Achieving Success with Franchises
Some people consider buying a franchise when they want to start their own business. The advantage is, obviously, that the franchisee has a formula that works. Theoretically, if you follow the formula, you shouldn’t have a problem achieving success.
However, even though there’s a good chance of achieving success with a franchise, some franchises do fail. [...]
Achieving Success – You Are Your Most Valuable Asset
‘You are your most valuable asset,’ is not a new concept. Nor is the idea that you should ‘invest in yourself.’ But how do these concepts apply to achieving success?
Some may think of investing in yourself as getting a good education and, yes, that’s part of it. Formal or informal, basic or entrepreneurial, education gives [...]
To Achieve Success, Stamp Out Complacency
I love the comments readers make on our blogs. They are often insightful, and inspiring. Thanks to you all. One recent comment on When Economic Times are Tough, Achieving Success Depends on Marketing really hit me. Our reader said: “In becoming complacent, we can create our own bad economy.” Not only is that applicable to [...]
Achieving Success is an Empty Experience When We Destroy Others in the Process
Wow. Not a very literate comment, I admit, but I still think the new Global Economic Ethic Manifesto deserves a ‘Wow.’ Achieving success, for many, is an empty experience when we have to shove other people down the ladder for us to make the upward climb. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same.
Some think there was [...]
Do Your Entrepreneurial Skills Include Staying in Shape?
Achieving success is easier if you treat your body like a machine. Remember, if it breaks down, you’ll be out of business.
When Economic Times are Tough, Achieving Success Depends on Marketing
There are some things just about everyone seems to believe true despite evidence to the contrary: Vitamin A improves night vision. Not true. Humans catch warts by touching toads. Not true. Exposure to cold weather, perhaps with rain and wind, causes colds: Numerous studies – including sitting people on giant ice blocks in freezing rooms [...]
Unrelenting Drive is the Key to Achieving Success as an Entrepreneur
It takes a special kind of person to look at their home office – which may be nothing but a desk top and a two by three foot computer station on wheels – and imagine a successful company springing from the loins of such humble beginnings. But some of the most impressive success stories started [...]
