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How to Step Up to Your Dreams in 2010
Attention Self-Employed and Small Business Owners: It just feels natural at the beginning of each year to reevaluate where you are in your life and in your business, especially since as a small business owner, the two are inseparable. If you feel like you’re not yet living up to your potential and you’re ready to end the struggling or frustration, then it’s time to step up to your dreams and commit to a small business strategy that works.
2009 Business Growth Strategy
This article shows you how to increase sales 26% in this economy. A must read for any business owner, sales manager, COO, CEO - anyone watching bottom line profits.
The Other Side of Fear
Yet once we face that fear - reach out for help - the relief is extraordinary.
Don't Let Those Assumptions Hold You Back!
How often do we not take a positive step forward because we assume we'll have to go through some fires to get there?
Monkey See, Monkey Do
The old idea of Monkey See, Monkey Do doesn't just apply to monkeys.
Is Can't Limiting Your Growth?
Replacing "We can't," with "What if?" is a big step toward releasing the status quo that's holding us back. Once we ditch that gravity, the sky can be our limit! 
What's Your Intent?
We can’t control the news media, the gurus, the drama queens and all the others. We can control our own intent.
Dissension in the Ranks
Popularity is not the most important part of a leader’s job description. Sometimes the decisions are tough. When we don’t step up and make the tough calls to ditch the dissension, our business and all of our employees suffer.
3 Steps for Leaders When the Customer is Wrong
Successful businesses don’t blindly follow others, even their biggest customers. Successful businesses listen and learn from their markets. And then they think for themselves.
Are you an 'And' or an 'Or'?
Our status quo training tells us that business is a battle. It's either us OR our supposed competitors. What opportunities are we missing because of that thinking?
Serving for Success
The elements of business success go far beyond simple bottom line calculations. Success comes from an attitude and focus on serving others, not just our balance sheets.
Time Honored Truths
Challenging our status quo beliefs, actions and processes is important as we reach for sustainable growth. The truths we hold dear may be holding us back. The truths we've forgotten, or ignored, may indeed be our key to success.
You Get What You Pay For!
Contraction is great for silly dollars. We all know there are ways to save and reduce spending, in our business and in our lives. But we must be conscious and selective about where we cut - and where we invest.
Gravity Happens
It's not just dinosaurs that get stuck in a tar pit of gravity. We can all get stuck in our status quo, without even seeing it coming. That's the tough thing about status quo and gravity; they're sneaky. Even the best of innovators can get stuck in gravity sometimes.
3 Steps to Avoid Gravity
Gravity’s a given – just like Change. But we get to choose how much Gravity we gather.
Will Your Sales Defy Gravity?
The world of professional sales is on the cusp of major change. This new reality simultaneously threatens and challenges us, but like it or not, things are changing. The question before us is, “Are we going to drive it, or become its victims?”
Who Says we Have to Choose?
As you create tactical plans, there’s often no need to choose between a number of great options. You can stage those options, evolve your plan to match the changing winds of the market - and win all those market opportunities for growth!
Competitive Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Nothing we do that follows our competitors will make us market leaders. We abdicate responsibility for our own success and empower the competition to define our future.
What You Really Need to Know About the Competition
When it comes right down to it, the only that really matters is what our buyers think. Focused customer assessment is the best way to learn the truth about ourselves, our competitors and what we really need to enhance our future success.
SNAP Out of Your Sales Status Quo
I'm thrilled to share this interview with Jill Konrath about her new Best Selling books, SNAP Selling.
We're Stuck!
In a world where skepticism rules, maybe the lesson we all need to learn from Maverick is that it's time we trusted more.
Too Many Balls
Trying to catch all the balls that might contribute to that goal won't propel us to growth. It will just wear us down.
