Entering the piazza, we saw that we had the choice of four restaurants: one that was very busy, two that were moderately busy, and one that had just one couple sitting at a table in the back.
Which do you think we picked?
Here was our thought process:
We couldn’t bring ourselves to consider the nearly empty restaurant. [...]

 
Why Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity
 
Most entrepreneurs I know are proud of their “multitasking” ability. But maybe they shouldn’t be.
The term was originally applied to computers – to describe the way a CPU solves problems by scheduling tasks and switching back and forth from task to task until each one gets done. Well, that may be [...]

I spend at least half of my time teaching writers how to write better. I’m speaking of writers who work for the information-publishing companies I consult for and for other publishers who pay me to help them make more money.
Over the 30 odd years I’ve been doing this, I’ve developed many complicated theories about good [...]

Finding a reliable source of side income is practically a “must do” these days. Of course, you may be daunted by the idea of setting up a business, creating a product line, finding a pool of customers, and marketing your product.
The fact is, you can get by with the bare minimum. (I’ll give you a [...]

The traditional way of having success in any industry with an invention was  always kind of guessing what the customer wants. Or maybe it was such a revolutionary tool based on the needs of society that the inventor or enterprise people could be pretty sure to succeed (the birth controll pill may serve as an [...]

I have talked about the 80/20 rule in online businesses in this blog before. And we can say the rule applies to almost every aspect of it.
Today I want to focus on your customers. In most cases approximately 20 percent of your customers are creating about 80 percent of your profits.
So it would be very [...]

What I am about to tell you is the most important thing you will ever hear about starting a business. (I have probably started more businesses than anyone I’ve ever met, so please forgive me for sounding like a know-it-all.)
Ready?
To start a business — any business — successfully, you must be able to do three [...]