A Different Kind of StoryThis is not a post about the success of business blogging. Nor is it about a company with a tremendous web presence. Instead, the story of the Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company is one about community. And business. It's about how you can become much more successful … Read more about Community in Business – Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company
A Moment To Focus on What Really Matters
Gorgeous and I are heading out of town for a while, taking a much needed break. This year we decided to mix it up a little so instead of spending a day braving our nation's air travel industry we are driving. From Savannah to Wisconsin. Here's to hoping for good weather! We decided to drive this … Read more about A Moment To Focus on What Really Matters
Facing the Fighters
This past Monday (a day that will hence forth be known here at SuccessCREEations as Black Monday because of our server crash) I posted about Business Fighting Styles. In the discussion that followed a couple of cool things happened. First Grigor Ćorić suggested someone I'd left off my list, the … Read more about Facing the Fighters
A SuccessCREEations Christmas Thank You Gift
We're a relatively young blog here at SuccessCREEations. While I started blogging a while back, S-C didn't come into being until the Get Started post on 23 August which, if my reckoning is correct is almost exactly 4 months ago. We've come a long way in that third of a year. First the boring … Read more about A SuccessCREEations Christmas Thank You Gift
Have a Thick Skin and Train Your Customers to Love Your Business
Roger von Oech has a great post up today called Use Your Shield. In it he explains how brilliant new ideas may sometimes be met with tremendous skepticism and even at times harsh criticism simply because they are new and different from the accepted wisdom.Even some concepts that are thoroughly … Read more about Have a Thick Skin and Train Your Customers to Love Your Business
Stay In Touch When On The Road
Do you travel with your work? Or maybe your spouse does. How do you keep your relationship healthy while one of you is out of town? This week Gorgeous is up in Wisconsin. Her folks are not in the best of health and she is staying with her mom while her dad goes hunting later in the week. Then … Read more about Stay In Touch When On The Road
Joining a Master Mind Group
A while back Kirsten over at Think Postive! Blog threw out the idea of starting a Master Mind Group. She's had several takers on the idea. I've talked before about the importance to our success about surrounding ourselves with the right people. In No (Successful) Man is an Island I talked about … Read more about Joining a Master Mind Group
Stories and Images Get Your Message Across Better
If you are reading this you are probably into blogging, writing, business, or success. Or at least you want to learn more about it. Well one of the important facets of communication is conveying your message in a way that the other person understands it. It should be inherently obvious that if … Read more about Stories and Images Get Your Message Across Better
One Sure Fired Way To Enjoy Life More
Life has its ups and downs and none of us are up all the time. Yet many trapped in the masses of mediocrity seem to be down much of the time. Did you ever wonder about those people who are on the other side of the fence? There are some people who just seem to enjoy the heck out of life. They tend … Read more about One Sure Fired Way To Enjoy Life More
Other People are Critical to Your Success
You've probably heard a motivational speaker say something along the lines of If it is to be it's up to me. They'll tell you that you and you alone are responsible for your success. And that is true as far as it goes. But it isn't enough. If you start looking at biographies of successful people … Read more about Other People are Critical to Your Success
Into Every Life A Little Conflict Must Fall
Yesterday I had to make a difficult phone call. There were a lot of reasons I didn't want to make the call. It was the kind that addressed some one else's performance. And dialing the phone was sure to lead to some conflict. I promise I didn't want to dial the phone. It was tempting to not take … Read more about Into Every Life A Little Conflict Must Fall
Relationship Lesson From A Call Center Experience
I woke up in a bit of a grump this morning. But my problem started after dinner last night. I had been working on some things on line last night when my Gorgeous Wife came into my study to let me know dinner was ready. Food is always a good motivator to get me to stop working so I took a break to … Read more about Relationship Lesson From A Call Center Experience
