For more than the entirety of my adult life, I have worked on Saturdays. Like, allll Saturday long. Usually from 8am until 7pm. Sometimes later. It’s just what you do as a martial arts instructor. Classes go from 9am-1pm, we … Read More
A Tale of Two Ice Cream Parlors
Two ice cream parlors. Two store fronts. Two great locations. SAME STREET. Not only the same street, but literally separated by two other businesses. A father and son could play catch at a safe distance from both of their doorsteps. … Read More
Want to Make More Money? Answer Your Phone.
He who answers the phone gets paid. My bus broke down. Again 🙁 I am starting to wonder if it would be a better use of my time and money to just buy another 15 passenger van or two in … Read More
Growing Business: Coffee Shop, Ice Cream, & Now PIZZA!
Last year, when my wife and I went to Charleston for a week of vacation, we landed in the best coffee shop in Folly Beach, and the owner was this cool Israeli named Or. Or is young, smart, an a … Read More
Does It EVER End? Not For Staff Training…
It honestly seems like it’s never-ending. I swear, as soon as you get through all of the training to bring someone up to speed, you have to start all over again, training the SAME staff member, on a DIFFERENT section … Read More
Three Ways to Make More Money Without Selling More
There are really only three ways to make more money in your business, without selling anything else. Things you can do that will increase your profit immediately. They are: Cut your expenses, charge more, and collect it faster. Of course, … Read More
Would YOU Have Loaned Him Your Lawn Mower?
I just answered the door to my townhouse, met by a young man who asked me if he could borrow my lawnmower. Ummm, no. But there is more to this story 🙂 A few months ago, we had about 8 … Read More
How Do I Get Over Hearing “No”?
It goes like this: 6 Steps to Getting Everything You Want In Life Ask Ask again. Ask again. Ask again. Ask again. Start over. Ask. Then ask again. And when they say no, ask again. Maybe not the same way … Read More
Sometimes, It’s Good to Lose
We all have that one person that we compare ourselves to, that one team that consistently wins, that one entrepreneur that irritates you to no end when you see them succeed. Right?! Maybe it’s a brother. Maybe it’s your friend. … Read More
The Destination Lasts a Second, But the Journey…
Ramblings from my journal this morning. Stay focused on the goal. What’s the goal? More businesses? More companies? No…The JOURNEY is the goal. Not the destination. There is no, “Once you accomplish X, then you will have arrived,” or, “once … Read More