How High Achiever Values Create Roadblocks
How High Achiever Values Create Roadblocks High achiever values make them a unique breed, but do these values also create roadblocks? The specific characteristics that the ideal high achiever embodies are values vital to success. So it makes perfect sense to know what those characteristics are. According to this article in Forbes, characteristics of high […]
3 Ways To Improve Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance Is Hard Work-life balance is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. A little work-life balance will make a huge difference in your life, but is work-life balance real? I’ll answer that in just a moment and give you some powerful actions you can take to balance your own life. First I want […]
Ryan’s Top 10 Business Books
My Business Book Top 10 “Leaders are Readers!” rings through my mind in the voice of Professor Buchanon my collage Marketing Prof. He was right, but while I was in college, I hated “extra-curricular” reading. It got in the way! Now I know how essential reading is to growing and developing. Where else can you […]
How To Easily Sustain Creativity (even when you hate it)
Sustain Creativity Sustain Creativity One of the top questions I get asked by small business owners is how do I sustain creativity? The short answer is that it’s a lot of work. They don’t usually like that answer and I can totally see why. Many business owners are chasing the idea that if they just […]
4 Keys Needed to Succeed in 2021
4 Keys Needed to Succeed in 2021 There are four key ingredients for success. Let’s face it, there are like 4,000 ingredients for success. There’s hootsba, dedication, discipline, desire, and the list goes on and on. Let’s talk about the four ingredients that can absolutely make or break your success depending on whether you do […]
Crucial Conversations Review
What If A Single Conversation Decided Your Fate? Crucial Conversations is a great resource book to have in your library. It’s essentially an instruction manual for high-stakes conversations when emotions are high. Finding the right words while you’re in a conversation with someone with an opposing opinion is hard. Before reading this book handling high-stakes […]
3 Time Management Tips Every Entrepreneur Should Know
3 Tips to Improve Your Time Management Today 3 Time Management Tips Every Entrepreneur Should Know Want more great tips? Every week I provide fantastic business insights for Entrepreneurs building their businesses in our Private Facebook Group, 2nd Shift. Learn more here: 2nd Shift
Destress Vacation
Nobody wants a stressful vacation. Destress vacation with a few simple tips. Here’s a quick story to illustrate the point. Vacation time is here. At least for my family. Married to a twin, we often vacation with our extended-immediate family (my wife’s sister and her family – we live across the street – yes, it’s […]
6 Work From Home Strategies To Fill Your Tank
Work From Home & Work-Life Balance Don’t Mix Work from home strategies and work-life balance don’t mix. Work-life balance is not something I subscribe to. I mean the idea is a noble one if indeed it means to make room for both work and “life”. But what if you love your work. What if you […]
Get More Done – Clone Yourself
Get More Done – Clone Yourself Wouldn’t it be great if you could clone yourself? You would get more done. Ideas would take shape because you’d have time to devote to them. More fun would be in your life because, duh… less time working on the menial tasks. What if Cloning Yourself was a thing? […]