By Dan Coughlin Author’s Note: This article is dedicated to people around the world who are willing to help other people, but who are not as willing to let other people help them. All my life I’ve interacted with Helpers. Helpers are those people who go out of their way to help other people achieve […]
Persistence. We all admire it and without a doubt, it is one of the biggest attributes a small business owner needs to achieve success. However, sticking with a failed strategy too long can cause your entire venture to fail. So the question small business owners are always asking themselves is this: Should I give up […]
All of us suffer from the condition that we don’t know what we don’t know. However, for many, there lurks a problem that is even greater and it has come to be known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger uncovered and described an interesting – and troubling– phenomenon. Many of the […]
By Dan Coughlin Silent mentors are people you’ve never talked with, but who have influenced you in some meaningful way. Don’t try to emulate the whole person, just one or two positive parts that you perceive in that person. The key is to look for good characteristics that you admire in people and then try to […]
On August 18, 2012, the Little League World Series U.S. Championship game was played between teams from Goodlettsville, Tennessee and Petaluma, California. It was the bottom of the ninth inning, and Goodlettsville led by four runs. There were two outs and two men on base for Petaluma as their batter approached the plate. You could […]