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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Are Celebrities worth what they are paid?

So I get Forbes magazine in the mail for FREE…. (for some reason I have no clue why I get it but I am ok with that : )) and this month’s issue was about Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List.   This list talks about not only the income that these celebrities make but also ranks [...]

Hooray for Steve Jobs!

I am a sharer of value and a gentlemen that I have met before while living in Kansas City runs an organization called Integrity Resource Center and he provides an Integrity Moment via email that relates how business owners and professionals relate Integrity in the Workplace.  I thought this latest one was a great testiment to [...]

Proactive vs Reactive Attitude

OK so I have been very busy with you name it in working a business from the ground up and I honestly haven’t made time to blog lately but I am offically BACK!   I want to take a moment to talk about the difference between being proactive vs reactive and explain what I perceive are the [...]

No More Free Networks on Ning – Still Plenty of Other Freebies out there!

The social networking platform Ning announced a couple weeks ago that it was making some substantial changes to the company. The news, coming just one month after Jason Rosenthal replaced Gina Bianchini as CEO, was sour for both employees and for many users of the service. Ning will cut 70 jobs and will end free subscriptions to [...]

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