If you’re an entrepreneur, you probably have a great understanding of the value of branding for your company or product. But what about building a brand for you as an individual? While the former is vital to your success, one could argue that your personal brand is equally important. If you find yourself in a crowded, competitive market, a strong personal brand may be just…
As an entrepreneur, you’re probably familiar with the term “building a brand.” Your marketing and advertising dollars are at work right now, doing just that. But you may not be quite as familiar with the concept of building a personal brand. What Is a Personal Brand? Your personal brand is unique to you. It’s what people see when they do a Google search on your…
Building entrepreneurial success is not easy. If it was, everyone would do it. And unfortunately, there is no single key to success when building your own business. Finding success as an entrepreneur comes from a culmination of different lessons, values, and hard work ethic. And while everyone’s journey will inevitably be different, there are a few constants. Here are a few of those lessons that…
If you’re an entrepreneur by trade, you probably cringe at the term “work-life balance.” Not because you don’t agree that it’s important, but probably because it seems so painfully out of reach for you and your lifestyle. Entrepreneurs can be guilty of thinking that if you’re not investing as many hours as possible, you aren’t doing everything in your power to make your business succeed….
When you own a business, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily details of delivering your product or service. In an effort to provide the best customer experience, you may find yourself pitching here, there, and everywhere to help out, move things along, and get the job done. That’s all well and good as long as you have the time for that. But…
Small business owners are notorious for being so busy focusing on their business that they neglect themselves. After all, keeping a business profitable is no small task, and it can often require unlimited time and attention, especially in the beginning stages. But as the business owner, you bring a huge amount of value to the table and play an extremely important role. As your business…
Everyone has a definition of success they strive to achieve. The people you look up to and consider to have achieved success probably don’t have more potential than you do, so what is it that really contributes to becoming successful? Well, the reality is that how you do something is how you do everything; meaning, even the little habits you develop will either pave your…
Many people go to work every day because they have to, not because they want to. They have to pay the bills. They have to earn a living. These people don’t enjoy what they do. Or maybe they like it okay — they don’t hate it — but it doesn’t generate excitement and enthusiasm in them. Maybe it’s the job that’s boring. Maybe they’re not…
Company brands are much more than just logos and color palettes. A brand determines how your customer base will think and feel about your organization. Your brand has the potential to elicit positive and negative reactions. For example, one brand might make you think of luxury and high status. It’s associated with a great quality product, but you may think poorly of the exorbitant price…
Leader may appear as superhumans, but they aren’t. They’re human just like everyone else and they have a lot on their plates. Here is a list of eight reminders to re-center and re-focus on the things that will keep your organization moving in the right direction. 1. Anticipate problems When things seem to be going really well, it’s easy to overlook potential issues that may…
Garen has had multiple setbacks and obstacles to overcome on his journey. His story has as many lows as it does highs and you will be able to read some of them here. The biggest obstacle now is the fight for his life as he is currently waiting on a heart transplant from acute heart failure from an airborne virus. On this episode, we talk…
I’ve long been a big believer in giving back to the community. I think it’s a good idea to help others who need help, contributing to the city that has been so good to my family, my business, and me. I make reinvesting in the Kansas City community a priority. Here are just a few of the reasons why I do this. Builds Stronger Relationships…
Myths are a comfortable way to explain the seemingly unexplainable. So it makes sense that we would depend on them to help us in our leadership journeys. But when we depend on myths to interpret a complex concept like leadership, we fall into an easy trap that fails to serve those we lead well. Things like myths, tradition, legends, and folklore can easily become our…
For so many people, getting up on time in the morning is a struggle. Coming up with a morning routine that you look forward to and that keeps you motivated may be the key to struggling no more. Try implementing any one of these suggestions and notice how it affects the rest of your day! Your routine starts the night before. What many don’t realize…
It’s no secret that today’s business leaders are tasked with decisions they never thought they’d have to make. These questions and more are being examined by business owners and C-level managers worldwide as companies tentatively emerge from pandemic status like Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day. It’s Time for a New Game In his book The Infinite Game, author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek provides guidance…
Failing is an inevitable part of human life. The more effective we are at learning from it and bouncing back better than we were before, the more successful we will be! Having a better understanding of failure can help us take a more objective, unemotional approach, and will help us recover quickly, taking as much positive as we can from the experience. Here are the…
Entrepreneurial dreams are what drive America forward. But many Entrepreneur learn the hard way through trial and error that running a business is not as easy as dreaming about it. Like a game of musical chairs, players come and go, so business survival is not as predictable as some may imagine. In fact, most startups collapse or become financially-strangled within a few years while only…
Last year was rough for business owners. No matter whom you ask, regardless of the size of the business, you’ll get the same answer: “We didn’t see that coming.” Similar to what Dave Ramsey teaches individuals about having an emergency fund in place, business owners should also run their businesses in a way that allows them to weather unexpected storms. Many companies are subject to…