3 Steps to Aggressive Goal Setting

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Aggressive Goal Setting In 2001 I one day woke up and decided I was going to join Martial Arts.  I made an aggressive goal to become a competitive black-belt, lose fifty-pounds, and be great at it all!  I did it!  I did it well. In 2006 I one day woke up and decided I was [...]

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The Secret New Outlook on Business and Personal

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For those of you who have known me the last two years, you’ll know that I’ve been working at my desk for about 12-16 hours a day, seven days a week.  You know I’ve  been working hard, and I’ve been developing a strong – and very successful – business.  What you didn’t see is the [...]

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Platform Review: Why Amazon S3 Rocks

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3 Reasons why we love Amazon S3? We’ve all heard “Amazon” (and if you haven’t you’ve been living in an underwater cave, under a rock).  Amazon goes much further than the typical shopping and music site.  If you don’t know much about Amazon S3, it’s time to research it now: It’s affordable!  Reaaaaaly affordable! It’s [...]

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Getting Organized – Today’s The Day

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Getting Organized Today is the day for this to happen.  If your office and home are in a mess, if they’re disorganized, and they’re lacking systems then your screwed (yes, it’s that simple and blunt).  Take today to organize your “life”.  It’s the simple things that matter.  Find a HOME for everything.  Stop searching for [...]

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The Lucid Vision to Developing Systems

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We’re well into our way this year.  Goals are inevitable.  Whether you develop your goals now, or you develop them in June or November, you’ll have them down on paper in some manner (I hope – that’s what we preach here – “documentation”).  Out of curiosity, have you realized the impact “systems” have on your [...]

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Four Important Tips to Consider Before Switching Platforms

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In our industry it’s easy to lose traction and momentum.  In your business development process, it’s vital that you document your processes for the long-term scope, and commit to the documentation to avoid the indecisive and noncommittal platform traps. Platforms rise and fall within the industry. It’s easy to lose focus, and it’s even easier [...]

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Systems Overview

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Smaller and start-up business owners can absorb many aspects of their virtual infrastructure themselves.  Knowing how to do it is another story, however.  Some have that drive and ability to just do it all – and absorb it all.  Others aren’t wired that way.  But all will face the day – just as I did, [...]

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Platform Overview

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During my 2-years, I found my niche.  It was Virtual Operations Management.  Put simply – it was pulling together the platforms, systems, and the team to manage the larger virtual business infrastructures. I find myself playing the observer role very well.  I also find myself playing the right-hand-person very well too.  My leadership ability, and [...]

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Think Ahead

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Don’t sell yourself short!  Whether you’re a new business or one that is in a major growth spurt, you must realize there’s more growth and success to follow.  What comes with that growth and success are serious growing pains if you’re unprepared (and many times you’ll face them even when you are prepared).  The entire [...]

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The Hybrid

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The Virtual Industry is known for various professions.  There are coaches, consultants, mentors, speakers, authors, affiliate marketers, service professionals, and so on.  Of course each profession has it’s own target market, and niche of services.  Then there is the professional who is a little of all. Welcome to today’s hybrid.  In our industry reputation weighs [...]

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