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Sep
6

Grow A Service Business Creatively

Grow A Service Business Creatively I have just received an advance copy of Michael Michalko’s new book Cre­ative Thinker­ing and, not sur­pris­ingly, it got me thinking. Not just in a cre­ative way, but about cre­ativ­ity and its place in busi­ness generally. Now, most pro­fes­sional ser­vice providers don’t think a lot about cre­ativ­ity, unless their busi­ness demands it (in adver­tis­ing, for exam­ple). They tend to...
Feb
13

The Curse of Complexity: Afraid To Be Simple

The Curse of Complexity: Afraid To Be Simple If you’re orga­niz­ing a busi­ness and want to be suc­cess­ful, answer some of the big, sup­pos­edly sim­ple, ques­tions first. Then, and only then, do you put the more com­plex mechan­ics of busi­ness oper­a­tion in place. Recently I’ve been work­ing with sev­eral young pro­fes­sional ser­vice com­pa­nies that are try­ing to cre­ate spe­cific online spaces to mar­ket and...
Jul
20

Solve Those Disruptive Problems That Kill Productivity!

Solve Those Disruptive Problems That Kill Productivity! Prob­lems, real or imag­ined, can dis­rupt your work and rob you of pro­duc­tiv­ity. Here are some ways to deal with prob­lems and get back on track. One of the …uh.…problems with being an inde­pen­dent advi­sor or solo entre­pre­neur is that your new life involves a lot of problems. This is even more the case when you’re an agent, con­sul­tant, coach or other pro­fes­sional who is...
Jul
13

Bullet-Proof Your Decisions

Bullet-Proof Your Decisions Deci­sion mak­ing can be a wrench­ing exer­cise for entre­pre­neurs. Even though they have to make deci­sions con­stantly, they’re never quite sure if they’re right. Often their fears are real­ized and they have to either start all over again, or make extreme course cor­rec­tions. But there is a method­ol­ogy to mak­ing solid decisions. Like most peo­ple in busi­ness, inde­pen­dent...
Jul
4

Beat Analysis Paralysis Once And For All

Beat Analysis Paralysis Once And For All Every inde­pen­dent pro­fes­sional busi­ness oper­a­tor suf­fers from analy­sis paral­y­sis occa­sion­ally. Worse, it hap­pens more often in an inde­pen­dent busi­ness than it does in a cor­po­rate gig where deci­sions are often made in a team set­ting. When you’re an inde­pen­dent, the rhythms of busi­ness oper­a­tion mean that when you’re try­ing to fig­ure out some...

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