Category Mike Van
Learning from Mistakes
10 Things Successful People Never do Again
An Excuse to Be Lazy? What You Can Learn From Ben Franklin’s “Lost Virtue”
The 7 Habits: Think Win/Win
Stephen Covey was a great writer and human and we lost him far too soon. I read a number of his books and found them to be true to life and contained many excellent paths a person can and should…
Two Great Trucking Articles
Two articles attached that caught my attention: Class 8 Orders Continue to Rocket Higher. This is solid news knowing transportation companies are placing orders for new equipment and upgrading as needed to keep current. Now more than ever: Focus eliminates…
Are You Self-Reliant or Spiritually Reliant?
You will read a number of words we have heard and used in the business world for a number of years within this article. These words include ACCOUNTABILITY, RESP0NSIBILITY, DISCIPLINE and RELIANCE. What I found and learned from this article…
How to exist in a world of CHANGE!
The paragraph that hit me from my consulting work observations is the following: “When you get complacent, though, that’s where the risk happens. When you become entitled and you say “you know what? I do not want to change. I…
Successful Entrepreneurs Thoughtful Advice:
Treat their business like a business – Sounds simple, but removing you as the owner from this equation can be challenging at best. Especially when you consider the high failure rate entrepreneurs experience. The emotional and family aspects are also…
How to Give a $&#%
There are a few key points that hit home in this article such as “Nobody cares that our kids are addicted to technology and can hardly hold a conversation”. I am sure many of us could look in the mirror…
Five Due Diligence Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
As a Business Intermediary, due diligence in the Buy/Sell process brings with it a great deal of importance and need for understanding by all parties involved. As a Buyer you must be astute to the industry you are pursuing to…
Three Signs You May Be Experiencing Burnout
In my many discussions with business owners discussing the possibility of selling their business due to burnout it was found that few will actually use the term burnout. They may come across with statements such as: Their age is mentioned…