Our world tabulates success in many ways. As Christians, we know true success comes when we keep Jesus present and active in our work life as well as other areas of our lives. At the same time, we are taught to be grateful for what we have. Paul teaches us this way: “in everything, by prayer and …
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Artfully Selling Your Services (Dawud Miracle)
So many people I know are hesitant to sell. They're hesitant to sell themselves. They're hesitant to sell their products or services. And they're hesitant to sell their business. It's easy to understand, right? As soon as I mention the word 'sell,' what goes through your mind? For me I think of the …
A Do-Over (Mike Van Vranken)
I was in my mid-twenties and only with the company for a few years when I was given a large advertising project to complete. My specific mission was to arrange for the printing of tens of thousands of circulars, in color, which included four pages of discounted products. The headline item on the …
Networking Not Working? Prepare Yourself to Follow Up! (Julie Fleming, JD)
Here’s how it happens … You’ve just left a networking event or a community meeting. You get back to your office, armed with one or more business cards and good intentions of following up. You take those cards, maybe flip through them to remind yourself of who’s most interesting, and then you put …
A Little Birdie Told Me (Shawn Sommerkamp)
Picture this scene: You have a final meeting scheduled with a big potential client. The first few didn’t go as well as you would have liked. Their consultant selection criteria seem harsh and several times they were abrupt during the discussions. You feel nervous, perhaps not even looking forward to …
Is Jesus the Lord of Your Business? (Mike Van Vranken)
When I was a freshman in college, a close friend came to me late one Saturday night and asked if I had ever made Jesus Christ the Lord of my life. I smiled and said, “Sure. I’ve been a Catholic all my life.” He said he wasn’t asking if I was a Christian. He wanted to know if there were any parts of …
How to Overcome Obstacles and Roadblocks to Build Your Business (Julie Fleming, JD)
At base, there are only two blocks to building a business: lack of planning or lack of action. Without planning, your action will be random, and random action yields random results. Not a great way to grow a business. But a flawless plan without action will bring no results at all. Obvious, …