When Good Enough…Isn’t
When it comes to the status quo, one phrase defines it and ensures it will continue.
That Zero Gravity Instinct
Does your business have that Zero Gravity instinct for growth.
The Thin Line
How do you react to the word manipulate? Probably not too positively. Manipulation is a bad thing, right? Yet we practice the art of persuasion every day in our businesses - and persuasion is a form of manipulation.
My First Defy Gravity Interview
Kimberly Bohannon or Go For Your Dream interviews Rebel Brown about Defy Gravity and how to grow your business.
But the Other Guys Have It!
Market leadership is not about being just like everyone else. Leadership is about defining (or clarifying) who and what our companies are, what value we bring and why that matters. It's about doing things that are special for our customers. Market leadership is about being unique.
5 Impeccable Ways to Grow Your Business
Integrity wins. So be impeccable with your word, even when it means admitting you can’t do it all. Customers will respect you for it. And respect is the basis of any great relationship. 
Zero Gravity Business Principle # 5: Responsibility
We need to change the way we define success - in business and our personal lives. Those definitions create some of the biggest and most dangerous Gravity around.
Assumptions
How often do assumptions step in to define our beliefs, our actions and our very lives? We all know the old rule about what happens when we assume. Yet, I find in my own life that no matter how much I say I won't make assumptions - I still do.
A Recipe for Change
When we challenge the status quo, we do so for one reason… to bring change. We are driven to solve a personal challenge, a business challenge, or something bigger. Moving from where we are to where we need to be is the goal. Recently, a friend sent me a copy of a new book called The Recipe: a fable for leaders and teams by Amilya Antonetti. This is not your typical business book full of leadership theory or case studies and models.
Horizons of Opportunity
Opportunity is all around us. That’s why we need to focus.
I Need Some Help
How often do you ask for help from others? If you're like me, it's a hard thing to do. Many of us are taught that asking for help equates to not being capable, to admitting some kind of flaw or weakness.
3 Simple Shifts to Success in the New Economy
History has proven that the best opportunities for success come on the heels of an economic dip. Now is the time to shift your thinking and your actions. When you shift your focus from Gravity to Growth - your business will do the same.
Ready. Set. Check!
Only when we continuously and consciously shift our perspectives - from Gravity to Growth, from Known to New - will we reach for and attain sustainable growth.
The Gravity of Doing
Taking stock, reflecting on our business, its opportunities and issues - being in the reality of our business versus doing and doing and more doing - that's the way to Defy Gravity thinking and see with a fresh perspective. We simply cannot be in our reality, see our truth - when we are so busy doing.
2011 Business Growth Strategy #4: Check Your Business Model
We all know our business models inside and out, right? We know where we make money, where we lose money, where we invest and recently, where we tighten our belts. But are we really executing on the best business model for growth?
How to Leverage Your Unique Brilliance with “Brand Multiplication”
Tired of working so hard to get your products sold? Do you have a proven concept, program or product that could be successful in new markets? Then you may be a candidate for a brand multiplication program (otherwise known as licensing, certifying or reselling your unique brilliance.) Wi
Are you a Chameleon?
I caught myself doing the chameleon these past few weeks. Instead of following my own voice - I was patterning some of the folks I most admire. Not necessarily a bad thing - but still a chameleon move.
How to Develop Your Small Business: 3 Overlooked Strategies
Do you want marketing methods that are cost effective, yield excellent results and can be utilized easily? Here are 3 methods for growing your business that will help you create stability and profitability.
Competing With Price-Smart Strategy or Business Suicide?
Can you achieve a true competitive advantage by having the lowest price in your market segment? And once you've established that position, can you defend it against price cuts by bloodthirsty rivals? And is it a viable business growth strategy? Read on to find out!

