Last week I likened our current national fiscal/monetary challenge to blacksmithing. While most of us fixate on the unmoving arm of the legislative branch, few pay much attention to the... read more →
Have you ever been distracted by the plank in your eye? What about the fly stuck your ointment? I have. And so has every business owner I know! We all... read more →
The rather mundane activity of driving around Denver after our recent snowstorms pulled back the veil of a liminal doorway to something we all observe: why business owners deal with... read more →
“Black Swan” events blindside us. We can’t predict them so they are particularly disconcerting and disruptive. These events have three main characteristics: They are high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare events that... read more →
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." -- C.S. Lewis What do many financial advisors focus on when their... read more →
This week let’s examine two more questions to discover the “alignment” between you, the owner, and your business. (See last week’s post for the first two questions). To answer these... read more →
ABA’s Timeless Treasures Series Taken from: The Business Guide, Twenty-Sixth Edition, 1891 Business Maxims The ABA Insider is published by American Business Advisors, Inc. to provide business and personal... read more →
Bobby McFerrin has words of wisdom for us as we near the Fiscal Cliff. I think he gets it right in his song “Don’t Worry Be Happy”: http://youtu.be/yHFDa9efCQU McFerrin’s song... read more →
When I visited with my dad’s physical therapist, I learned something fascinating about balance. As people age, they begin to worry about falling. They tend to start looking down at... read more →
To write is human, to edit is divine. —Stephen King Let’s revisit the Stephen King quote above to expand on an essential assumption buried in last week’s Journal post about... read more →