By Conor Neill, an EO Spain-Barcelona member and teacher at IESE Business School
I was prompted to write this post as I am finding the post-holiday return to discipline quite challenging. I heard somewhere that it takes 30 days to build a habit, and one day to lose it. Time to get the habits back.
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By Nick Friedman, an EO Central Florida member, and president of College Hunks Hauling Junk
Worried about overhead and costs eating your business alive? Don’t be. By learning to make consistently intelligent decisions with your money, you could be increasing your profits by effectively working with what you already have.
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By Mark Tepper, an EO Cleveland member, and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
For many, January is a time of rebirth and resolutions. It’s a month to reflect on last year’s achievements and to set goals for the year ahead.
Some people will set personal goals like losing weight or quitting a nasty habit, and most company owners will set business goals that focus on hitting certain revenue or profit milestones. But if your goal is to own a more valuable business in 2014, you may want to make one of the following New Year’s resolutions:
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By Carson Conant, an EO Chicago member, and CEO/founder of Mediafly, Inc.
There are a lot of analogies when it comes to entrepreneurship. For me, starting a business was like sailing across a vast ocean on a little boat in search of new land and opportunities … with my spouse and kids by my side. There are storms, days without wind and times when it’s smooth sailing, but it’s always fun because I’m at the helm. For those who are along for the ride, however, it can be both scary and exhausting— and it shouldn’t be. They should be having as much fun as I am.
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By John L. McCarty, an EO Reno Tahoe member and president/CEO of LUX dynamics
As an entrepreneur, I’m always reading about how it’s important to work on your business and not in your business. I recently discovered the value of doing the exact opposite. I wish I could say that this “A-ha” moment occurred while I was busy working on a client project or strategizing into the early morning, but I can’t. I was mopping the floor when I had my entrepreneurial epiphany.
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By Georges Levesque, EO Montreal and president of Groupe Levesque Group
You read that right. I am the son of a nun. Well to be more precise, an ex-nun. My mom was a member of the order of the Roman Catholic Sisters of Wisdom in Edmundston, Canada from the age of 18 until she was 26. She left the convent as only the second one in Canadian history to do so without being excommunicated. After her departure she continued to teach, met my dad, raised a family and welcomed seven grandchildren. She and dad are now retired and live enjoyable, peaceful lives at our family farm.
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By Caryn Kopp, an EO New Jersey member and the Chief Door Opener of Kopp Consulting, LLC
Welcome to 2014! I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
For many, the beginning of the year can be a time to reflect on decisions made over the last 12 months. What worked, what didn’t? What to continue doing to meet your new year’s goals and what to stop doing? As you may be embarking on this kind of reflection as well, I thought it would be helpful to lend a piece of advice that has kept many on the right track.
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By Andy Bailey, an EO Nashville member and president of Petra/Rock Habits
If you want it done right, do it yourself. If that is your mantra, hard work may have gotten you where you are, but hard work without smart work will inevitably cause your business to plateau and maybe even crumble.
Here are three good reasons why you should stop micromanaging and focus on working smarter:
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By Jonathan Weinstock, an EO Australia member and director at Launch Two People Pty Ltd
I’m really impatient. I mean really impatient. Maybe even a dose of hyperactivity disorder. I need stuff done now. I hate waiting.
One of my Kris Kringle presents was a stamp that says “F-cking Urgent.” I am into efficiency.
Why? I like getting stuff done, so I can do more stuff and achieve more, learn more, grow more and then have more choice to do more fun things when I want.
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By Russell Holcombe, an EO Atlanta member and president of Holcombe Financial, Inc.
I have been doing financial planning for entrepreneurs for almost 20 years, and it has become very clear from my experiences that the confidence, risk-taking, the trial and error of success at work spill over into our personal lives in a very unhealthy way.
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