Picture this .. I’m sitting in an old-style board room at a big-polished table, at a middle of the road golf resort, somewhat past its prime, somewhere north of BFE. I’m at one end of the table my client, the owner is at the other end of the table. Post-Covid…

I enjoyed my first big financial success by looking at what type of business-to-business services were available in the “real” world and then adapting them to the martial arts business. At that time, very little information existed on how to run a karate school as a profitable business. So I…

There are many stories about the origins of French Onion soup, some involving the king, others Napoleon. In the later version, Napoleon arrived at the front lines of a battle late at night and asked for food. The chef had nothing left in the mess tent but some beef stock…

To increase your own creativity dig deeper into products, services, and places you like and find out how things are actually made. Travel to that vineyard in Tuscany where your favorite wine is made and watch the grapes being crushed. The time it right, and they may even let you…

As famous management consultant Peter Drucker said, “Once the facts are clear, the decisions jump out at you.” Problems must be defined in detail and looked at from all angles and points of view before generating a problem statement. Next, make sure you solve the right problem. People often charge…

When you come up with new and innovative ideas, you can be sure of one thing; not everyone will buy into them right away. Some people will never buy into your ideas, while others will go out of their way to sabotage them. Crazy, but that’s precisely what happens to…

Think of the famous painting, The Mona Lisa. This piece of art is a picture of a smiling young woman. It is framed in an ornate gold leaf frame and hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. It is one of the most valuable paintings in the world and…

The world is full of people who make excuses, don’t be that guy; make it happen instead and watch a world of opportunities open up for you! When I was nineteen years old, I worked at a Wellington Golf Club in Florida during the day and at Theo’s restaurant waiting…

“You may ask anything of me except my time!” — NAPOLEON The ability to say no is one of a life well lived’s greatest weapons. My wife is a “yeser.” She will look after your dogs, horse, or pet iguana. She will drive you to the airport 84 miles away…