If you are a small business owner or a sales professional, or perhaps, what I call a “solopreneur,” and you’ve survived the past couple years in the worst economic downturn in recent history, then you are looking for ways to take it to the next level – to not only survive, but to thrive! I believe online training or what we call eLearning can be an extremely valuable tool if used [...]

This is an article that I was asked to write for another blogger – a computer techie site.  It got so many good reviews and tweets that I thought y’all might want to read it as well.

If you have a lot of glare on your cpu monitor, it can be more than just annoying, [...]

There is power in words – always has been and always will be. No matter how sophisticated and “digital” we get, communication all boils down to words, and I don’t think real books are ever going away.

It’s the 4th of July weekend, and I pulled up the American Declaration of Independence [...]

I recently wrote an article about the top three email mistakes to avoid.  I want to continue along in the vein of how to use email properly.  Instead of what to avoid, I want to make this article geared toward what to DO.

Here are some of my best tips:

If your message is really short, [...]

If you are a small business owner or a sales professional, or perhaps, what I call a “solopreneur,” and you’ve survived the past couple years in the worst economic downturn in recent history, then you are looking for ways to take it to the next level – to not only survive, but [...]

// The use of email has become the norm for most of us today, both in our personal and professional lives. Your email is saying a lot more than you realize. Are you aware of the hidden messages you’re sending?

Here are three email errors you cannot afford to make:

1. Sloppy writing, poor spelling [...]

The fastest growing water sport in the world is “Dragon Boat Racing.” Every year in Myrtle Beach, the community gathers to watch these long skinny row boats that are over 40 feet long and weigh several hundred pounds skim over top of the water with amazing speed. The key [...]

Have you ever been instructed to strengthen your weaknesses?  It may sound like a good idea, but I wouldn’t bother.  Your time would be better spent strengthening your strengths and working around your weaknesses.  Ignore them completely, if at all possible.  Let’s take a look at sports and coaching.  Sports is the all-American microcosm of [...]

We hear a lot about goals and goal-setting…you know, how to be positive-minded, reaching for the stars and letting nothing interfere with achieving all that we’ve determined is our destiny.  But what if that’s not the right focus for some of us? Would that surprise anyone?  I would like to just throw out another way [...]

Years ago, I was taught in Sunday School about the Trinity – the great Three In One concept of God as Father, Spirit and Son.  I now like to think of it as Father, Mother and Son, but that’s another post for another day (or maybe not at all!) The thing [...]