Okay, you have a great product or products. You’ve built a beautiful show room, store, or website. You have a “state-of the art” customer service program instituted. You’ve refined your hiring practices to attract and more important retain the best of the best. Stop! It can come all crashing down because of one employee trying … Continue reading
Category Archives: Success
Pioneers have got it tough
Reckless, cowboy, dreamer, risky … these are all adjectives that many esteemed groundbreakers are used to hearing. Imagine what the first astronauts felt like when they were strapped on top of the first rocket. By the way, someone has to be first! Penicillin? Oh that’s a good idea. Let’s take some mold from decaying cheese … Continue reading
It’s always darkest before the dawn
I constantly write about positive mental attitudes because it’s something, as a human, that we all experience and can relate to. It’s as if everyone must grow and become a better person by experiencing “baptism by fire”. Another saying is “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”. As all experiences, these are teachings as we … Continue reading
New Scams with Start-up Businesses
We almost got scammed. Not once, but twice, in one week. Grace Century deals with start-up businesses and early growth firms. That’s all we do. Like a parent, nurturing a young child in guidance, finance, and direction; we are protectors through uncharted waters. These new, start-up firms are hungry not just for money, but for … Continue reading
Facebook vs. Yearly Taxes
Not really a fair fight, right? As I sat down to do my yearly taxes (for the 8th time), I found myself with an uncontrollable urge to re-check my Facebook account. My paperwork was ready, as it had already migrated across every inch of my large L-shaped desk, visited the floor a couple of times … Continue reading