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Funny, I was talking about the value of stories here just last week, and that got me thinking. Stories are at the core of business planning, in a sense. You imagine a future and calculate the steps to make that happen. From vision to strategy to steps, and then you’re planning. I posted Use Stories to Make Your Business Planning Real this morning on the American Express OPEN Forum in John Jantsch’ marketing channel there.  The key is: With business planning, you don’t just tell the storie...

Don't let unresolved conflict poison your office.

4 steps to creating your perfect world using the power of thought

If you have been following my blog, you know that I often talk about ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). These are the thoughts that come into your head and ruin your day. Negative thoughts release chemicals in the brain that make you feel bad! Challenging your negative thoughts is key to a better brain, a better life, and a better body. I encourage everyone to get an ANTeater to patrol the streets of their brain, so you can imagine how tickled I was to see the following post on my Facebook page...

Banks and bankers have a relatively bad reputation, largely undeserved. Being more of a natural hermit than a networker, I can’t say I ever looked forward to dealing with banks, even though I had to. But over time, through the years of running the business, I’ve met a lot of smart, likable banking people. And if you’re going to run and especially grow that business of yours, without a lot of other people’s money, then you should get used to dealing with bankers. So, thinking about bank...

I posted about Good Clean Love last month; it’s a local (Eugene, Ore.) company that won our angel investment contest. And I’ve been meaning to post about the national SBDC program ever since. Good Clean Love is one of several good local companies that have been through our SBDC’s business management program. Do you know where your local SBDC is? If you’re serious about starting a business, growing a business that already exists or managing your business better, and you’re in the Unite...

Why is it that career coaches are typically assigned only to rising executives and the floundering unemployed? At Jones Roth, everybody gets a coach. Heres how it works for them, and how it can work at your workplace.

If you're waiting for a boss or an editor or a college to tell you that you do good work, you're handing over too much power to someone who doesn't care nearly as much as you do.We spend a lot of time organizing and then waiting for the system to pick us, approve of us and give us permission to do our work.Feedback is important, selling is important, getting the market to recognize your offering and make a sale--all important. But there's a difference between achieving your goals and realizing y...

The Small Business Development Center at CLIMB Center for Advancement, Portland Community College launches its third cohort of the Entrepreneur Development Series (EDS) July 8th 2010. EDS supports first-time entrepreneurs between day-one and year-one to succeed by combining a five-month series of small business management classes with ongoing business advising. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4214354.htm

Did you know that your chances of obtaining business financing can increase by more than 250% if you have good business credit? The problem for many business owners is that they think that just because they're in business, they're automatically building the good business history required to get credit. Not necessarily so. This week we invited E-Myth business partner Trent Lee to join us for a discussion about financing your business. Lee's company, Corporate Credit Concepts, specializes in helpi...

While I’m not a big fan of surveys, this one is pretty straight forward, and I like the results. Palo Alto Software asked thousands of Business Plan Pro users a couple of dozen questions about their businesses, goals, type of business, years in existence, and business planning. Almost 3,000 people responded. And here, in the chart below, is one good summary: Simply put, those who finished their business plans were about twice as likely to successfully grow their business, get investment, or l...

We reveal how much office drama cuts into your bottom line.

This little-known financing alternative can be the lifeline you need when banks aren't lending.

Tips for increasing your viability as a loan candidate and lending sources you may not have considered

In our 12th show, Dr. Andrew Colyer demonstrates your latest muscle testing and kinesiology tip, and interviews author, teacher, and coach David Ellzey. David supports people in understanding the causative factors of mental and emotional stress, and helps them to release their stress through a simple yet powerful technique that almost anyone can do. Why you want to watch this interview, whether you are a lay person or health care practitioner: Dr. Colyer and David discuss how your consciousness,...

Garys anxious brain My patient Gary is a prime example of someone who has way too many fortune-telling ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). This guy was a master at predicting the worst and always faced the future with fear. For instance, Gary went to his doctor for back pain. When the doctor examined him, he found a tender spot over his kidneys. He told Gary he wanted to order a kidney x-ray. That was all it took for Gary’s thoughts to run wild. “The doctor is going to find out I have cancer...

Here's a great article on Applied Kinesiology, courtesy of Dr. Brian Butler in the U.K.: How it all began In 1964, Dr. George Goodheart, D.C., a chiropractor stumbled upon a remarkable discovery. Using some standard kinesiological muscle tests to analyse a patient's postural problems, he noted one muscle was particularly tight, and that other muscles opposing it tested weak. The man had suffered from long-term back pain which had not resolved after much treatment. Traditionally, body workers st...

By Sejual Shah www.healthyinmind.com and Lynne Shaner www.eftpraxis.com Work and stress. The two go hand in hand for many. Having both come from the corporate workplace initially—Sejual from law, Lynne from institutional publishing – we knew that there was a great need for stress relief in workplaces, as well as other benefits that are so achievable with EFT. In contrast to one-on-one therapy work, bringing EFT into the corporate environment requires a significantly different approach. We