Tag Archive 'small business strategy'

Jul 12 2010

True Calling On A Wing A Prayer And A Guess

Published by Tom Volkar under True Callings | Email This Post Email This Post | 977 views

On a wing and a prayer means in beat up condition but still managing to get the job done. The saying is taken from a World War Two patriotic song that tells the story of a damaged plane barely able to limp back to base.

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Feb 09 2010

Authentic Business Building

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,041 views

We’ve all experienced the ready acceptance of affinity. Having something in common like a similar university experience or hailing from the same neck of the woods seems to create an instantaneous bond that relaxes both parties.

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Jan 27 2010

You’re Brilliant!

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,422 views

You really are brilliant, you know. Out of 6 billion of us on the planet there is no one like you.

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Jun 22 2009

The Missing Link To Business Start Up Success

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,294 views

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Too often the founders of start up businesses keep things to themselves for far too long. Without the willingness and ability to bounce ideas off the right people, would be entrepreneurs unnecessarily delay a successful business launch.

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Apr 28 2009

Choose the Right Tool

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,413 views

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My Dad subscribed to the brute force method of fine carpentry. He believed everything could be fixed with a big screwdriver and a hammer. If a door frame wasn’t quite plumb, just loosen it with the screwdriver and give it a couple of whacks.
Business can be like that. If something isn’t quite right we can often force it into place with a few good whacks of hard work and effort. But these quick fixes in business and carpentry often come back to haunt us because we were addressing only symptoms.

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Apr 02 2009

Creative Consciousness Strategy

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,579 views

istock_000004139892xsmallI’ve been observing the various states of being/doing, which we find ourselves in all day long. For small business entrepreneurs, strategic productivity is essential. To improve business productivity raise your state of consciousness.

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Mar 19 2009

How To Create and Complete By Using Strategies

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 2,794 views

istock_000006400586xsmallA strategy is a plan of action. It’s a method for creating, doing or accomplishing something. We often hear of Marketing strategies, Business strategies, Brand strategies, etc., but the entrepreneurs and businesses owners I work with in my small business coaching practice mostly need Creation and Completion strategies.

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Dec 20 2008

Five Tools to Sharpen Your Authentic Edge

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 4,220 views

axe-010You have an authentic edge that’s based on who you are, where you are in your business development and what you’ve experienced. That edge drives your personal power. It’s your natural positional advantage in the marketplace and you’ll struggle to the degree that you fail to exploit it.

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Dec 09 2008

Double Your Income Next Year

Published by Tom Volkar under Money | Email This Post Email This Post | 2,430 views

What do you think about doubling your income next year? Have you considered the possibility? If not, you may have already set in stone, earning limits that you will not exceed. We act on what we think, not on what is.

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