Category Archives: Passion & Potential

Your Million-Dollar Difference

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com Ever wonder why some companies providing a certain type of product or service soar to sales in the millions while other firms in the same line of business belly flop? Sometimes it’s easy to figure out … Continue reading

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What’s your Secret Ingredient?

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com No one in this world is exactly like you.  No one has traveled the same road, taken the same life journey.  You are unique from your siblings, your other family members, and from everyone else on … Continue reading

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Rekindle The Spark of Inspiration to Put Mojo Back in Your Motivation

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com Do you ever get so tired that you fantasize about just locking the door and walking away from your business? If so (and it happens to everyone sooner or later), it’s a red flag that you’ve … Continue reading

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Reignite Your Business Passion

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com Have you lost the passion that you used to have for your business? No one opens a small business without some kind of passion.  Sadly, however, business owners often lose touch with that original passion as … Continue reading

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Low Hanging Fruit

Sheryl Eldene, MA, MBA I live in the Northwest where we have lots of wild (annoying) Himalayan Blackberries. While I was walking the other day, I spotted a large, juicy, very ripe berry about eight inches off the ground. As … Continue reading

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Not Business As Usual—Business As Unusually Awesome

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com Customers today have to overcome their own set of budget jitters, only partially related to what happens inside the Washington Beltway.  Bickering at a national level upsets everyone, adding to the general lack of consumer confidence.  … Continue reading

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Passion + Energy = Success or Survival

by Faith Monson www.FaithMonson.com According to a recent statistic, 46 percent of small businesses say they’re currently not profitable.  That sounds bad….until you realize that means that 54 percent ARE making a profit, despite the recession. They say that “when … Continue reading

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Amnesia, anyone?

By Sheryl Eldene, MA, MBA I’ve been fascinated with movies about people who wake up, usually in the hospital and don’t know their name, and don’t remember their roles (wife, husband, employee) or their habits (happy guy, quiet person, music … Continue reading

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Reality Check, Please

By Sheryl Eldene, MBA, MA As we begin the second quarter of the year – it is finally Spring, after all – I’m inviting us to do a reality check on where we are compared to our original intentions. Whatever … Continue reading

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Anger and the lizard brain.

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> by Gail Z. Martin I’ve told the story about the two warring wolves inside each of us—the light one that is brave and true and the dark one that is dangerous.  The wolf that wins is the wolf … Continue reading

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