Make Strategy Your Sidekick

Business today requires adaptability and agility. To get in the game, let alone stay in it, you must be able to pivot with confidence. And just how do you pivot with confidence? Utilizing strategic planning. The word strategy often inflicts an overwhelming and daunting feeling. There is a disbelief that only those at the top…

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Crazy Thoughts on Work-Life Balance

Am I the only guy strange enough to wonder what actually happens when the dog catches the bus? Interestingly enough, I saw it occur once and the result was so disappointing. The dog ran around and barked loudly in a state of complete confusion but never even attempted to get on the bus. Apparently it…

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Cultivating a Culture of Generosity

In his best-selling book, Give and Take, Wharton Professor Adam Grant conducted research on a group of people with the goal of discovering why certain people more often ‘give’ and what attributes are associated with people inclined to ‘take.’ His research revealed three different types of people as it relates to giving – Givers, Matchers…

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Your Software is Too Complicated

It’s all too easy to fall into the temptation of signing up for apps and services that tell you, “You need this in order to have the edge against your competition!” We all want that seemingly perfect tool that will magically answer our every need. The issue with new software though, is that we often…

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5 Ways to Be More Intentional and Drive Results with Social Media Advertising

When it comes to social media (paid) advertising, there are a wide variety of options for businesses to target their prospective buyers. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and even Snapchat might provide your business with unique opportunities to get in front of a relevant audience and convert them into paying customers. Assuming you know who your…

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3 Principles to Maximize Development

There is a lot of talk swirling around these days about the term professional development. But are we talking about professional development or just development? In less than half a second, Google populates 42.3 million results to the question How do I develop professionally? In that same amount of time, a shocking 90.4 million Google…

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How Discipline Gives You the Freedom to Grow

“Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.” – Julie Andrews One of the biggest challenges I’ve had to face as my husband Bryan and I have created and grown the companies of Miles AG over the past few years is learning…

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Preparing for Adversity and the Journey Ahead

Adversity, struggles, obstacles…whatever you’d like to call them, they are inevitable in life’s journey and are likely a weekly experience for any entrepreneur. My own journey has been littered with adversity from a lack of self-awareness to being burnt out from working on tasks outside of my sweet spot. Along the way, I’ve learned three…

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Vision: Seeing around the corners

In the time we have been producing video projects, it seems we have heard a thousand “visions” from our clients of what they desire to communicate to their audience. It is our job to interpret their vision into a message worth communicating. On the flip side, more often than not, we must cast a vision…

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Community: The significance and risk

“A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson A desire for significance is at the core of every human being. This can’t be mistaken for fame, popularity, or even success, which become hollow substitutes for significance. What we want is something much larger than that- to mean something to…

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