They are fantasy.

If you check your email more than 3 times per day, one of the following is true:

Meetings are temporary committees.

I always said, while I was in the radio business, that when it stopped being fun I would quit.

Realistic is not where the money is.

Most of us work for the big home run in business. We're looking for the breakthrough idea, the standout promotion, the million-dollar product launch.

Here's a foolproof method to get yourself an A+ marketing brain, without having to pay for an expensive education.

Having no marketing budget is no excuse for not marketing. Here are three ideas you can use to promote your business, and each of them cost less than $10.

Realize that money won't make you rich.

In times like these, it's good to return to the basics. There is an apocryphal story told about football coach Lou Holtz; when he needed to get his team refocused, he would pull them together practice, hold up a football, and say, “this, gentlemen, is a football.”

It's fun to look at rule breaking entrepreneurs, and imagine ourselves being like them. Who doesn't admire Richard Branson?

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Panic is a jungle response. It makes you want to either fight, or flee. In business, neither of these reactions is often appropriate.

Amazing products Amazing service Pleasant surprises Personal interaction Unanticipated value Lightning quick response when things go wrong Having the backbone to simply say, “I'm sorry” when appropriate

Words have power. If you say, for instance, “Here are three reasons why your plan will not work…” you have just increased the chances that the plan will, in fact, not work.

I believe that forces outside my control are out to do me good.