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from John Ellsworth
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What Does Your Future Hold?December 26, 2024 - 10:30 am
What is the Secret to More Positive Cash Flow?December 6, 2024 - 1:25 pm
Are We Getting Too Comfortable?November 26, 2024 - 6:11 pm
Why Aren’t You Dancing in the Rain?November 12, 2024 - 12:28 pm
What Is Your Next Step?October 30, 2024 - 9:59 pm
“Leave the Crown in the Garage”
In a moment, I will explain the title of this Next Level Thinking blog, but I wanted to start by sharing with you the thoughts of a business leader, whose work I recently read about on LinkedIn.
Banking on a New Future
I wanted to share with you an excerpt of an article written by marketing expert Seth Godin
Are You Really Prepared?
Following the dismal prices of the last three years, especially in the dairy industry, I am certain that if I asked anyone if they were prepared to receive higher prices, they would respond by saying, “Of course, I am. Are you kidding me?” Yet, I would ask, once again, are you truly prepared? Are you 100% ready?
What’s the Difference?
I’d like you to think about two words and compare what they can mean to you as you move forward in your business and life.
Building Your Business Confidence
I am sure you’ve heard the age old advice: “Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it.” With that in mind, let’s shift our focus to a much more proactive approach, because these negative questions can, indeed, take you to some very disappointing and depressing results.
The More it Changes, the More It Stays the Same…
While there are many profitability variables to contend with, and this research does not suggest that ignoring one of the lower correlated variables would ever be a good idea, the top three are all ones that I have had the opportunity to deal with in each and every financial turn-around situation.