This post is the sixth in a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  You can click on each section of the Successful Business Mindset by clicking on the names below.  Each one will become live as I complete the blog post.

• Operations
• Marketing
• Sales
• Employees
• Finance
• Growth
• Legacy
• Personal

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics...

This post is the fifth a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  You can click on each section of the Successful Business Mindset by clicking on the names below.  Each one will become live as I complete the blog post.

• Operations
• Marketing
• Sales
• Employees
• Finance
• Growth
• Legacy
• Personal

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics will...

This post is the fourth in a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  You can click on each section of the Successful Business Mindset by clicking on the names below.  Each one will become live as I complete the blog post.

• Operations
• Marketing
• Sales
• Employees
• Finance
• Growth
• Legacy
• Personal

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics...

This post is the second in a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  You can click on each section of the Successful Business Mindset by clicking on the names below.  Each one will become live as I complete the blog post.

• Operations
• Marketing
• Sales
• Employees
• Finance
• Growth
• Legacy
• Personal

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics...

This post is the second in a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  You can click on each section of the Successful Business Mindset by clicking on the names below.  Each one will become live as I complete the blog post.

• Operations
• Marketing
• Sales
• Employees
• Finance
• Growth
• Legacy
• Personal

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics...

This post is the first in a series of eight blog posts on the creation of the Successful Business Mindset.  You can see the introduction to these eight posts, by clicking here.  

Each discussion will be broken down into MECHANICS and MINDSET.  Mechanics will discuss the practical tasks and areas that you need to be doing well; and Mindset will discuss different approaches to the Mechanics.

This blog post will discuss the OPERATIONS area of The Successful Business Mindset.

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I started a business in 1997 and eventually sold it in 2013.  As an up and coming business owner, I tried to learn how to be a business person as my business grew.  I had always been a quick learner and loved reading and learning new topics.  What I was not good at learning, was understanding MYSELF.  

That's right.

While we think we're an expert on who we are and what we want and how we do things, our thinking is naturally biased and quite contaminated.  It's because...

It was another early day for Paul.  He woke again at 3:00 am and couldn't get back to sleep.  His brain wouldn't turn off.  He had been thinking about his marketing problem for almost an entire year.  Paul's IT service company had been losing clients for a year. Paul struggled to retain clients who were being picked off by larger IT service firms.  He felt he'd done everything he could to create a marketing program to attract high-paying clients.  He called on...

Karen met Debbie when their kids had started kindergarten together and had developed a life-long friendship.

They both had a passion for crafts. When their last child was in school, they decided to start a home craft party business together. At first they offered craft classes and would sell supplies to students in the class. Their first year wasn't a big money maker. They joked that they were able to help buy Christmas presents, but didn't provide more income than if they had...

The alarm clock didn't go off; the sun was still 3-hours from brightening the day; and Stanley couldn't sleep.  It was 3:00 am and Stanley's knew he wouldn't get back to sleep.  Why not just start his day early like he had so many times before?  His head was filled with thoughts of what he could do to get his business back on track.  He might as well do some work since he couldn't sleep.

Stanley owned an engineering consulting firm.  His firm worked with...