The last few years have been fairly challenging in terms of inflation, the resulting higher interest rates, considerably higher operating costs and only average revenue streams to offset these higher expenses. It’s been a classic “Cash Flow Squeeze.”
I was recently thinking about two words that are quite similar. Those words are Creative and Reactive. They contain the same letters but have different meanings. In business, as in life, they represent vastly different approaches. Let me provide you with some real-life business examples: As you consider these comparisons, which one best describes you […]
About five years ago, I suggested that banks were making it more difficult to acquire operating lines of credit, especially in the dairy industry. In fact, I predicted…
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog…”
Our entire world is experiencing a “meltdown” in which bad news of high costs of Money, Energy, Labor and Transport (MELT) are wreaking havoc on many operations’ results.
The best way to achieve any objective is to only focus on the items that you can control.
Let’s face it. Life is full of challenges for all of us. If you could hear…
I recently reread Tim Ferriss’ first book entitled The 4-Hour Workweek and noted a special recommendation that he made.
Theodore Roosevelt stated, “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
I was recently reading an article by Charles Hugh Smith entitled “Five Themes Will Decide This Decade.” Frankly, it was scary to read these themes, but he may be correct.