The Greatest Business Growth Strategy
Let’s get straight to the point: if you have any hope of building a successful business, then you must be able to answer this question: what makes your company different from everyone else? The answer you give is vital, not only to your success, but it will be a critical factor in determining whether your prospective client wants to use you above everyone else!

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Building From Your Core
Why have only 7% of all businesses hit double digit growth during the past 10 years, while 93% have plateaued or are struggling? Why are 3 out of every 4 business growth strategies failing today? These startling statistics drive home the same message for both large and small businesses. The “old-style” growth strategy -- ie., launch ... sell as rapidly as possible ... diversify ... go international ... pursue the next hot opportunity ... repeat as necessary -- no longer works. What do the handful of today’s high growth businesses know that the others don’t? Read this article and learn their secret.
5.2 Is it factor accumulation or total factor productivity that drives growth in Africa?: Economic Report on Africa 2007
To investigate the link between growth and diversification, it was important to first quantify the contribution of TFP to economic growth. This section analyses the sources of growth for African countries using the standard growth accounting method, making it possible to disaggregate the shares of growth contributed by TFP, capital and labour. Growth in output is the sum of the growth in capital, labour and TFP. Capital accumulation is an essential element in the growth process, as it enlarges the economy’s capacity to produce. Increases in labour or labour force have traditionally been considered a positive factor in stimulating economic growth.
Going for Growth
Growth has become Africa's new development strategy, according to panellists at the plenary session. They believe that the high growth rates being experienced by many countries can be sustained through political stability and good macroeconomic policies. However, it is also true that high oil and commodity prices had helped to push up the continent's growth rate to a 30 year high of 5.5% in 2005.

What is "sustainable growth"?
Everyone wants growth. Even if individual approaches vary - in strategy, style, culture or speed - few directors really want to see a reduction in revenue, and fewer want a reduction in profit. We all want more: even when our aspirations have evolved to include a "triple bottom-line" of "people, planet and profit". There are certainly some independents who want to work fewer days per year. Even they however still want to achieve more in those days that they do work, and wish to secure their future pipeline of customers. Before exploring the benefits of sustainable growth, let's begin by understanding what "sustainable business growth" actually means in practice. We can summarise this in nine key characteristics:

Take Control and Increase Growth Article 2 of 4
The purpose of this article is to help business owners understand the key daily decisions that influence dependence on external funding and either limit or expand the growth potential of a business. There are essentially 4 decisions: 1) cash; 2) people; 3) strategy; and 4) execution. This article (#2) addresses how your decisions about people affect growth and identifies 6 ideas for growing your business.
Business and Sales Growth Secrets for 2009
The jury is still out about our current economy. Some say we will be experiencing a mild recession and others say we are on the brink of a depression. It doesn’t matter where you fall in the debate, one thing is certain, business growth is not as easy as it once was. If you have been reading the news headlines, many CEO’s are focused on cutting costs and laying off employees. This does help short term profitability, however these actions are precisely the wrong strategy to take if you want to grow your company in a bad economy. CEO’s who want to increase sales, profit margins and drive new business growth in 2009 should consider the following top 5 business growth success secrets.
Take Control and Increase Growth – Article 3
The purpose of this article is to help business owners understand the key daily decisions that influence dependence on external funding and either limit or expand the growth potential of a business. There are essentially 4 decisions: 1. cash; 2. people; 3. strategy; and 4. execution. This article (#3) addresses strategy, which is the primary driver of growth. If you are not growing in the top tier of your industry segment you have a strategy problem. In this article are ideas to help you develop your strategy.
The Double-Win: Six Factors For Achieving Sustained Growth in the Top-line and Profitability
Achieving and then sustaining top-line growth requires sound strategy and a lot of hard work. Quarter-over-quarter revenue growth is strong evidence of an organization with a well-conceived strategy that has achieved operational excellence in areas like new customer acquisition, existing customer retention and innovation in product/service value creation. But what about achieving sustained profitability when growing the top line? That can be more challenging. This article explores six important factors needed for positioning your organization for the double-win of sustained growth and profitability.
Customer Service-What Could You Do With an Extra Half-a-Million Dollars?
Could customer service trump sales as a growth strategy of your company. There are many good companies but few superior, when it comes to customer retention. Here is a plan that will double your growth.

Using Awards For Better Publicity
Does your business strategy includes using awards for better publicity? Do you use the process of applying awards to check and refine your business strategy? In terms of publicity, being nominated for an award can be just as helpful as winning the award. Industry specific awards are a gauge of your company performance to your customers and the business community in general. Your business will benefit from finding the right awards and making an effort to include these in your plans for growth.
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