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Chaos, Confusion & Catastrophe: The Three C’s of Small Business
I just have to get this out of my system. I have had so many negative experiences n the past few weeks with “service companies” who simply have no idea -- none, zilch, completely vacuously zero – of what service is, that I simpl could not restrain myself from writing about it and sharing it with you, given how committed you are to fulfilling the vision of entrepreneurship.
Controlling Chaos During Expansion
Chaos, confusion and catastrophe are what Michael Gerber of Entrepreneur Magazine calls “The Three C’s of Business Failure.” It is not uncommon for a small business to be plagued with chaos. The best advice is to take control before chaos becomes habit. “Most small businesses are a hopeless mess,” Gerber says. Disorganization and confusion are irritating, but worst of all, they cost your business money. Chaos eats away at productivity and, ultimately, profits. How can you steer your business clear of chaos?
The Silver Lining of Losing Your Job - 8 Upbeat Ideas
Could there be a silver lining to the crisis of losing your job? Actually there are several.
Fiesty Service: Prescription for Gloomy Times
Feisty is the source of initiative, drive and growth. It gets people out of bed and off to work early despite the dour news on the tube. It turns sleep walking, indifferent service people into joy carriers. It puts a smile on their face and a skip in their step--even in moments of doubt. Customers have always loved feisty service-service with spirit and enthusiasm. Today's customers need feisty service!

Taglines Passe? Try Six-Word Memoirs.
I recently listened to an interview by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser (who compiled Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure) on National Public Radio. The basis of their compilations was the legend that when asked to write a six-word novel, novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Cold Calling Should Not Create the Sales Catastrophe of Becoming a Commodity
Do you need more sales as service professional whether you are a business consultant, sales coach, financial advisor, insurance agent or realtor? Are you making those necessary cold calls? Did you ever think that you are potentially creating a sales catastrophe of becoming a commodity?
Don't Allow the Economic Crisis to Infect Your Sales
The crisis that devastated Wall Street has now infected every sector in the market. Plus it’s spread to every corner of the world. If you allow it the crisis will infect your sales possibly putting you out of business.

African Brands
The question of whether Africa can or should be promoted as a brand, or whether this will better be done by promoting individual products and countries, developed into a theme during this session.

How To Disaster-Proof Your Business
How much pain would your business feel if suddenly you couldn’t email your clients? What if you lost your correspondence file or your phone lost its dial tone? We tend to avoid thinking about a business catastrophe until it hits close to home. And when problems hit, we need them fixed yesterday and are willing to pay a lot to make them go away.

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THE BRAND AS JIHAD
Some mornings she would wake up positively dying for a ciggie, and she would think she didn’t have any, and she’d walk angrily through the house only to find that, yes, Douglas had hidden a pack away somewhere just for this emergency. He had seen enough times her mood swing into darkness when she learned there was not a Kent for her to smoke anywhere in the house. Cigarettes, Douglas had quickly discovered, were a reliable pacifier, that major catastrophe could be averted if he made certain there was always a smoke to be had. He also quickly learned that her first two hours of the day were delicate, barometric and tentative, and that she reacted badly to any intrusions in her routine. He took to setting her a place at the table each morning, having the kettle hot, and a cup and spoon and the instant coffee out and ready for her.
How To Disaster-Proof Your Business
How much pain would your business feel if suddenly you couldn’t email your clients? What if you lost your correspondence file or your phone lost its dial tone? We tend to avoid thinking about a business catastrophe until it hits close to home. And when problems hit, we need them fixed yesterday and are willing to pay a lot to make them go away.
I learned a Life Lesson from My Car
As long as something is still working, at least barely, we don’t put the time or energy there at all. We live with mediocrity rather than shooting for greatness. We limp along rather than soaring. We put time and energy into a band aid but nothing more. And if we are lucky, a smaller issue will pop up to give us a wake up call before catastrophe strikes. So, what in your life needs more attention? Where do you need a wake up call?
Midlife and Catastrophe Consciousness
The mathematical concept of 'catastrophe' suggests a sudden, irreversible change within a dynamic system. In midlife, we face the ultimate catastrophe.
Coping with Financial Catastrophe
There are few things outside ourselves that are actually under our control. How we deal with catastrophe shows our expertise in midlife mastery.
Sliding Downhill - from Commitment to Denial
The path of least resistance will inevitably lead to catastrophe. Midlife demands a constant recommitment to living a balanced life.
Cold Calling Should Not Create the Sales Catastrophe of Becoming a Commodity
Do you need more sales as service professional whether you are a business consultant, sales coach, financial advisor, insurance agent or realtor? Are you making those necessary cold calls? Did you ever think that you are potentially creating a sales catastrophe of becoming a commodity?
What You Want vs. What You Need
Real failure leads directly to transition. Real failure at midlife leads to transformation. When you finally reach that moment of desperation when all your best thoughts and efforts lead you to the brink of catastrophe (and perhaps over), you may then be ready to let go of what you want in favor of what you need.
How self talk can account for 90% of your success in your home based business.
Life is meant to be wonderful – we don’t ask for much: a good steady income, a perfect relationship, a happy family life, financial security, good health and happiness. So why is it that most of us during the course of our lives, never ever achieve even one of these things? Is it fate? Is it karma? Are our lives decided on the date of conception? Is our birth date and time auspicious or inauspicious? What causes some of us to have and others to have not? It comes down to the way you think and your ability to imagine. Why does it usually take a catastrophe or some major disappointment for us to want to make changes to our lives? We get bogged down in the practical, in the mundane and the minutae of our lives and being creatures of habit, never think about making changes. What a waste of a life - accepting mediocrity.
Controlling Chaos During Expansion
Chaos, confusion and catastrophe are what Michael Gerber of Entrepreneur Magazine calls “The Three C’s of Business Failure.” It is not uncommon for a small business to be plagued with chaos. The best advice is to take control before chaos becomes habit. “Most small businesses are a hopeless mess,” Gerber says. Disorganization and confusion are irritating, but worst of all, they cost your business money. Chaos eats away at productivity and, ultimately, profits. How can you steer your business clear of chaos?
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