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Episode #92 – You Say You’re Busy… Why? Triage Your Business Problems by Setting a Goal.

June 04, 2017 • audio blog • Business owner motivation • fame vs fortune • goal setting • goals • how do i find more time • im so busy • marketing • Planning • small business owner advice • small business owner tip • Success tips • time managrment • triage problems • Two Minute Commute • two minute commute podcast

What is making you so busy? Try this. Just stop everything. Right now…Just stop. Sometime you’ve got to triage. You know triage… the process of looking at the problems you face and deciding which of three categories they get grouped in; 1) problems that are likely to succeed without your intervention 2) problems likely to […]

Episode #91 – Technology Back Up Plan! What Will You Do When the Internet Stops?

June 03, 2017 • always have a backup • audio blog • backup your files • hotspot • marketing • Planning • Real world • small business advice • small business tip • Success tips • the internet doesn't work • the internet stopoed • Two Minute Commute • work with my dad

I broke the internet. Yep. It was me. This started Thursday when I got a call from my dad that his email wasn’t working. Seeing as how we’re a family business, yours truly is “tech support”. He’s learned to unplug/plug-in the modem. Shut down/restart his computer. Then call me. Most of the time the mailbox […]

Episode #88 – Find Humor If You Can’t Solve the Problem

May 31, 2017 • audio blog • cell phone • flip phone • marketing • Real world • small business advice • small business tip • solve problems with humor • Success tips • tablet • Two Minute Commute • working with your dad • working with your parents

“I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it” – F.Clark The one day my dad was very busy at work. (Remember we’re a family business so we work together) – Anyway, he was trying to get several things done at the same time, he picked up the […]

Episode #86 – Warning! Don’t Hire This Person! “Adulting is Hard”

May 29, 2017 • adulting is hard • audio blog • branding • Business owner motivation • don't hire this person • employment • google before you hire • googling people • hiring • how to hire and research people • i can't adult today • marketing • small business owner tip • Social marketing • subject matter expert • Two Minute Commute

“I Can’t Adult Today” – Yep. That’s what her T-shirt read. I saw this and thought… OK, I’ll be honest… I thought this after my initial disgust and judgement of her as a person… but I did get around to this thought. Would she wear a shirt that says, “I am immature, irresponsible, flighty, and […]

Episode #85 – Get Ahead of Your Business Cycle!

May 28, 2017 • audio blog • business cycle • Business owner motivation • get ahead • marketing • marketing cycle • Planning • recretainment • small business owner • small business tip • timing • Two Minute Commute

There’s a reason you can’t bet on a horse race from two weeks ago. Because it already happened! It’s the same reason you can’t buy home insurance after the fire. Or the reason Halloween candy costs more on October 27 than it does on November 5. It’s all about timing. Timing is one thing that […]