I know the majority people no longer know how to drive a car with a manual transmission, but bear with me on this analogy of shifting gears… You can’t just drive your vehicle in 1st gear all the time. It will destroy your transmission and your engine. Neither can you just slam your gear stick […]
You might think shaving off a little extra work here and there will make your life easier, but cutting corners to take shortcuts usually ends up costing you more time and money in the long run. Your clients always notice it, too. Think about the phrase Cutting Corners literally Consider the practice of cutting corners […]
Hey! It’s my birthday today and I’m really excited to announce the birth of a new business project on the same day as my own birth. Over the past year I’ve become a little obsessed with the idea of owning a classic street vendor hot dog cart — the shiny silver kind you see in […]
If you know me well, you know I love me some Hawaiian shirts and rum-filled tiki cocktails, so I was extremely excited when my friends at Huli Huli Tiki Lounge invited me to be a guest bartender during their Sippin’ Santa event on Tuesday, December 15th from 5-8pm in Powell, Ohio! I’ll be behind the […]
There is no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty by working directly on a project and building something from nothing. I know some people in the trenches aspire to a supervisor or manager role in their industry — and that’s fantastic — but never remove yourself so far from the […]
When you’re in charge of a project there are many different components and team members to manage. It can be overwhelming for even the most organized person because there is the tendency to view the myriad of elements as individual self-contained projects without taking into account that they all need to work in concert with […]
When opportunity presents itself, are you prepared to pounce on it in order to reap the most rewards? Too many people say they are getting ready to take action, but so few of them actually launch themselves off the mark when the starting pistol is fired. They’re still “getting ready”. Cats are a great example […]