Add more than you subtract. Whether you are offering more value to your customers, making more phone calls, or even having more quality business meetings, you are well on your way to growing your business.

Three steps that can help you innovate are: Look at your products and services and see how you can make them better Stop focusing on weaknesses and spend time honing your strengths Determine what your customers will need six months from now

To alleviate communication mishaps: Know the evidence before you communicate something Watch your words Define what you mean

Do you know what your strengths are? To be a strength: There are tangible results from using that strength There must be sustainability It must be enjoyable

Three things to consider when hiring a recruiting professional are: Look for the driver-amiable type of personality Conduct evidentiary types of interview Give them a case study and have them document how they solved it

Focus on the what, not the how. Great leaders allow their managers and other employees to focus on implementing the great ideas they had the time to develop.

Are the aspects of your life complimenting each other versus conflicting one another?

Rehab is the big thing today and even entrepreneurs need to consider following a 12-step program.

Thinking and planning is great, but taking action is key.

Being the “fixer” often undermines the development of others. When the urge to fix things happens, consider being a facilitator instead.