Too Busy With Business?

By Ken Regular Have you ever noticed the word “business” is really two words smashed together?  Written another way it is “Busyness.” Running a business means being busy. There are constant demands, pressures, and choices, all on top of doing the things your customers need. These days, the busyness of running a business means answering time-consuming questions like: How will my boutique survive with curbside pickup? Can my restaurant make disposible menus with a tiny desktop printer? Who can get this vital replacement part to…

The Mathematics of Success

By Ken Regular Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar said, “Happiness is not pleasure; it’s victory over odds that seem insurmountable.” Try replacing happiness with the word “success.” Do it and your perspective shifts. At first the change is subtle, followed by a new way of thinking about being successful. It is easy to believe that money plus fame equals success. That is the mathematics of pop culture, with a myth of “overnight success” thrown on top. But the truth is closer to Ziglar’s formula.…