Giving criticism – the good, the bad, and the ugly!

When it comes to giving criticism, some of us are tight lipped and timid while others are blunt and outspoken. Yet if there is one thing we all share in common when it comes to giving criticism, it's that most people are not very good at it! For ...

Criticism sucks, but it can be good for you!

If you've ever been on the receiving end of criticism, then you know how bad it can make you feel. Even worse, criticism can make you start doubting your ideas and self worth. Yet before you head off to sick your Pit Bull on your critic, you may ...

Updating your EIN to reflect a Single Member LLC

The LLC I have was initially started with a friend. Naturally, sometimes things change, and my friend decided to leave the LLC in order to pursue other business opportunities with his family. Thankfully we parted on good terms and our friendship remains fully intact. The only issue is that ...

10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Part 2

As I promised in my previous post, here is part 2 of my 10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier video tutorial. Tip #10 is especially useful if you've ever hated working with strings and string/text functions in Excel. Also, if you haven't had a chance to ...

10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Part 1

An average day for me goes something like this: Roll out of bed, shower, then rush to work like a bat out of hell. Get to work and start my computer, then open up Excel and work on a spreadsheet. Head out for lunch around Noon. Get back to the office, then open up ...

5 Steps to PowerPoint Presentation Enlightenment

I've been around this great big world of PowerPoint presentations for almost 10 years now, yet only recently have I come to realize the true path to PowerPoint presentation enlightenment... "The true path to PowerPoint presentation enlightenment is to realize that PowerPoint is a tool that's intended to enhance your presentation, ...

Elevator Pitch 101 – Intro To Writing a 30 Second Elevator Pitch

  [...Imagine Eminem's "Lose Yourself" playing in the background...]   Look, if you had one shot... One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted... One moment... Would you capture it... Or just let it slip away?   Yo, his Palm Treo is sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy... There's Starbucks on his business coat, it's a spilled Tazoberry... He's nervous, but ...