Business 300

There’s that popular poser-friendly phrase: fake it ’til you make it. It’s the motto of most imposters struggling with fear, trying to justify their usurped position. I’m here to argue against doing any and all of that. I have a different way to go about it.

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Most people and businesses grow stagnant. But there are those who don’t. There are the sort of people and businesses who get after it and conquer, realizing their aims. Why is that? Why do some people run and get somewhere, while others are constantly spinning their wheels, toiling away in yesterday’s problems? If we keep […]

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Some failures are scratches and wounds. But there is a sort of failure that is analogous to death. There is no getting through it. You can’t spin it into success, or turn it into an opportunity. There’s nothing else to do. The race is done. The results are in. You lost. Death and burial is […]

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How can you know if your business idea is a good one or not? This is where we build a Business Case. It’s a good and necessary place to start and end, in order to know which business idea to pursue.

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Transportation is one of the Seven Wastes in your business that your customers aren’t willing to pay for. “But,” you say, “there are entire businesses built on transportation, which people do pay for.” Yes, there are delivery services that people have been and continue to pay for. So, what am I talking about?

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When you work towards your business goals, what is guaranteed is that either you’ll meet them or you won’t. That much is obvious. When the target is met or the time is up, what then? What’s the reset step to keep moving forward?

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Big goals require small steps. You don’t want the lack of a “how” to keep the “if” from turning into a “when.” The principle is there, and you can go about it whatever way suits you. But here’s a little framework that might be of help.

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Most people have more aspirations than actions. There are, of course, different reasons why somebody doesn’t act on what they aspire towards. Here’s an approach to consider when trying to connect actions with aspirations.

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Waste Number 4. The Waste of Waiting refers to a customer waiting for anything. Here’s some of the why and what and how as pertains to making customers wait, and why the biggest loser in the game of waiting is you, the business owner.

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There is something consultants like to call “the Pull System,” originally known as Kanban. The word Kanban has been hijacked by online productivity personalities, and utilized for a way to organize your tasks to flow. It sort of revolves around the idea, except with one huge difference that’s crucial to the entire idea of how […]

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