Leadership Lessons from Ants

Do you want to make a difference?  Do want to contribute to society, provide more value to your business/occupation, to your community, to the society as a whole?
I suggest paying attention to the metaphor of the ant. 
It is amazing that one of the smallest of God’s creature can become one of His Greatest teachers.  The [...]

What’s your Brain Diet for 2011 look like?

It’s good to watch what goes into my mouth, for my physical well being.  And I know as a busy person I should probably do that better, but I’m more concerned with what goes into my brain: my brain diet.
So I’m making a few dietary adjustments for 2011.
As a reader, I like to study everything and [...]

When to Get In, Get Out and say No Thank you

As a “value-added” blogger I like to create articles about two things. 
1.  Some of the things people are going through everyday in their everyday lives (including myself)
2.  And educating business owners and investors on how to create more successful ventures 
But, every time I write a blog post, a number of people always comment that the old [...]

Christmas…. What does it mean to you?

Decorations are peaking out of every nook and cranny.
Festive times with your ole grandpa and granny.
Cinnamon and spices in the air.
Christmas trees and lights brighten the sky.
Family and friends gather with gifts under trees.
Sharing, caring and laughter are near.
Decorations are nice but fade with the time and sometimes I have to reflect and ask
“What is the [...]

Powerful Beyond Measure

Great short video on understanding your power. 
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest is fear is that we are powerful beyond measure!
Being focus on a goal is one thing.  Understanding your true power is another!  Thanks @CurtMaly for this reminder!

Recording & Outlined Notes of Facebook’s Live Event (Thanks 24/7 Entrepreneur)

Wow.  How fast does Social Media change?  It changes everyday and I work on keeping up but honestly it isn’t my “job” to do so nor do I focus on providing social media marketing advice or consulting.
Therefore, knowing everything about everything is completely impossible. 
I want and encourage all social media enthusiasts, real estate investors, brokers, [...]

Nebraska vs K-State (for the last time)

Many of us Nebraskans hate to see it go.  The rivalry with the Kansas teams just a state below us (to the south that is) and that is nothing short to compare with games of the past with rival Kansas State. 
Check it out from years past:
1998- (1)Kansas St 40, (11)Nebraska 30 – “The Facemask”
A game [...]

Do Mortgage Rates today beat tax credit benefits? Yep

Homebuyers today can potentially save several times more money in interest costs than buyers who took out a mortgage in early April and claimed an $8,000 homebuyer tax credit. Yet buyers, who rushed to meet the April 30 deadline for the federal tax credits, appear much less eager to borrow at the lowest interest rates [...]

Contractors, home inspectors indicted in carbon monoxide death in family

A contractor and a building inspector have been indicted on homicide charges in connection with shoddy ventilation work that led to the 2008 carbon-monoxide poisoning of a Denver family at an Aspen-area vacation home.
Marlin Brown, owner of Roaring Fork Plumbing & Heating, and now- retired City of Aspen building inspector Erik [...]

Using Foursquare For Business to Business Marketing? Yep!

Foursquare, launched in 2009, is a hot mobile social media platform self-described as a “friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you for doing interesting things.” 
So far Foursquare has been very successful with

Individual users
Media outlets, such as The New York Times and The History Channel
B2C (Business to Consumer) companies, like Starbucks and McDonald’s

But [...]

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