11 Years of Growth

November 30, 2015

As part of my website update project, I planned to spend a day or so cleaning up the first two years of my blog (2004 to 2006). I started blogging with WordPress version 1.x, and blogging was still a young medium in 2004, so I wasn’t sure where to go with it. During those years…

Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed – Part 5

November 18, 2015

This is the fifth and final article in the series about the connection between entrepreneurship and personal growth called Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed. Take command of your life As an entrepreneur you decide which goals, projects, and opportunities to pursue. You don’t have to waste your time working hard to achieve someone else’s goals.…

Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed – Part 4

November 16, 2015

This article continues the series about the connection between entrepreneurship and personal growth called Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed. Overcome limited thinking When you run your own business, you’ll see how your thoughts and beliefs impact your business results. Your personal limitations will limit what your business can do. The motivation to grow and improve…

Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed – Part 3

November 12, 2015

This article continues the series about the connection between entrepreneurship and personal growth called Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed. Learn the pain of indecision Indecision hurts. When you have a business, you’ll be punished for indecision. You’ll lose customers, miss opportunities, and struggle with lower sales if you don’t get your act together. Many would-be…

Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed – Part 2

November 10, 2015

This article continues the series about the connection between entrepreneurship and personal growth called Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed. Develop a broad base of skills Starting your own business can push you to learn a variety of skills you may not otherwise learn, such as: business law contract negotiation accounting marketing sales skills presentation skills…

Entrepreneurs Grow at Warp Speed – Part 1

November 9, 2015

One reason I started my own business in my early 20s is that I believed it would help me grow faster as a human being. I figured I’d learn more valuable skills, tackle more challenges, and enjoy a richer life as an entrepreneur than I would as someone else’s employee. That turned out to be…

Lifestyle Consequences of Your Business Decisions

November 5, 2015

Building and growing your own business can be a wonderful part of your personal growth journey. Making a new business profitable and successful is a real challenge by itself, but you also want to be careful to avoid creating a business that seems to be doing well while it’s actually killing your lifestyle. There are…