On Pain
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. […] Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you…
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April 21, 2021
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Business Finance / Business Strategy & Marketing / Guides & Resources / Personal Finance / Taxes & Tax Prep
2021 Tax Calendar
2021 and all of its tax deadlines are upon us! Below is a quick guide of the most important dates to keep in mind this calendar year. January 15th: due…
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January 4, 2021
Billie Holiday – Lessons Learned
“I don’t think I ever sang the same way twice. And I don’t think I ever sang the same tempo. One night is a little bit slower and the next…
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December 15, 2020
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”: Lessons Learned
That was my absolute favorite song for most of my teenage years. I had a visceral reaction to it and it touched me on a deep level. Because it matched what I was going through at the time (or at least what I thought I was going through – “love” at that age is quite the mercurial thing.)
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August 12, 2020
Are You Stuck in “Elo Hell”?
There’s a term in competitive gaming called “Elo hell”. The phrase comes from the Elo ranking system, which was originally created for chess matches in an attempt to match players…
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January 29, 2020
Business Finance / Business Strategy & Marketing / Guides & Resources / Personal Finance / Taxes & Tax Prep
2020 Tax Calendar
2020 and all of its tax deadlines are upon us! Below is a quick guide of the most important dates to keep in mind this calendar year. January 15th: due…
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January 2, 2020
Avoid the “Truth” Found in Bad Metrics
“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” ― Mark Twain I’m a big proponent of tracking key metrics in your business. (For those unfamiliar with the term, a metric is…
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October 31, 2019
The Comfort in Stagnation: Why Some Businesses Never Succeed
“I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.” –…
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October 2, 2019
How Pain of Purchase Affects Customer Satisfaction
A few years ago, I did a string of articles talking about the importance of charging appropriately. They talked about how customer loyalty can sometimes be fleeting, how low prices…
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July 9, 2019
5 Ways to Take the Pain out of Your Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping is the bane of most business owners' existence. But ignoring our books or putting them on the back burner can be one of the costliest mistakes we ever make.…
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June 7, 2019