How Entrepreneurs Can Find The Time to Work Out

Business Tips, Schedule

Monday, February 12th, 2018

How Entrepreneurs Can Find The Time to Work Out

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’re probably extremely busy. Heck, you don’t even need to be an entrepreneur to be busy, you just need to be a human in the 21st century. Between work obligations, families and other priorities, finding the time to work out seems impossible. That being said, we all still have this […]

15 Life Rules to Inspire Motivation

Business Tips

Monday, January 22nd, 2018

15 Life Rules to Inspire Motivation

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Lou Holtz Without motivation it’s kind of tough to reach your full potential. Of course, there are moments in your life where motivation is non-existent. When that happens, you should follow these 15 life rules […]

2 Ways You Are Wasting Time in Your Business

Productivity

Friday, January 19th, 2018

2 Ways You Are Wasting Time in Your Business

A common theme I see with business owners is how wasting time leads to a struggling business. And by wasting time, I don’t just mean wasting time on tasks. I also mean wasting time by taking too long to make decisions. I once heard an excellent quote on a podcast that kicked my tail into […]

3 Practices That Will Improve Your Focus

3 Practices That Will Improve Your Focus

As an entrepreneur, you likely have multiple things competing for your attention at all times. Between emails, messages, projects and everything else in your life, it can be difficult to stay on task. That’s why it’s important that you find practices that will help improve your focus over time. The Importance of Focus I once […]

Meaningful Motivation: What Actually Drives Employee Engagement

Productivity

Thursday, December 14th, 2017

Meaningful Motivation: What Actually Drives Employee Engagement

Managing employees is tricky. While our workers tell us money is the way to maximize productivity, results tell a different story. What do we believe? Recent experiments run by Dan Ariely, author of the book Payoff, showed that money is a poor motivator for getting the best work out of people. In fact, large bonuses for key […]

Intrinsic Motivation in the Workplace: 8 Examples to Improve Your Company

Business Tips

Saturday, December 9th, 2017

Intrinsic Motivation in the Workplace: 8 Examples to Improve Your Company

Motivation in the workplace is defined as “the willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organizational goals conditioned by the effort’s ability to satisfy some individual needs” (Robbins in Mobbs and McFarland, 2010). Motivation — vital to business and life. Because motivation is vital to the success of any business. As a subject, motivation […]

Motivating From Afar: Helping Your Virtual Team Stay Energized

Productivity

Monday, December 4th, 2017

Motivating From Afar: Helping Your Virtual Team Stay Energized

In today’s global and distributed business economy, virtual teams are becoming the norm. In fact, 43 percent of employed Americans said they spent at least some time working remotely in 2016. And as more and more companies begin to embrace this idea, expect that number to increase significantly. While having a remote team has numerous […]

The Perfect Workday Hours to Maximize Motivation

Meetings, Productivity, Schedule

Monday, October 30th, 2017

The Perfect Workday Hours to Maximize Motivation

What are the perfect workday hours to maximize your motivation? For me, it depends and varies based on the day. We’ve been working eight hours a day since Robert Owen coined the slogan, “Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest,” back in the 18th Century. Today, the average American works 8.8 hours a […]

8 Mental Hacks to Regain Your Motivation and Passion

Productivity

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

8 Mental Hacks to Regain Your Motivation and Passion

You wake-up bright and early. You have every intention to kill it today. Then, three hours later, you realize that you’ve accomplished absolutely nothing. What’s the deal? To be fair, we all have one of those days when we’re not a peak performance. And, that’s alright. But, if this becomes a chronic problem, then you’ve […]

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