Earlier this month, I sent out my 2015 reader survey. This is the second year I've done this, and I'm always surprised at how much there is to learn from a short survey of my audience. After running the survey for two weeks, IÂ had 31
The world of business is often perceived as a place for sleazy, manipulative sales tactics, especially online. But that same world is made up of everyday peopleâjust like you and me. There must be a better way to make a buck. If you want to be different, and build
You've probably heard that people only use about 10 percent of their brains. While it turns out that's actually not true, humans do have the mental capacity to accomplish more than we typically do I'll admit, I'm a glutton for productivity. I&
Blogging success requires consistencyâshowing up day after day. It's hard work, but it doesn't have to be impossible. Some tools make blogging look easy by taking away hours worth of stress. I've been using CoSchedule on the regular for half a year now,
In the world of online business, getting started can be the hardest part. That initial tractionâor lack thereofâis what projects entrepreneurs along a path of success or failure. I'd been blogging consistently for about a year when I was ready to create a new business. I
What if one simple change could jump-start your entire approach to building a business? If the cost was fairly small, would you not make it happen right away? In August of this past year, I filed the paperwork to form MeeseWorks, LLC as the legal business behind this site. At
If you were to disappear tomorrow, could those you influence continue to carry on without you? What about if you were to disappear six months from now? A year? Once, at a Chick-fil-A leadership meeting, my peers and I were asked to each share one goal for the coming year.
I just finished reading Jeff Goinsâs latest book, The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do. This book is all about finding and pursuing your callingâwhat Jeff calls âthe reason you were born.â It wasn't too long ago that
Delegation is the great multiplier, allowing you to accomplish more than you ever could on your own. Building a team makes this possible, but that's not the first step you should take to start getting more done.< Ask yourself, âWhat is it you do that forms your
Entrepreneurs aren't typically the type to choose rest over work on a day-to-day basis. It's easy to forget how draining life is when you're constantly plugged into the web. A couple of weeks ago, I spent three days at a monastery in West Virginia.
It's a new year! I find the end of each year and beginning of the next is a perfect time to look back, take some notes, and learn something new for the year ahead. This was a big year, not only for my blog and business but for
Over the past few weeks, I've discovered something quite by accident: nearly every conflict can be traced back to expectations left unsaid. In fact, this rings true both at work and at home. At Home My parish priest told me that early on in his marriage he and