Notes From the Messy Middle

Strategic thinking for Stage II owners. The growth phase no one warns you about.

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Strategy & Planning

Small Business Goals: The Only Thing You Need to Know to Set & Achieve Them

Small business goal achievement is a challenge. In fact, more than 80 percent of the 300 small business owners surveyed

Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning

What makes one business thrive while another flounders with goal achievement? What qualities and characteristics are common among goal achievers?

Ownership & Entrepreneurship

I personally know what an MLM feels like. I was involved in one – successfully I might add – until

Growth & Scaling, Mindset & Resilience

We live in a world of extremes. We have extreme skiing, extreme skydiving, and extreme snowboarding. And, for small business

Mindset & Resilience

Stress! It’s the constant companion of most of us as small business owners. It’s the mental and physical response to

Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning

Isn’t it astonishing when you consider that the year is coming to a close? It was only last week –

Mindset & Resilience

Did you experience it? I sat on the edge of my chair, glued to the game, yelling as if I

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