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Careful What You Wish For

by Matthew Best An interesting thing happened to me this past week. One day this past week I was attempting to get out the door to do some work at Panera, otherwise called my office away from my office. The kids were asking me tons of questions, one of the cats had just done something unmentionable outside the litter box, the baby started to cry - we have a pretty full house, so all this is pretty normal. I was a bit frustrated though. I was frustrated because I was concerned that I wouldn't h… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on June 28, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Internal vs. External

by Matthew Best This past week I listened to the book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. I really enjoyed the book. The authors explored areas that most people never even begin to think about and ask questions that no one else is asking. The theme that I took away from the book was the internal vs. the external. The authors gave several examples of how so many external things really have no impact on the outcome of people. For example - The authors cited a study that was conduct… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on June 12, 2009 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Burn the Boats

by Matthew Best Andy Andrews, an author and motivational speaker, tells a story about Hernan Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador who went in search of and captured a large Aztec treasure. Before he left for the New World, he gathered the troops he would need and told them the story of how their life would change after they captured the treasure. The day finally came for Cortes and his troops to sail. Each day on the journey he told his troops the same story about the gold and how it would… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on June 5, 2009 at 10:20pm — 1 Comment

Lessons from the Beach

by Matthew Best We took a short family vacation to the beach this past week. I love the beach. Even in the relaxation and the hustle of vacations, there are lessons to be pay attention to. First lesson - taking time away. I am convinced that entrepreneurs and business owners and decision makers spend way too much time working. Believe me, I've been there. I understand - there's lots to be done and it's your business, so you invest a gre… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on May 31, 2009 at 8:22am — No Comments

What's Your Niche?

by Matthew Best So, what's your niche? It's quite an intimidating question isn't it? I find that very few people can truly identify what their niche is completely. Most entrepreneurs struggle with the idea of defining a niche - they are creative people and see any limitation, even if it's self-imposed, as a violation of their freedom. Can you see how this m… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on May 23, 2009 at 1:46pm — 1 Comment

Working On Your Business

by Matthew Best You've heard the question before - Are you working in or on your business? The idea being that we do a lot of the technical parts of our business and we don't invest enough time working on the business strategy and focus. This past week, I took time away from the technical activities o… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on May 13, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Are You Confusing The Tool with The Real Deal?

by Matthew Best I had a great conversation this week about confusing the tools in our lives with the real deal - the goal we are looking to accomplish. What I mean is that so often we forget that a tool is just a tool, not the thing that is actually important. Yet how often do we attach so much importance and significance to the tool that we lose sight of this? All of a sudden the tool overshadows the… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on May 7, 2009 at 10:08pm — No Comments

Are You In Control?

by Matthew Best

For the past week I've been focusing on the idea of control. So often we ask questions that relate to control - "Who's in control here?" or "What's the process?" or "What results should I expect?" Often, control and predictability go hand-in-hand. We get caught up in the idea of being in control. Think of times when you are not in contr… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on May 3, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Endings and Beginnings

by Matthew Best

It's been said that beginnings are often disguised at painful endings. Take a look around you at life cycles. The ending of business or personal relationships. The ending of a job or the "failure" of a business. The ending of a sporting event. These are all endings, bu… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on April 25, 2009 at 12:35am — No Comments

What’s the Principle?

by Matt Best I've been doing a great deal of reading lately. I've read books and authors such as Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations published in 1776, David Hume, also a 1700's author, Alexis DeTocqueville's Democracy in America, published in the mid 1800's, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and The 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen. These are all books that I categorize as political philosophy - man's relationship to himself through government. What is interesting is that each of these books and a… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on April 16, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

New Round of FREE Boundless Living Challenge Starts Thursday April 16, 2009 (or later if you need it)

Bob Doyle gives back with the FREE 45 Day Boundless Living Challenge - again! bobdoyle

The Boundless Living 45 Day Challenge
Bust through any previous limitations and create the life of your dreams. Whatever goal you have, we… Continue

Added by Dr. Sally Witt on April 15, 2009 at 11:48pm — No Comments

New Weekly Blitztime event! Guest JW to speak about Networker's United for first installment!

