Archive for November, 2007

Building confidence through lean six sigma!

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I read this wonderful quote today “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” By Brian Tracy
While owning and managing businesses throughout my career, I have never felt so prepared for my future as I do today. This year I began lean six sigma training and [...]

Are You Successful

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Its a simple question …it can only be answered with a yes or a no.
If you answered yes….then congratulations – I think.
Why do I say – I think?
Because when I delve into that yes answer with people I too often find that the answer is really – I think so. – and that is really [...]

Evidence Based Information

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

My brother, the Chiropractor, is always talking about using evidence-based information in his practice. It seems to be a term widely used in health care and educational communities by using scientific data to back up, prove and justify choices to be made for quality results.
If this process is so very important to these professions, maybe [...]

Focus

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

11/23/07
Last week in a game of Squash I was ahead by a score of 7 to 2 with 9 being the winning point.
As I served for the 8th point, meaning two points to go and this game is over, I started thinking “Do we have time to play another game?” While I was having this [...]

Entrepreneurship – 800 numbers

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Coffee With Us
November 19, 2007
Entrepreneurship
In my Master Mind Marketing group meeting we were given this web site link to easily find the customer service “800″ numbers for many companies.
http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/
I like this not only as the resource but for the fact that it becomes a reminder, in our busy worlds, of the importance of Customer Service [...]