Posted in UncategorizedThis week I had the opportunity to present The Gospel According to Josh along with suicide prevention awareness at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois"a flat little…
Posted in MarketingStrategySPAM (the kind in a can) contains an unhealthy mix of chopped pork shoulder meat, some kind of mystery ham meat, potato starch, meat stock, and sodium nitrate as a…
Posted in UncategorizedIn 1940, and only a few weeks after Winston Churchill took over as British Prime Minister, France was defeated by the Nazis leaving Great Britain as the only European …
Posted in Business developmentCustomer ServicePersonal DevelopmentThere is an important question we need to ask our partners in every business relationship, transaction, financially viable a…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentThis week as I was going through another round of writing and editing my 80,000 word memoir, that so far has been a seven month pro…
Posted in Business developmentPersonal DevelopmentStrategy"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy,…
Posted in UncategorizedThis week I had a client, who offers a specific kind of service, tell me she created a video that she needed to "go viral," over the internet to attract more customers…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategy"Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Speech and mastery of our native language is the first tool, shie…
Posted in Business developmentCustomer ServiceEntrepreneurshipPartnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentOne of the biggest issues I've had as I've started and maintained my two busine…
Posted in UncategorizedRecently I was reading a statement by comedian Jon Lovitz on President Obama's statement that "if you've got a business, you didn't build that." And I'm not going to c…
Posted in Customer ServicePersonal Development Truthiness : the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true. (Definiti…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategyWhen setting goals, we should be wary of being attached to what the vision of the outcome of our action will actually be. When starting …
Posted in Uncategorized Would you give your mother a gourmet box of chocolates for mother's day but have them delivered on Father's Day because "the shipping expenses were cheaper a mo…
Posted in UncategorizedThis week I was talking to a dear friend and about her business and she was practically distraught with the direction it was going. I asked her what she wanted out of …
Posted in Guest BlogHey AE’ers, Today’s Guest Blog is from my friend Meredith Gansrow who owns Massage on the Go and who also happens to be a burgeoning artist. She talks about h…
Posted in UncategorizedThis week I’m posting an article that I contributed to along with Vikram Rajan of Phoneblogger.net. The piece is essentially an edited interview with Vikram aski…
Posted in UncategorizedHow many people remember hearing that cliched phrase while growing up and thought, "That might be good for losers but I'm gonna win this game of poker/basketball/fuseb…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategyI will instead of I want to I'm doing instead of I should I'll make a plan instead of I'll try I'll be there instead of I might make it …
Posted in UncategorizedBusiness"whether that's within the arts, a networking group, or a Fortune 500 company"is all about making and receiving introductions. By being someone who makes valua…
Posted in Uncategorized Everyone I know is looking for more fame. They either: need more customers for their new business, need more audience members for their new karate dance fusion …
Posted in Business developmentEntrepreneurshipPartnership and CollaborationOne of my all time favorite television shows is Law & Order: SVU. You've got crime, mystery, suspense, the fine…
Posted in Business developmentPersonal DevelopmentStrategyTime ManagementDo you want to know a little secret about how to take the fastest route to achieving your goals"maybe even a shortcut…
Posted in Uncategorized Who are the people who: Stand out from the crowd (In a positive way)? Achieve career advancement at work (Promotions, raises, recognition)? Find ways to consist…
Posted in CoachingCustomer ServiceTime ManagementYou do everything you're supposed to do. You're on time every day for your freelance gig. You were brilliant and got tremendous praise from t…
Posted in Business developmentEntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategy Have you ever had some sort of obstacle in life where some sort of process"maybe putting together a cabinet, …