Remember Mark Harbeke and our friends at Winning Workplaces? They are dedicated to helping you improve your small business workplace, creating better work environments. I just got an email from Executive Director Mary C. Clark telling me they received over 800 nominations for their Top Small Workplaces contest, a joint project with The Wall Street…
If you lost everything in your business, would you rebuild? Could you rebuild? Ruth Ann and Bob Wedel lost almost every single thing in their bulk foods business in Greensburg, Kansas, to the May tornado that flattened the town. This was supposed to be their retirement business. They successfully built it up from just the…
Look constantly at your failures as a challenge. Take them apart in grizzly detail, for a short duration. Autopsy the corpse of your failure, and then build upon your strengths.– Chris Brogan New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our shared stories from all…
Have a story? Something great happen this week? Feeling like a superhero? Brag about it! You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. You can even brag on other folks, if you want. It doesn’t have to be something HUGE; just something positive you feel like sharing. Feel free to expand a…
Rural facts from the rural UK: In 2005 the average rural business employed 6 employees. This compares with 16 employees in urban firms. The three-year survival rate of enterprises registering in 2002 in rural areas was 76% (6% higher than urban districts). The UK is addressing rural issues with a Commission for Rural Communities. They…
Make a friend of failure. You are certain to fail sometimes, and the higher your aspirations, the more frequent and significant that failure will be. People who don’t strive for anything glorious rarely fail; they take no risks and never aim beyond what is easily attainable. But if you treat failure as an enemy, it’s…
Welcome to the Brag Basket, your chance to share. Leave a comment, telling us something great from this week. We’ll all applaud for you and celebrate your successes with you. Splendid failures, those great attempts that should have worked, are welcome, too. You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. It doesn’t…
I heard these thoughts about failure on Twitter today, and wanted to share them with you, too. It may help to know that Twitter is a messaging system, with a 140 character limit on message size and rather informal. You’ll find me there, too. These are unedited, just as they appeared. I bolded a few…
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