Meet JW! http://www.nuworldwide.com/profile/JWNajarian Hi, The kickoff for our new weekly B… Continue

Added by Dr. Sally Witt on April 15, 2009 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Recession Proof Attitude

by Matthew Best Let's do a quick check - how's your attitude? Are you depressed, angry, upset, annoyed, etc? Do you watch the news, read the paper, see articles on the internet, listen to your friends and neighbors complain? It's pretty easy to let all the negativity get to you, isn't it? We are all inundated with negativity nonstop. Let me get right to the point - I'm sick of hearing about it! Consider this - more millionaires have been "made" during recessions and depressions than during "g… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on April 10, 2009 at 11:08pm — No Comments

How Have You Failed Your Way to Success Lately?

by Matthew Best I have a colleague who once set a goal to fail more than he had in the past. You read that correctly - he wanted to fail more. You may be wondering if my colleague lost his marbles. No, not at all. It's the idea that we fail forward to success. There is the famous story about Thomas Edison. Edison invented the light bulb, but it took him over 10,000 attempts to get it right. When asked by a reporter about those 10,000 "failures," Edison responded that they weren't failures at… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on March 25, 2009 at 12:03am — No Comments

Breaking Down Your Goals

by Matthew Best Most entrepreneurs I know have no problem with goal setting - at least they think they are good at it. In fact, most entrepreneurs I know have a ton of goals. Their challenge comes down to two things - prioritization and manageable goals. Prioritizing your goals will allow you know which goal to work on first. What's the easiest way to prioritize your goals? Run a tournament. It's March Madness time, so this should be an easy concept. Set your goals up in brackets and have two… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on March 17, 2009 at 1:34pm — No Comments

Running a Business is like having a Newborn

by Matthew Best This past week my wife delivered our fourth child. It's a wonderful experience that changes your life. In fact, when you think about it - running a business is very much like having a newborn. When you have a newborn you just don't sleep on your own schedule - it's the baby's schedule. Isn't that also true for your business? When a customer wants something, you go out of your way to fulfill their need on their time frame. It doesn't always work out, but your customer appreciate… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on March 13, 2009 at 11:09pm — No Comments

Staying Upbeat

Every once in awhile, even the most positive person will allow themselves to feel the effects of what is going on around them. It can be difficult for entrepreneurs to stay upbeat - the constant drumbeat of the media about the recession, hearing about it from friends and family, seeing it in the newspaper, etc. What's a person to do? Here's a few quick tips. First - tune out as much of it as you can. You know what the news is going to report don't you? Death, destruction, loss, fire, damage, cr… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on February 28, 2009 at 2:23am — No Comments

Are You Dealing the Symptom or the Cause?

by Matthew Best If you had a stone in your shoe, what would you do? Most people I know would answer with the obvious solution - take your shoe off and dump the stone out. Problem solved. What I find amazing though is that we may know this intellectually, but there are so many examples in life where we put aside this obvious solution and think that the simple solution of "dumping the stone" just won't work for any number of reasons. Examples abound these days - one need only look at how govern… Continue

Added by Matthew Best on February 19, 2009 at 3:46am — No Comments

AIT Group offers Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification

Hi, my name is Steven Bonacorsi and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. I would like to add you to my professional network Let me know if I can be of any assistance to you and your business. A good group to join is the Lean Six Sigma Group… Continue

Added by Steven Bonacorsi on December 17, 2008 at 2:14am — No Comments

Pictures

I am working on my new website any input on the design would be helpful. The stuff written in the design just put there to show something goes there. That is not actually what is going on that page. The blank card is a card game piece with page name. We are labeling the puzzle pieces life and career that he is holding in his hands. We are trying to think what to put on his foot and head if anyone has a suggestion please let me know. I also do Sendoutcards/com/desireegolden. If you love staying… Continue

Added by Desiree Golden on December 13, 2008 at 9:33pm — No Comments

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