To grow a business, there are three things you must do. First, develop a good, marketable product. Second, learn how to sell it. Third, keep doing the first two things even when you’d rather not...

You can’t lead a happy, healthy, and productive life when you are feeling crummy. You can’t work very well. You can’t be creative. And you can’t enjoy the company of others. So why is it that so many people, so much of the time, are downright miserable?

One of the most common mistakes we make in business is thinking we know things that we don’t. I’m thinking specifically of believing we are capable of running a certain type of business simply because we have been a long-time customer of it.

Getting up early and using that extra, undisturbed time well is the single most important thing you can do to get a leg up on everyone else who’s trying to climb the same ladder...

Learn how to get ahead by using your time more wisely...

Most people will spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars trying to keep a favorite business baby breathing. Yet studies say (and my experience confirms) that it’s almost never a good idea. After the time and money has been invested, the patient dies anyway.

Good friend and business partner PH asked these questions: "How do you get out of a rut? Regain passion for your work? Get yourself up for each day? Have you thought about this?"

You can be successful without planning your days… but you will have to work a lot longer and harder. The reason? When you don't plan your days, you end up working for other people - not just for yourself.

Failing to live your dreams is not necessarily a bad thing. Lots of people are perfectly happy dreaming of one life but living another. The problem arises when the gap between fantasy and reality results in unhappiness or even depression. When this happens, it’s time to master plan a new life and the first step is to establish goals...