We all fight this fight at one point or another. This specific place in time, we’ve been forced to watch people’s lives from a distance more than ever. And we can’t help but compare our reality with other people’s facades on social media and elsewhere. As a self employed, entrepreneur, and creative who cannot sit still, especially when boxed into a sandbox of rules and restrictions, you can imagine where your mind goes in times like this. Maybe your does too.

I’ve never been one to dwell on the past. I’ve never been one to count my failures in a destructive way, meaning I look back, I think back, I take a deep breath and I remember what I learned from these shortcomings. Many times I laugh at what’s happened in my life. Some of the most disappointing moments in my life were not completely products of just my doing, some were obviously, but the truth is, most were not. That’s important to realize.

For the last few years I’ve developed one of my most powerful habits: I physically write down my goals for the upcoming year, name my targets and plan to go after them, hard. I treat some of them are AS IF my life depended on them, like there’s no plan B…

Have you ever wondered how to successfully set goals for the upcoming year? Has setting goals always been daunting and just nothing more than a “wish list” for you? Forget resolutions, do this and you’ll never have to worry about disappointing yourself. You’ve heard the saying “progress, not perfection” surely. This is exactly that when it comes to keeping a close eye on your personal goals.

I hope this helps inspire you to take the time to do the same.

When I was 12 years old, I was in Chicago finishing up a school year there. Michael Jordan and the Bulls were just a few series away from their first 3-peat. Even living in Europe prior to that school year, he was already famous all over the world.

There were no social media, no tweets, nothing shared over the internet - there was no internet, really. When you got to see the Bulls play it was a moment for the ages. One could argue there’s been no team like it since and there hasn’t been a player as influential as MJ to this day.

Here's a story of one of my experiences with two banks and how one lost 10’s of thousands of dollars to a competitor in just 2 mins. How important is word-of-mouth marketing? You better believe it can make or break not just a sale, but eventually a business. In a world where “customer experience” is now front and center, many should be re-evaluating their current state of awareness when it comes to Customer Service.

Entrepreneurs, are you keeping up? So many things are moving forward in the midst of the Covid-19 standstill. Don’t get complacent now is the time to get up and move your business forward. Things will get back to a somewhat regular and “normal” soon, but it will have its challenges…