Troth of Sorrows is a business term used to describe when the market is not ready for the product. It took Amazon nearly 20 years before it turned back-to-back profitable quarters. Going through it, perhaps it would have been wise to call it quits as they needed cable wires, internet availability, online purchasing behavior, and mobile phones to develop and … Read more
How do you keep going when you find yourself in a certain place in life wondering “how in the world did I ever end up here?” “Here” was not part of your plan. “Here” is not the destination you planned to reach. “Here” was not the road you planned to travel on. Yet “here” is exactly where you are. “When … Read more
As a business coach, I often enter messy business environments helping owners lead their profits, people, and processes. As I go deeper into their muck, I see people are confused of what is expected of them, their roles, and their responsibilities. Role ambiguity is one of the greatest sources of stress a a job. An employee who experiences role clarity knows what they … Read more
Simon Sinek, popular leadership author and TED fame, shared in his best-selling book that it all starts with the why. People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe. “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where … Read more
Sometime in the late 1800s, Vilfredo Pareto was fussing about in his garden when he made a small but interesting discovery. Pareto noticed that a tiny number of pea pods in his garden produced the majority of the peas. This idea that a small number of things account for the majority of the results became known as the Pareto Principle … Read more
“That very day two of them were on their way to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.” — Luke 24:13-16 The same day as the … Read more
I don’t know about you, but anytime we have company or people over, we feverishly clean the house and clean up ourselves. It is what’s expected as it sends a message of respect and importance to our visitors….. but is it what Jesus values? One of the first sermons Jesus ever gave was from a boat. Interesting that Jesus choose … Read more
In 1992, a team of us worked feverishly on a 3-5-10 year plan to grow the business of basketball internationally. The NBA was participating in the 1992 Olympics and we were planning on leveraging the opportunity to launch our global business. The Dream Team served to be so popular for us that we quickly realized there was money to be … Read more