Tag: strategy
Transforming Hope Into Action
Albert Einstein offered us some extremely valuable advice, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” No question, the QUESTION is the answer… to everything. Einstein also gave us what has become the basis of all TQ and our Ai™ Center for Advanced Working Intelligence. “Education […]
Know More & Know How vs. Do Now…
As a Serial Entrepreneur x22, there is one Golden Rule of business that spells the difference between owning a Gold Mine and living in the Heartbreak Hotel.
In fact, every Competitive Advantage you want is based on my simple catchphrase…
DoNow Beats KnowHow!
Ready for a Mind Break? Feed Your Brain ~ Fuel Your Success…
We just added a new section called TQ&Me.
This area of TQ focuses on the real YOU… your inner-self that needs more hope, inspiration, positive belief in your abilities, and in the end, true mental-toughness.
We have curated an entire library, hundreds of best-of-breed resources to calm you down, build you up, and feed the inner-you with the shift in motivation you need for maximum personal effectiveness.
Why Test Your TQ?
To THRIVE, not just SURVIVE, after this COVID19 Pandemic, you will need to change with the times…
From the inside out…
To become more adaptable…
To become more responsive…
To become far more resilient than ever before.
A Sincere Request: 2 Minutes of Your Time Can Save 1 Million Small Businesses…
If any of your customers are small businesses, you now hold their lifesaver in your hands…
It’s not that times are changing, it’s that times have changed… and it’s actually worse than you think. The proof (below) is indisputable.
If your small business customers die off during this reboot, you die too… just like the legions of major companies now in bankruptcy.
We can help.
We created an exciting, positive, and highly motivational Shark Tank-styled 15 minute presentation that will give your small biz clients the specific advice, tools, and help they need right now.
Quick Hit: Predicting Business Success
After this crisis, every business will be a startup.
Every business in America is at risk of this Extinction Level Event (ELE). The cost of failure is unthinkable and the opportunity to succeed is equally incredible.
Our conservative estimate is that 1/3 of the businesses that entered this crisis will not survive the fallout ahead. This is a truth supported by 50 years of hard data.
It’s Time To Repurpose Your Purpose…
To THRIVE, not just SURVIVE, after this COVID19 Pandemic, you will need to change with the times…
From the inside out…
To become more adaptable…
To become more responsive…
To become far more resilient than ever before.
Business Reboot and Growth After The Crisis
After this crisis, every business will be a startup.
Every business in America is at risk of this Extinction Level Event (ELE). The cost of failure is unthinkable and the opportunity to succeed is equally incredible.
Our conservative estimate is that 1/3 of the businesses that entered this crisis will not survive the fallout ahead. This is a truth supported by 50 years of hard data.
Small Business Success Is All About Thinking Strategically
As CEO of The TQsmart family of sites I thought I would end this year with some advice for next year.
Advice for people in small businesses who want to grow and turn their hard work into a pile of cash and great memories.
Advice for people who are working too HARD and not seeing the fruits of their labor.
Advice even for myself and team of people all working together to build extraordinary new products.
3 Vital Rules of Business Success
Follow these 3 rules and you have a real shot of achieving entrepreneurial greatness.
Don’t, and no matter how hard you work… how hard you want success… it just won’t happen.
Yes, I am the proverbial expert in this matter!
I have tried it both ways.
A couple of times I skipped rule 1 and 2… resulting in total disaster.
The Small Biz Paradox
The Small Biz Paradox…
The dilemma — you want to grow your small business to become a titan of industry.
The paradox is that your business cannot grow any bigger than its leaders.
It will never grow beyond your abilities because you simply will not let it.
In the end, the more you try to grow, the faster you will fail…
Rising Star or a Dog With Fleas?
The Business Dream…
Please take a moment to THINK about your business goals.
Maybe you are a SOHO (Small Office Home Office) dreamer.
Maybe you have grown to experience the joys of a rapidly expanding enterprise.
Or maybe you have just passed the big hurdle moving from basic subsistence to full sustainability.
What now?
From Struggling SOHO to Entrepreneurial Success
The Business Dream…
Please take a moment to THINK about your business goals.
Maybe you are a SOHO (Small Office Home Office) dreamer.
Maybe you have grown to experience the joys of a rapidly expanding enterprise.
Or maybe you have just passed the big hurdle moving from basic subsistence to full sustainability.
What now?
The Midas Touch in a Single Word: Strategy
Smarter Business Starts With a Smarter Strategy.
Today is a great time to think about the year ahead, what you must do to increase market share, attract new business, and build greater value.
That, of course is the desire.
But the reality is, most businesses will simply ignore the idea of creating an actual strategy, instead, attempting to throw a bunch of random tactics at the day to day issues every business faces.
Which is why the business failure rate continues to ravage the hopes and dreams of entrepreneurs everywhere.
Marketing The Invisible
“Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they’d like to go.” ~ Seth Godin The Invisible Opportunity Before You… Years ago I read a wonderful book on sales and marketing: Selling the Invisible — A […]
The Winds of Change Always Brings Storms
The Winds of Change Always Brings Storms…
I have always loved the above quote from Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in history.
The key word is “chronically”.
All businesses present their own unique challenges.
Some are quick and easy fixes.
Some require time and money.
Some are not worth the trouble keeping alive.
Strategy vs. Tactics…
Can you run your business without a long-term strategy?
Can you increase market share without a solid marketing strategy?
Can you make more money without a real financial strategy?
Can you grow and prosper without a strategy for success… all the way out to succession?
Of course not!
Friendliness as Strategy
The Purpose of Business…
One of the greatest articles ever written on business success was drafted way back in 1960 by Theodore Levitt entitled, Marketing Myopia and makes the case for why businesses of every size either succeed or fail.
I was on my 4th or 5th business by the time I read this article in the Havard Business Review.
I immediately saw the connection between his thoughts and my business.
The big idea is that the reasons FAIL is that they don’t know what business they are in. They lose their focus and simply become irrelevant to the customer.
New Solution ~ Old Problem
This article is for people who are absolutely serious about building a business worth owning… turning your hard work into a veritable gold mine.
The simple truth is, if you do not run your business with a month by month Strategic Plan, you are stepping over DOLLARS to pick up DIMES.
There are literally tens of millions of small businesses around the globe where the prime strategy for success is prayer!
A prayer for…
Better cash flow…
Faster growth…
Smarter employees…
Sales expansion…
The list is endless.
Ideas as Strategy
One of the great questions facing every business today is, “How do I grow my business faster and become the next hot new thing… the hot new toy… the trendy new restaurant… great new App… retail experience… making your business the rising star in your industry or community?
Every leader in every organization on Earth is asking this question right now
