One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight and get into shape. While that’s a smart thing to do for your overall health, it’s also a good thing for your business. Unhealthy lifestyle habits increase your risk of illness. Of course, when you aren’t feeling your best, it impacts your productivity and limits your ability to achieve your goals.
America lost one of the country’s greatest and most esteemed journalists last week — Andy Rooney. I grew up watching Rooney and always loved his commentary on CBS’s 60 Minutes. He had an amazing ability to point out the obvious and absurd. He will certainly be missed.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been on a nation-wide book tour for my new, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book, “It’s You Biz: The Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Boss.” As a result, I’ve talked with hundreds of small business owners and have listened to their concerns about growing their companies. A popular topic has been technology. Leveraging the right technology is critical for small business success. However, busy entrepreneurs often don’t have time to familiarize themselves with the latest and greatest, and as a result, they make wrong choices or none at all.
Many thanks to UPS for bringing me to Atlanta for the start of my book tour. And thanks to Constant Contact for being my national tour sponsor. Here’s the information. Hope you can join us.
When you think of the great inventors, you probably think of people such as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell and even Steve Jobs — people who have brought entirely new concepts to the market. But great ideas and innovations don’t have to change the world. Sometimes the best new product opportunities start with small improvements in existing concepts. For example, Pam Moore improved on the standard ice tray after trying to get ice cubes into narrow openings of sport bottles for her son’s soccer games. So Moore enhanced ice trays with a cylinder design creating “Ice Tubes” to fit perfectly into most bottles! Millions of Ice Tubes are now in kitchens around the world.