small business owner deals with adversity on a regular basis. It’s part of running a business. Learning to be comfortable with adversity is an important characteristic for a business owner to cultivate. Adversity challenges and teaches us to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, boundaries, business, Work-life balance
Tagged adversity, business development, failing forward, Taylor Ellwood
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The solution is the sale
Many business owners have a tendency to focus on their services and products to the point that they sell the service or product without considering that what they are really selling is the solution. Your service or product may provide … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, business, Sales
Tagged business development, Sales, sales solution, services, Taylor Ellwood
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The Importance of Changing Your Mind
I think that one of the hardest actions a business owner can take is changing his/her mind about a project s/he loves or about his/her business. But a successful business owner is never so married to a project or service … Continue reading
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Tagged business development, change, flexibility, Taylor Ellwood
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The value of failing forward
I’m reading an interesting book called Rebounders by Rick Newman. He provides case studies of people who are very resilient and choose to use failures to learn from their mistakes. In other words, they fail forward. Obviously this is a desirable … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, business
Tagged adaption, business development, business strategies, Fail forward, Problem solving, rebounders, Rick Newman, Taylor Ellwood
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What is joy and wealth in business?
Over the last seven months I’ve been taking a class on small business management. One of the prevalent themes has been measuring your joy and wealth in your business, and in your life. When I think about the words joy … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, business, Work-life balance
Tagged business development, joy, self-employment, Taylor Ellwood, wealth
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