Away in the Manger, Silent Night, Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Familiar hymns of Christmas. Retail and online stores thrive at this time of year, yet some businesses dread this time of year because people are spending their money on presents for family, friends, children, donating, but a month to month business owner may really experience the struggle because the funds are being used elsewhere. Recently, I talked to a business owner and her time off in her

Can your business survive a three-month unplanned medical leave? I said it! Unplanned three-month medical leave and believe me, it was not something you can prepared for. Here’s the backstory, I preplanned a procedure that most people are able to return to work within two to six weeks. Resources were in place to allow working on some of the goals I had set on the back burner because I knew I would have limits on what I could return to immediately, including driving. By u

Do you have a goal that you really want to accomplish? Doesn’t have to be a big goal, but one that you have been putting off? Maybe you are spending too much time organizing your paperclips and missing the rewards of the big goals because you have too many little pieces to organize. Goals have a tendency to pile up month after month and then they are slid under the box when they are not adding immediate profits. But many are really spending too much time organizing their p