Understanding People/Building Customers

Understanding People/Building Customers

People are not one dimensional in their thinking about who they are and what matters most. People will determine their priorities by how they perceive “what matters most” at the particular moment in time when they are asked to examine priorities or offered...
5 Insights To Support Growth

5 Insights To Support Growth

Motivation Follows Action, Not the Other Way Around For a long time, we believed dopamine—the brain’s “feel-good” chemical—was a reward we got after completing a task . But recent groundbreaking research flipped the script. Dopamine spikes before we...
Business From Home

Business From Home

A huge percentage of the workforce has chosen to work from home. Work can be accomplished from anywhere, even the beach or park bench.   With the popularity of online shopping, the prevalence of social media use, the implementation of 5G networks, and the increasingly...
The Long Tail of U.S. Businesses

The Long Tail of U.S. Businesses

This article provides insights derived from Chris Anderson’s very popular book, The Long Tail. Applying The Long Tail concept to U.S. businesses, the “tail” represents millions of small actors – the 1099 independent contractors, contingent workers,...
Individual/Solo Entrepreneurship Can Be an Equalizer

Individual/Solo Entrepreneurship Can Be an Equalizer

There is a strong and growing trend toward an interest in income opportunities that are designed around two basic attributes: Easy to understand and do. Flexibility and freedom in how the work can be accomplished. The incredible growth of the gig economy is proof of...
Growth: The Most Important Key Performance Indicator

Growth: The Most Important Key Performance Indicator

The desire to grow is inherently within most of us. Most kids want to grow. Students typically want to grow and learn. Most adults want to learn more and experience more. As we take on various responsibilities in life and career, we learn to set goals and support them...
Financial Literacy Made Simple

Financial Literacy Made Simple

Suzie Orman is recognized as an authority on all things financial for a simple reason: She always makes it simple! Anyone who has ever experienced the opportunity to listen to Suzie in a live lecture will probably attest to the effectiveness of her coaching and the...
A Key Reason to Explore Entrepreneurship

A Key Reason to Explore Entrepreneurship

Whenever we experience any form of economic uncertainty, it is natural for workers to become much more sensitive to the relationships between inflation and wages. Workers do not have any control over inflation. The facts are: Most workers, in the traditional workplace...