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Leah Barr The humble trash can

*thunk* ... @&$#*! I'd knocked the trash can over -- again! And now I feared I would be late for work, but I couldn't just leave that mess in the alley. I have a tendency to really whip my car around quick, backing out of the driveway. Trash pick-up is only once a week, not frequent enough to quickly cement a routine. And for some reason my landlord ALWAYS puts those big cans right in my path. So, for a little wh… Continue

Added by Leah Barr on October 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Elizabeth Heil One Thing

You need to get better. And guess what? So do I. So does every single person on this planet. The Law of Entropy tells us that everything is in a constant state of decline. This includes our minds, or skills and our bodies. As a result, there is no such thing as maintaining the status quo – you are either getting better or you are getting worse. Period, end of discussion. The challenge in business is where to improve. There are too many choices. Should I upgrade my website, hire a new salesp… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Heil on July 6, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

CJ McClanahan One Thing

You need to get better. And guess what? So do I. So does every single person on this planet. The Law of Entropy tells us that everything is in a constant state of decline. This includes our minds, or skills and our bodies. As a result, there is no such thing as maintaining the status quo – you are either getting better or you are getting worse. Period, end of discussion. The challenge in business is where to improve. There are too many choices. Should I upgrade my website, hire a new salesp… Continue

Added by CJ McClanahan on July 6, 2009 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Laina Molaski Strengthen Your Employee Performance & Increase Your ROI

Five New Products Strengthen Your Employee Performance & Increase Your ROI 5 Employment Mistakes No Business Owner Should Make Webinar ($29.99) This workshop, designed for business owners, explores five common mistakes no business owner should ever make. Join us for a high level overview of areas to be aware of when managing employees, including the following: What does “Employment at Will” truly mean and how it can impact your business? What can you do if you hire someone who “just… Continue

Added by Laina Molaski on May 12, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Mandy Cooley Smile & Move (like it was made for Smaller Indiana)

I ran into this video while reading today's edition of John Maxwell's Leadership Wired. There were so many things about it that made me think of Smaller Indiana! 1 - It is all about how we grow when we give and serve. This venue (SI) is all about serving through gifts - giving time, energy, attention, knowledge - for the sake of growing one another and the communities in which we live. 2 - The end asks us, as viewers, to "smove" - which is a great parallel to the smoosiers found here every day… Continue

Added by Mandy Cooley on April 21, 2009 at 10:07pm — No Comments

Raquel Richardson Get better every day

I'm working with an amazing team for Shanna's Story. When we began our journey to tell the story and raise funds for Josiah Nelson and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, we didn't really know each other well. Now just a couple weeks shy of the campaign completion, we have grown together. Our biggest area of growth is our group… Continue

Added by Raquel Richardson on April 6, 2009 at 10:04am — 1 Comment

Brooke Randolph Physically Engaged and Mentally Renewed

As I ventured out on my long run today, I tuned my iPod to the world music genre with the intention of finding the next song I would choreograph for my dance classes. Although I was not very inspired by the task at hand, I did seem to be solving other problems without conscious attention to them. This weekend, I was helping a friend brainstorm a new business venture, including concept… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on March 29, 2009 at 1:20am — 1 Comment

Brooke Randolph Valuing Your Past, Present, and Future

Reading health blogs can be an excellent source of information and encouragement; however common titles like 5 Things to Cut Out of Your Diet Now, 4 Exercises You Should Do Every Day, 6 Ways to Get a Flat Belly, or 7 Changes That Can Help You Sleep can start to give you the idea you need to be fixed. With all the infor… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on March 14, 2009 at 1:45am — No Comments

Milo Curtis Blogging Won't Make People Care

Just because you started a blog, doesn't mean the rest of the world is going to care. I've been pastoring since 1999, and I've fallen into the delusional thinking that if I found the right program/method, prayed hard, my ministry would grow and life would be good. Those that pastor know exactly what I mean. You know the scene. We go to a conference, hear about a church that implemented P… Continue

Added by Milo Curtis on January 28, 2009 at 8:00am — 9 Comments

JC Crawford How do you break the egg?

In a "Rain FW" blog someone mentioned hitting a glass ceiling. Well my ceiling was re-enforced with three inches of concrete. I am aware that my industry (massage) has already been obscured by "bad people" doing bad things, but The places I moved back from are so much more "advanced" in their thinking. It seems Fort Wayne has this ultra conservative shell around it. I left thirty years ago, I came back and my clothes are still in style? Has anyone else had to deal with this type of setback? Is t… Continue

Added by JC Crawford on January 27, 2009 at 10:05am — 2 Comments

Susan Baroncini-Moe Are You Having a Scarcity Conversation With Yourself?

