Busting Through Without Hurting Yourself
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Categories:
While researching martial arts, more out of curiosity than anything, I learned an intriguing concept regarding the ability to break boards and bricks with your bare hands. When aiming, don’t aim for the brick. Aim for the space below the brick. Stopping your vision at the brick prevents follow through and invites you to stop [Click Here]
Hey, this Social Media Stuff Works!
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Categories:
Once again I was welcomed back to the office by an unexpected surprise via an email message from a local business owner inviting me to an event. This person learned of one of my particular interests through a social media site, and reached out to me. The fantastic thing about it was I was planning [Click Here]
Walking Into the Fire
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Categories:
A example of how courage can propel a company to success in the midst of a recession. MTD Products didn't opt to live in fear, but to live in spite of it.
Gunslingers and Grapefruit
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Categories:
“There are no bad prospects, only bad salespeople.” Or so David Sandler used to say. I beg to differ. I have, on occasion, run across a prospect with the personality of a grapefruit. In those cases, you have a few choices: you can either continue on, hoping to change things as you develop some sort [Click Here]
Short Term Gain vs. Long Term Survival
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Categories:
Over the last several years a recurring thought kept surfacing in my mind about the constant focus on quarterly profits. So many companies were, and still are, obsessed with how much money they are going to make in the short term. Don’t get me wrong, I am a capitalist through and through, but something about [Click Here]
What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Friday, July 24th, 2009 Categories:
I recently read a post on a real estate forum to which I subscribe and felt a need to share the thought with our readers on the CBT Blog Page. Thank you to Alice Leeper of Re/Max Boone Realty for bringing it back to my attention. You would be well advised to heed her advice. [Click Here]
Business Lessons from the Gridiron
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Categories:
It’s no secret. I’m a huge sports nut. There isn’t much about athletics that I don’t like, except for maybe the fact that active participation is requiring more Advil for me than it used to. So when a business client said that it’s more difficult now to “get the ball to the end zone” than it used to be. [Click Here]
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