Sue Miley
At some point, after hanging the shingle up and opening for business, most entrepreneurs hire someone to help with their bookkeeping. Whether a family member, friend, or clerk, we pay our bills, send out invoices, and make deposits in the bank. However, since the person hired to help isn’t an accountant, very few actually have […]
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Have you ever seen anyone who works out perfectly for one week of the month, and then fall off for a few weeks, get in the best shape of their life? Can you eat great a few days and then gorge yourself and stay feeling great? Can you build excellence into anything by occasionally killing […]
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As a small business owner is there such thing as a perfect team? I don’t know what your definition of perfect is, but to me, when a company has a perfect team, it has: All of the technical skills needed to run the business. A mix of people that all match and enhance the culture you […]
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I just got back from a ski vacation; our first as a family. All the kids, their spouses, and my granddaughter. This isn’t the first trip since the whirlwind of three weddings in a year, two years ago. We have done holidays at our house and a beach trip or two. And, of course, we […]
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Last year was unexpected for everyone in business, large or small. If anyone says they were expecting a worldwide pandemic, stay-at-home orders for weeks that turned into months, mandated business closures, a 30% drop in the stock market, a complete rebound of all major indices to record highs in the market, another oil and gas […]
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I remember the times when I was working for someone else’s business thinking I would do it differently. I even had a theme picked out in my head, “dare to be different”. It was about culture to me. Okay, it was also about efficiency, message, and policies. Basically, even though I didn’t admit it at […]
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Business ownership is fraught with internal wars. Take care of your customers; keep your gross margins strong. Treat your employees well; work late to finish the job. Make a profit; pay taxes. It is angels and demons, intuition vs. objectivity, good stewardship vs. generosity. Every year-end, the battle heats up. My pride wants to have […]
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I rarely come across a person who says they “sleep like a rock” all of the time. Most would say rarely, if ever at all. We have all had a night or two that we awake in the dark. And as dark does, it threatens to swallow us whole. Cycling thoughts begin. Never is it […]
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