Want amazing? Try conflict.
I hate conflict. It makes me uncomfortable.Read More >>
2 paths to an easy tax season
You just picked up a letter from the IRS in your mailbox. You want to believe they’ve written you a thank you for last year’s prompt tax remittance. After you snap out of it and open the letter, you realize the IRS will be trudging through your return from three years ago. Three years ago was year 2 of your business—the year you tripled your income. You have no recollection of the return, the CPA who prepared it, much less where you put your copy of the return and the paper trail that supports it.Read More >>
Personal money = Business money
Consider for a minute how your personal money is connected to your business money. You may be an owner and your credit score is now hurting a business opportunity; you may be a valued employee and your lack of savings is not allowing you to step into the role of an owner; or you may be a married owner who’s spouse is wondering when the pay-off is going to happen.Read More >>
Stackers and filers
People regularly tell me keeping order is not for them, and they can never be good at it so they have lost hope. They also tell me stories about how their lives are broken.
To put it simply, order creates pockets of reflection which help you resolve all the things that order cannot solve. Order creates systems so that you have time and energy for the human parts of life. Take one step at a time—not twelve or even three—to become more organized and things will shift for the better throughout your entire life.Read More >>
High tech in any business
Jargon. What used to be only geek-speak is now something that everyone is starting to understand. Who doesn’t know what an app is today? Cloud computing is a new one. When I first heard the term, I thought it had to be a futuristic technology where I could go to another planet in a shuttle and still connect with my friends on Twitter. Then I found out that it was already happening and I was already using it.Read More >>
We have a new home!
Save the date for Tuesday, September 14 for our Open House and visit the new downtown Boise pad. We will be sending out invitations shortly.Read More >>
Drudgery, discipline, delight
Recently I was in a parent session at my son’s school and the teacher shared his 3D approach to teaching. It is so glaringly similar to the approach we take with our clients that I had to share it in a blog post. We blend habit development into all our services. This approach is how we have worked with clients for years to effectively change habits:Read More >>
The dinner team
As a business owner, you probably have at least one major systematic breakdown. Chances are that you can solve it without capital or adding a new team member.Read More >>
Do your words have a good work ethic?
The power of words isn't a new idea. Norman Vincent Peale burst onto the positive thinking scene long before it was a scene with his book The Power of Positive Thinking. Napoleon Hill was also there before Norm with his book Think and Grow Rich long before the The Secret recycled the idea of creating your future by using specific words and pictures.Read More >>
Uncover your purpose
Team success is rooted in clarity of purpose. It is up to the leader to distill the purpose and make it known to the team. If a purpose is not made clear to each attorney on the team, they will design their own vision and march on. A mission that states “To provide companies in Idaho with business legal services” may very well end up with a team of attorneys focusing on several services and markets, thus splitting the firm’s resources in many directions.Read More >>