Do you remember the fairytale with the line…
“…and the dish ran away with the spoon.”?
I was wondering, “Did the spoon have a choice?” We always have a choice.
Somedays, I wonder if the dish ran off with my attention!
Are We Prisoners of Our Thoughts?
We don’t have to go to jail to experience captivity and have our [...]

When I started writing this article I didn’t plan on making this public, it was going to be an entry in my learning journal. I’ve decided to reveal it here hoping that sharing will provide other entrepreneurs insight.
All the entrepreneurs (including myself) I’ve worked with have had three skills in common:

Curiosity
Big Picture
Problem Solving

I didn’t always [...]

It takes a community to raise a child. I think it takes a world raise an entrepreneur. Let me tell you what I’m thinking about.
I’ve been working with Danielle Herb and Marianne St. Claire, they are a mother daughter team who’ve been developing a program called Drop Your Reins, you can find them at dropyourreins.com. [...]

Every entrepreneur and business owners has a dream. We each have a sense  of what we want from being an independent business owner. Freedom looks different to all of us.
Our priorities, goals, and dreams vary widely but we each have to deal with the same constant in business – change.
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Does your business fulfill your heart’s desire?
Sounds like a strange question doesn’t it? But really, shouldn’t the business serve it’s owners? I think owning a business is like enrolling into the greatest self development program in the world. It will force you to grow in ways that you never imagined. In my experience, successful business [...]

I like this definition of a harbor:
A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return – Sarah Orne Jewett
Mutual Give [...]

You might be thinking – you do not even know me, my history, or who I am!? How can you possibly claim such a bold statement?
Yes, we each look, act, and think differently. I can say this because I know myself and in truth we are not that much different. I know you can [...]

Did you notice the survey on the side bar on the right side of my blog? Please take a moment to answer, you will be glad you did. Unlike the other survey I ran, you can see the survey results immediately.
Why am I running a survey?
In the past I used to make a lot of [...]

Everywhere you go in Hawaii they talk about the land, the ocean, and the fish. They have a great respect and reverence for Mother Earth.
Hawaii changed my perspective on two business issues sustainability and responsibility.
Make no mistake, these two issues are not isolated only to Hawaii – they are just as applicable where you [...]

“Do we need more time? Or do we need to be more disciplined with the time we have?” – Kerry Johnson
The other day I wrote a post about time management and today ask the question “Do we need to Stop Managing Time and Manage Our Energy?”
Seems to me that what we do with our energy [...]