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How is your Busyness Doing?    No, I did not mean “Business” but if you tell me how your “Busyness” is, I bet I can tell how your Business is doing.  We too often spend far too many hours attending the busy-work of the business, which leaves us a day late and a dollar short of our goals.   What ...
04/28/2009
    In ancient times, lessons were taught via stories told around the campfires at the end of the day.  The wise elders would tell and retell fables that turned into modern stories such as "The Hare and the Tortoise" where the moral of "slow and steady wins the race" is taught to children (and ad...
04/22/2009
By Cheri Alguire There is no shortage on advice on Goal Setting, and it's one of the "basics" of business planning. But how do you set goals when sales are down and all you hear on the news is bad news. What is the alternative?  Participate in the recession?  Just sit back and let things happen t...
04/15/2009
By Cheri Alguire Many people attack the problem areas in their business with the mantra, "When things get tough, I just work harder." This is a philosophy that looks admirable on the surface, but actually can adversely affect our goals. Surprisingly, the answer isn't necessarily work "smarter," ...
04/10/2009
By Cheri Alguire It is the end of the first quarter and time to check the score. Just as planning your goals for the coming year should always begin with a look back at the year in review, so planning your business for the rest of this year should take a look back at the first quarter.  Business ...
03/31/2009
Let's face it. The time to ask yourself, "Is my business running smoothly?" is NOT after you have just had a flat tire and are bumping down the road. The time to ask that question and analyze its answer is during the business planning process AND throughout the year. A business is a complex mach...
03/23/2009
By Cheri Alguire March 17th is St. Patrick's Day!  The one day of the year I have a corn beef sandwich and Guinness (and I don't even like beer!)  Some traditions are hard to break.  And I am only a tiny percent Irish.  My Step-Grandfather's name was O'Brien and the parties he and my Grandmother...
03/16/2009
By Cheri Alguire I don't know about you, but after a crazy day of working in my business, there is one question that used to send me into overload.  "Mom, what's for dinner?"  By the time I was asked that question, my brain was usually fried from a day of work and after having to make decisions ...
03/03/2009
  By Cheri Alguire I have noticed a trend with my clients over the past couple weeks.  Many of them are working really hard to hit goals and get so many things done.  They are working towards several results at all cost, even when it comes to their own health and well being.  STOP IT!!!!  You ca...
02/24/2009
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  By Cheri Alguire What do you value?Sounds like a loaded question, doesn't it? What is it that you truly value in life? · Family? · Job? · Security? · Freedom? · Usually all of the above, and then some. But the crux of the question on values is: which do you value most and to what measure?At th...
02/09/2009