It’s a relaxed Friday afternoon. You’re plugging away at the final tasks on your to-do list when the phone rings and you are confronted with devastating news: you’ve just lost your biggest client. After a brief conversation, you hang up the phone and are left to sit alone in the quiet office, your mindset...
How we define success differs from person to person. While one person may have ambitions to become a world-renowned marketing guru, there may be someone else who simply relishes in the idea of delivering an awesome service to customers in need. That said, there’s also the matter of how people go about attaining those successes...
I remember the first time I got bullied like it was yesterday. I was in the seventh grade, and at a new school. One day, while walking along a path between buildings to the cafeteria, I heard someone behind me shout, “Hey, look at the bubble-butt!” I turned and saw an older kid staring...
Setting goals as an entrepreneur is important. You need to do this for yourself, but you need to do it for your employees as well. Not only that, but you need to make sure you and your team are held accountable for their responsibilities. The first thing to realize is that most of us don’t...
About once a month, I receive a phone call from someone in the food services industry, usually the owner of a restaurant, who wants to know if I can come over and fix a malfunctioning piece of equipment. It's typically in regards to a broken oven, but I’ve had calls for grills, frialators, and walk-in refrigerators...
This is a resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners to talk about, overcome and fight depression. You'll find below four things Ramon Ray's original Facebook post about his own struggles with depression Tips to combat depression A slide, based on a presentation Ramon gave at SXSW with an overview of what depression is, why...
Sometimes, we can receive lessons in the darndest places. A few months ago, I was watching the TV show, Rizzoli and Isles. In one of the episodes, Rizzoli experiences something negative, and Isles reminds her to go through one of her rituals of finding the silver lining in any situation. That ritual was a...
Becoming a self-made millionaire may not seem like something within reach for many people. However, with steady focus, the right team, and the right tools, you could find yourself in the seven figures before you know it. Mental exercise, like physical exercise, yields big results. Money is a mentality and is no different from...
Are you a morning person? Are you “up-and-at-em”? You know, the kind of person that springs out of bed when it is still dark outside and are ready to take on the world by 5 AM? Full confession: I am that person. Except for my teenage years, when rising before 1 PM seemed impossible, I...
As I meet fellow small business owners and entrepreneurs through networking and referrals, I am curious to see how well each person understands financial concepts and if they have the skills needed to manage their business’s finances, such as creating a budget, planning cash flow, or overseeing their bookkeeper, to create a profitable business. This...
