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The Most Important Thing to do to Reach Your Goals
As we roll into the fourth quarter of the year, you may be starting to consider your business goals for next year. Given how 2020 has gone, maybe your primary ambition is to survive in 2021. Perhaps you’re going to create a recurring revenue stream or finally hire that general manager. Or maybe you’ve decided…
Read MoreLessons from Mom: Always balance your checkbook.
My Mom was a very smart lady but I could not admit until I was over the age of 18. She has been an inspiration to me throughout my career, teaching me many valuable lessons. When I was younger, I used to watch my mother at my grandpa’s old desk, sitting in his vintage red…
Read MoreTurn the Worst of Times into the Best of Times
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens Paraphrasing Charles Dickens, I like to believe, “It is the worst of times that became the best of times.” It is through challenges we have our greatest learning, the worst pain we can find the most joy, and during the…
Read MoreShock Your Potential Podcast
Enjoy our conversation with Shock Your Potential host, Michael Sherlock who works with businesses and professionals to achieve their full potential in leadership, sales and customer experiences. Listen as founder, Linda Ruffenach shares her experiences and her thoughts on how It can get very lonely at the top. And the higher you rise in business,…
Read MoreKeep Moving Forward
per·spi·cac·i·ty: the quality of having a ready insight into things; bringing knowledge forward. I first heard the word perspicacity when I met Deanna Farrugia, the founder of The Perspicacity Group. Being the founder of a company with a made-up name like Execuity, I had just assumed it was not a real world and there had…
Read MoreIt’s Not All Candy & Rainbows
“Being a business owner is hard. It’s not all candy and rainbows. There are going to be sacrifices, especially in the beginning.” – Amanda Berry, FranNet Amanda Berry, has a purpose and that purpose is in helping others find their passion. As the owner of FranNet of Kentucky that is exactly what she does. She…
Read MoreAre Your Priorities in Order?
Who enjoys thinking about taxes? While not many people have this passion, I had the opportunity to sit down with Timalyn Bowens, Enrolled Agent to the IRS, and owner of Bowens Tax and Bookkeeping Solutions, a virtual firm based out of Louisville, KY. A self-professed nerd, she has a unique love and special passion for…
Read MoreGo Big or Go BIGGER
It takes courage to become an entrepreneur and for women, it takes even more courage to go into a male dominated industry like manufacturing. For Jesika Young, taking big bold steps is just part of her DNA. In 2018, she left her career in banking to purchase her first manufacturing business and since then she…
Read MoreGetting Pulled in the Right Direction
I have far more success when I listen to the market and discover what the business really needs and then I go build it for them. – Cara Silletto Cara Silletto is a nationally recognized workforce thought leader and the owner and founder of Magnet Culture, where she works with organizations of all different sizes…
Read MoreA World of Inspiration
“Go even bigger… start even earlier to dream big and encourage others to dream big too!” There are so many inspiring women in this world. The ones that can inspire us the most are the women we grew up with. It could be your mother, sister, aunt or a cherished family friend. For Kim Haas,…
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