What sort of business should you start, buy, or be involved in building? Many aspiring business owners are stumped at this question. The market is cluttered with all sorts of businesses. How should you order your thoughts to generate good business ideas? Here are some criteria that may help you figure out what kind of […]

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There’s a difference between the 2 types of business managers: The Administrator and The Operator. I’m here to tell you that you are better off being an Operator than an Administrator if you want to manage your business well. But maybe those labels aren’t what you think.

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Conditions and circumstances in the business world change in a way that requires our adaptation. But for a variety of reasons, many business owners have a difficult time accepting that change. When hit with a change in conditions, the business owner will often determine that the current reality is a passing season that he just […]

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When thinking about improving your operation, everything comes to the forefront all at once. But you can’t solve everything. So, when dissecting your operations to get better at delivering the value, what should you focus on as you try to make things better?

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We enjoy dreaming, envisioning, anticipating. But then begins the process of getting there, with its frustrations, the sticks in our wheels, and the setbacks. It’s unhelpful to say that we should just close our eyes to the struggle and enjoy the good things in life. So, what should a business owner’s approach be? One thing […]

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Overproduction, out of the seven, is the waste that we not only do most often, but think that we’re doing the right thing when we’re doing it. Doing wrong is easier when you think it’s right. So, what is it about producing more than we need right now that appeals to the business mindset?

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I’ve previously introduced the concept of the 7 Wastes. We’ll go through each of them in turn, starting with the worst of them all – overproduction. Why is it so bad? And, if it is, why do we keep doing it?

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The basic fundamentals of business is more value and less waste. Increase the value you’re providing to your customers while decreasing the waste in your operation, and you’ll be headed in the right direction. Everything else really does fall in line at that hinge-point. So, there are 3 things we should be measuring in our […]

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We all should have some things at that level of clear-cut, uncompromising principle. But, is every hill worth dying on? Or are we to compromise? Here’s a framework I hold in the back of my mind in order to keep my sanity. The Impasse-able Framework.

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In the last episode I mentioned where to start looking when you’re wanting to grow your sales volume but aren’t. This time I want to take the inverse of that question, and discuss when you’re busy with a ton of orders you are not interested in, and it’s overwhelming you to exhaustion.

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