Last week Geoff Reiner wrote a post titled “Your Passion Mantra.” Aside from this post being well written and intriguing, it really sparked my thinking. It sparked my thinking so far that it inspired me to have a discussion with my 11 year old daughter, Makaela. I started asking my daughter questions about her life,…

Why start a business? The thought of being paid to do something you love is an absolute dream come true. Many people love the idea of answering to themselves, while other aimlessly search for an undefined vision of what success might be. An Understanding of Structure Most entrepreneurs would cringe at the word structure, but…

A Great Webinar You’re going about your day and out of nowhere an opportunity to join in and listen to an informative webinar catches your attention. So what do you do? You sign up of course! Once the time comes for the webinar, you sit down ready to listen intently and take rigorous notes. You…

Habits, or what I refer to as patterns of behaviour, patterns for short, shape absolutely every aspect of our life. To become competent at unlearning habitual patterns, we first have to become aware of how habitual patterns influence your Performance outcomes. All of our habits hold to a basic pattern that can be summarized in four…

First off, if you own a business (regardless of the size) you need to read this book. Okay, now let’s get down to my thoughts. Sarah Robinson is a small business strategy coach. She can be found blogging at Escaping Mediocrity and is a Forbes & Dun & Bradstreet Top Entrepreneurship Tweeter. Case Studies I’m a big…

Ya Baby!! I’m back and I’m super excited. New Year, new performance focus and a brand new website (thanks Lisa “the creative genius” Kalandjian). So, let’s get back on track with the blog series and my next word. Welcome to the fifth of eight blog posts where I take a word suggested by you, and…

Welcome to the forth of eight blog posts where I take a word suggested by you, and turn it into a blog about how that one word correlates to business, and what we can learn from it. Today’s word is Integrity, and was submitted by the smart and savvy Mark Harai. Integrity My favourite definition of integrity…

Welcome to the third of eight blog posts where I take a word suggested by you, and turn it into a blog about how that one word correlates to business, and what we can learn from it. Today’s word is defenestrate (the act of throwing someone or something out of a window) and was submitted by the…