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I’ve had some very interesting discussions over the last few months about failing. One person, a CEO of a billion dollar company, suggested that maybe our goal shouldn’t be to stop failure, but to make it easy for people to not be afraid of failure and to support people who have failed. Fail often and […]
If you look for yellow cars all of a sudden it seems like every second car is yellow. The same goes for purple, blue, pink or brown ones. Now that I’m looking for information about hiring, there are resources popping out at me from everywhere. I had lunch with a friend, Shelley Fleckinstein of King’s […]
When hiring, I’m supposed to consider: The new people should have the skills to do the tasks Their strengths should complement what’s already in the company I need to be able to assess their strengths I need them to be able to work on their own I’d like them to be a part of the […]
The Future without fish. A very scary documentary about the state of fish world wide. Final conclusion: we’re at the end of the line especially with large species. To help: don’t eat endangered species and eat lower on the ocean food chain like anchovies. I just watched this movie and it got me thinking about […]
I read Robert Fulford’s Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto just before my trip to TO. Originally Toronto was laid out neatly by the army engineers 1793 who set it up as Fort York. As with most cities it’s early growth after that time was organic. Fulford’s tale takes us back to the 1800’s (Toronto […]
I hired Stella a year ago and it was the best move I made. She’s a very good bookkeeper, has initiative and works hard. The bottom line in my business looks better than ever and I was able to go on a vacation! But Stella had to move across the country. She’s in Vancouver now. […]
You are going to notice a change in tone in these blog posts. The Business Owners Success Club started as an offline, monthly business improvement club with a number of local businesses. Over 3 years I amassed several binders and many mgs of info about various topics of interest to small business owners.This blog was […]
It all started because I was pregnant and needed to make a few more dollars on a schedule that worked for my new bundle of joy. I had success in the past with picking up bookkeeping work as a way to pull in money quickly. By the time the 4rth little sweetie was ready for […]
Anthony Bourdain calls himself a cook and a writer. He’s been other things, too like a drug addict and a thief. I’m not telling tales, he says it in this book. Most importantly, right now he looks to be a person living the life he wants. He says he’s too old to head back into […]