If you've been following my blogs or e-zines, you know that I write many of my articles because of comments I've heard from my clients and subscribers. This one is no different. One thing I've been hearing a lot of lately is, "I want to start a business, but I just can't afford it right now," and "I want to invest in learning how to start a business, but I don't have the money to put into it." This is a legitimate, honest concern, and I want to talk to you about it. Because I get it. I've been… Continue

Added by Susan Baroncini-Moe on January 24, 2009 at 9:51am — 1 Comment

Lori Lowe What is Your True Path? How Can You Achieve Your Goal?

Several times a year, particularly at each New Year, I think it’s helpful to reevaluate where you’ve been recently and where you are going in your life. A few different people recently provided me with tidbits of wisdom about their chosen paths and how to achieve their goals, and together they provided an “aha” moment. Read a brief description of some interesting analogies I learned to visualize your true path and overcome your obstacles at Life Gems.… Continue

Added by Lori Lowe on January 21, 2009 at 9:14am — No Comments

Tony Scelzo Learn, Earn and Burn

Many of us came through the end of last year feeling a little beat up by the economy. We felt like we were moving our business towards our goals to hit a sudden glass ceiling. This is the six year of owning my own small business and what I have learned to do. . . that I think really helps not only me, but our members is to “Revel in the Frustration” and resolve to Learn, Earn then Burn. Frustration is a temporary state that usually forces “successful” people to make a breakthrough. Frustration… Continue

Added by Tony Scelzo on January 15, 2009 at 10:42am — 1 Comment

Dr. Noah H. Kersey Lost In America: A Spiritual Journey

It was late summer of 1976 and my girlfriend of two years had just broken off our relationship. We had been together for a couple of years and had talked about marriage after college. I did not realize that her influential parents had different ideas for their daughter, a beautiful strawberry blond with more freckles than I could count. I was heart-broken and felt very alone. I knew that I would not find peace about this breakup until I felt fully connected with God. Growing up in an o… Continue

Added by Dr. Noah H. Kersey on December 28, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Brooke Randolph Stress: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly - Part I

Stress is what gets you out of bed in the morning, reading this blog, and Christmas morning. Stress is an often misunderstood term. Stress is any stimulus or change in your life that creates or requires a change or reaction. According to the classic stress inventory, marriage is more stressful than being fired, the death of a close friend, or foreclosure. Even positive events create Eustress, a feelin… Continue

Added by Brooke Randolph on December 22, 2008 at 2:42am — 4 Comments

Lindsay Manfredi Room For Growth: Expanding Mind Evolution Into Company Evolution

I was driving home last night from work and talking to someone on the phone. This person asked me why I would blog, made some comments about not understanding, then said it was kind of stupid. After I hung up, I began to think about personal growth and openmindedness. How often are companies not growing because the leaders in the company are not growing? One of the things I love about business is that for the most part, the success is truly in our own hands. I am a firm believer that if one can… Continue

Added by Lindsay Manfredi on December 19, 2008 at 10:49am — 4 Comments

Pat Coyle Smaller Indiana's biggest week yet

Last week was our biggest week yet in terms of total visitors to the site. We saw 7,359 visitors last week, which is more than double the weekly visitor rate we saw back in February when we first started gaining traction. Here's the trend line from February through October:

What… Continue

Added by Pat Coyle on October 30, 2008 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Faith Wesstrom Don Miguel Ruiz - Los Cuatro Acuerdos

This book is transforming my Life - I heard so much about it from my New Age friends that I thought I'd see what it's all about before spending money and went to the local library to try and get a copy - it was out of the English version but they have a Spanish one so I borrowed it. So with my dictionario I got through it! It's an easy read. Now I have to go and get the English version for sure! Talking about seeing the light! Past things/situations make (more) sense now. However, practicing and… Continue

Added by Faith Wesstrom on October 8, 2008 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Jeb Banner 6 Ideas On Growing A Business In A Downturn

I realize I haven't been super active on this site recently. I can't say I really know why, except that I haven't been compelled to engage recently. I talked to Kyle Lacy about it and he said I should post a blog about how why I'm not using the site, not that anyone is really paying attention to my activity! But when I wrote this blog, below, I thought it might make sense to post here. Hopefully I can re-engage as part of my strategy below. 6 Ideas On Growing A Business In A Downturn Wi… Continue

Added by Jeb Banner on September 29, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Kathy Karlander Synchronicity and The Grand Experiment

Synchronicity Do you believe in synchronicity? Or, do you believe it is all just a big coincidence? I, for one, do not believe in coincidence, I do believe in synchronicity (may I just add here that the words coincidence and synchronicity are tough to type...). Anyway, as I was saying, I believe in synchronicity. To me, synchronicity is the same thing as what others may call coincidence, but it is coincidence with an underlying purpose, divine orchestration. My landing here on blogtalkradio i… Continue

Added by Kathy Karlander on May 14, 2008 at 10:41pm — No Comments

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