3 Tips to Build Wealth Independent of Your Business
As a business owner you know that your “job” is to build a business, not a job. But as a financially responsible individual your job is to also build wealth independent of your business. Too many business owners forget this critical lesson and end up paying a dear price. In today’s post I want to Continue…
Oops…Did you miss out on some tax deductions on your tax return?
Our email last week seemed to have struck a chord with a lot of you because we have received tons of emails and phone calls. A lot of you felt that you paid more in taxes this year than you were expecting to and also felt that you may have made some of the common Continue…
Short Cut to Building a Level Three Business
Have you ever dreamed of building a business you could sell for millions? Or of growing your business to the point where you could transition completely out of the day-to-day operations and own it passively? If you’re like most business owners this just sounds too good to be true–it feels almost impossible to build a Continue…
The 8 Key Contract Clauses When Buying an Investment Property
Earlier in the week one of our consulting clients asked me several questions about an investment property she was buying. As we got to talking I thought that you might find it very valuable if I shared the “contract lessons” I’ve learned about 8 clauses you must have in your agreement when buying an investment Continue…
Control Is a Trap (business owner beware!)
I hope you are having a great weekend with your family. Heather and I just hung out at home with Matthew and Adam earlier today. In this eLetter want to focus on something that really made a difference on a recent coaching call I did with a dozen of our consulting clients – the idea Continue…
10 Must Have Financial Controls for Your Business
How many business owners do you know who have had an employee or partner steal money from them? Has it ever happened to you? Today I am going to share with you 10 “must have” financial controls to protect yourself and your business. These 10 controls come out of my last book, Build a Business, Continue…
How Will You Play Today?
I have a belief that how we as business owners do anything says a whole lot about the way we do everything, that you play like you practice. So how will you play today in your business? Will you step up and do the work to take your business to the next level even if Continue…
Simple Test to Determine Which Level Your Business Is At
Wouldn’t it help to have a concrete road map through the entire lifecycle of your business from launch to exit? Well today is your lucky day because I’m going to share with you a short, short summary of this road map. We call it the “Level Three Road Map.” A Level One business is a Continue…
The One Story Every Business Owner Must Know How to Tell (Your Core Story)
Today I wanted to share a very powerful concept that every business owner not only needs to know about, but also needs to use. It’s called creating your “Core Story”, and it’s the single most important way for you to give your employees, your clients, your prospective clients, and your market place a clear, coherent Continue…
Is Your Staff Doing Things Right?
On Thursday I was talking with a consulting program client about how to make sure that her staff was doing things the right way. Something I said shocked her. I said “Control is a trap.” Now you have to understand that I happen to be a control FREAK! One very painful lesson I’ve learned as Continue…