Email. It’s revolutionized the way we communicate, but it can absolutely take over your life and disrupt the best laid plans. Haven’t we all been here before? When I left corporate America to start my own company, I made a major change with email. First, I got down to Inbox Zero, which was downright exhausting,Continue reading “Email Overload: 4 Ways to Win the Fight”
Category Archives: Business
Survival Skills for the Real World
Welcome to the first post of 2014! I hope you all enjoyed ringing in the New Year. During this time of year, people around the world resolve to learn new skills and achieve goals they set for themselves. So I thought it was interesting when I read an article in the November 2013 issue of RealContinue reading “Survival Skills for the Real World”
Blink: The Power of Snap Decisions & First Impressions
“On straightforward choices, deliberate analysis is best. When questions of analysis and personal choice start to get complicated — when we have to juggle many different variables — then our unconscious thought processes may be superior.” –Malcolm Gladwell Do you agree? Or do you think the opposite is true? This quote is pulled from Blink, byContinue reading “Blink: The Power of Snap Decisions & First Impressions”
Shop Small, Support Your Community
It’s Small Business Saturday week, one of our favorite times of the year at CCC. Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses across the country. Founded by American Express in 2010, it’s celebrated every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which falls on November 30th this year. Think about this: over 50%Continue reading “Shop Small, Support Your Community”
Should You Work For Free?
Anyone who’s ever owned a business (or freelanced or done work on the side) has come across this issue. I’m talking about working for free, whether for ‘exposure,’ often vague potential future business promises or for a worthy cause. Should you do it? I’ve run into this issue numerous times since starting my business, ClearlyContinue reading “Should You Work For Free?”
Winning As The Underdog: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths
I’m only 30 pages into Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, And The Art Of Battling Giants, and I’ve already learned much. This highly publicized new book starts off with a bang, taking a closer look at the ultimate underdog story: David vs. Goliath. Upon further review of this epic confrontation, David wasn’t nearlyContinue reading “Winning As The Underdog: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths”
Women in the Boardroom: Handshake or Hug?
You just finished a meeting with a key business partner and chairs push back around the table as members of both companies begin to file out of the room. Goodbyes are being said and hands are being shook as small talk fills the air. Did you see the game last night? What’s the weather supposedContinue reading “Women in the Boardroom: Handshake or Hug?”
Should Brands Get Political?
Brands are encouraged today to be living, breathing entities with values and to form relationships with customers. Is it any surprise then that some have jumped into politics? I realized recently that this topic has entered the mainstream conversation when an iconic brand wanted to explain to the public why it did NOT want toContinue reading “Should Brands Get Political?”
Please stop telling me you’re busy.
This topic has been on my mind for quite some time, but I continued to bite my tongue. Then a fellow business owner shared an article on LinkedIn that hit home and encouraged me (OK, pushed me) to throw in my two cents on the subject. Please stop telling me you’re busy. Over the phone,Continue reading “Please stop telling me you’re busy.”
Gray Area: Do Ethics Still Have a Place in Business?
I’m a racing fan (OK, a sports fan in general) so I was following the race last Saturday night at Richmond International Speedway, which was the final race of the ‘regular season’ in NASCAR. As usual, there were a few drivers and teams who were on the bubble of making it into The Chase, NASCAR’sContinue reading “Gray Area: Do Ethics Still Have a Place in Business?”
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