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Stan the Mann's Articles in General Business

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  • Ability to Make Money and Keep it is the Lifeblood of Your Business
    You need money to pay your workers, pay the rent, buy supplies, and pay other overhead. Money provides the business owners' lifestyle and is essential for the business to be able to continue. Without enough of it, your business dies.
  • Are You Controlling Your Life Or Is Life Controlling You?
    Picture this: The dying tycoon is lying on his bed. He has become very wealthy. He is surrounded by his wife and children. They gaze lovingly into his eyes and he in theirs. His voice is weak and his family bends close to hear his final words.
  • Are You Sabotaging Your Own Success?
    We all know that the bedrock foundation of your business is you. But sometimes we forget. We go off hunting some new marketing strategy or sales technique that will put us over the top. But when we find that killer technique, do we implement it fully, consistently and with vigor?
  • Are You the Master or the Slave
    If you are struggling too hard and feel like a slave to your business, you need to learn what ultra-successful business owners and top executives all do to achieve their goals faster -- with far less effort and struggle
  • Are You Wasting All Your Education and Training?
    Having trouble succeeding in your business? Check this out.
  • Be a Person of High Integrity
    To be a person of high integrity go the extra mile, do more than you have promised. If you an appointment, you are early for your appointment. You respect the other person's time, you do not come late. That communicates your time is more important than theirs.
  • Creating a Culture of Truly Effective Leadership
    The most successful companies are changing their culture to promote truly effective leadership. By organizational culture, we mean all the attitudes, beliefs, values and behaviors -- both conscious and unconscious -- that define "how things are done around here."
  • Desire
    You worked hard creating your business. You suffered through all the expenses of getting your worksite and equipping it. You've assembled your support team -- sales, marketing and administration. You thought that by now your business would be demanding less of your time and energy.
  • Developing Compliant Workers Into Dedicated Workers
    Direct orders and instructions are fine for the new and unskilled worker, but more seasoned workers are looking to develop their abilities.
  • Don't Get Your Values Screwed Up
    Keep your priorities/values in front of you.
  • Facing the Truth About Ourselves
    To achieve the mindset of a winner,it is very important to face the truth about ourselves and not make excuses for our behavior.
  • High Achievers' Mistake #2
    High achievers are highly motivated. They do not need supervision. This is a great strength, but most employees need supervision to keep motivated. They need someone to hold them accountable, encourage them when challenged and help them find the resources they need.
  • How To Develop Merely Compliant Workers into Dedicated Workers
    Managers are rushed. They have a lot more to do today with fewer resources. It is natural to take the quickest route to accomplish an immediate task. Far too often this takes the form of telling a subordinate what to do and how to do the desired task. Big mistake. You will not develop the skills of your people doing it this way.
  • HOW TO DEVELOP MERELY COMPLIANT WORKERS INTO DEDICATED WORKERS
    Managers are rushed. They have a lot more to do today with fewer resources. It is natural to take the quickest route to accomplish an immediate task. Far too often this takes the form of telling a subordinate what to do and how to do the desired task. Big mistake. You will not develop the skills of your people doing it this way.
  • How to Perform Like You Never Performed Before
    Imagine effortlessly keeping all your resolutions; sticking to all the things you promised to yourself; getting yourself to do all those things you’ve never been able to get yourself to do. Wouldn’t you perform like you never performed before?
  • How to Skyrocket Your Sales and Enjoy Your Life
    What's the use of spending money training your staff to use sophisticated selling techniques if they won't go out and use them?
  • Is Your Vision Limiting Your Success?
    Do you want to be more of a winner than you already are? This article is designed to help you break out of your limitations and experience your full potential.
  • Overcoming Self-defeating Thinking
    Born to Win You were born to win. Your creator has given you everything you need to be happy and successful. You can change your life. You can change from being average or above-average to a winner.
  • Part I - Goal Setting Magic -- How to Make Goals that Really Work
    Helpful ideas about how to set realistic goals that will really work.
  • Part I - Mindset -- Key to Making Next Year Better
    The vital key to making next year better, the key to achieving new goals you never thought possible.
  • The Challenge of a Family-Owned Business
    This article identifies the challenge of a family-owned business, finding a solution and other dilemas.
  • The Number One Secret of Happiness
    I've been around this world a long time, and I've seen a lot of things during my 77 years. I've been married 48 years. (It seems like only 47). Although I am a business coach now, I've been a therapist for over 30. . People come to me because they want to be happier and I help them achieve a happier life. You might say that I am in the happiness business. I've learned a lot.
  • The top 3 attitudes, beliefs, and abilities for success.
    As much as you want success, a part of you might fear that success may cause you too much pain. What kind of pain might this be? You might lose the support of your peer group. Birds of a feather do flock together. You could be getting subtle hints that your friends would feel jealous or hurt if you become more successful than they.
  • The Ultimate Key to Happiness and Success
    High Self-esteem There is one necessary and essential ingredient for happiness and success. It is high self-esteem. In previous newsletters, I have explained how your self-concept controls your performance. Simply put, if you think you are a loser, you will perform as a loser. If you think you are winner, you will perform as a winner. If you think you are mediocre, your performance will be mediocre.
  • Triple Your Ability to Make Friends and Influence People
    Many an important project has been derailed because of poor communication. Do not make the BIG mistake of assuming that others communicate the same as you. All people do not communicate alike.
  • Why You Should Be a Great Boss
    If you’re a business owner or executive who is responsible for managing five or more people, you have special needs. You have to delegate effectively, stamp out reverse delegation, develop your people so they can take over some of your responsibilities and be super-efficient with your time so that you can enjoy your family and your life.
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