Archive for Productivity

How to Revive a Dead Project in 8 Easy Steps


dead project How to Revive a Dead Project in 8 Easy Steps

Do you have a long list of ideas or projects you have never gotten around to working on?

Entrepreneurs are constantly identifying new opportunities. In fact, a common problem entrepreneurs face is not coming up with ideas, but finding time to follow through with them all.

To solve this problem, I have listed eight steps that will break this habit of procrastinating good ideas, and instead, help to bring old projects back from the dead. [click to continue...]

Maximize the Value of Your Business by Mastering the Basics


maximize Maximize the Value of Your Business by Mastering the Basics

Do your business operations need a boost? You can do this easily by getting a good handle on the fundamental rules of business.

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of these fundamental rules: that you must convert inputs into more valuable outputs.

As I had mentioned, converting inputs into more valuable outputs (let’s just call this a key rule) can be applied to all different disciplines of business. [click to continue...]

Challenging the Status Quo


A few weeks ago, the blogosphere was abuzz about the pilot of a new TV show, Trial by Fire, featuring The 4-Hour Workweek author, Tim Ferriss.

Regrettably, I missed the show, however, based on his book, his blog postings and what I have read about the TV show I have noticed that Tim, above all things does one thing and does that very well: learn.

Tim has won dancing and martial arts competitions, speaks several languages, is extremely proficient in business, writing and blogging and yet finds the time to do more and more. [click to continue...]

5 Things You Shouldn’t Be Doing on a Work Day


As a business owner, you have a mountain of work that needs to be done. Most of it can be delegated, automated or outsourced, but some of it only you can do.

With all of the important things you need to do in order to bring your business profits, there are a number of tasks that entrepreneurs will undertake that serve no productive purpose, and often are done to delay getting to the real important work.

To help you understand what you absolutely should not be doing, I compiled a list of some of the most important tasks to avoid. [click to continue...]