Push Past Your Comfort Zone

Taking risks can be scary.  Life can be scary.  The only way to get to the other side of things as they are is to move past the fear in the belief that something better waits ahead.  The rewards can be great.  As a bonus, you acquire more resilience and wisdom along the way. In this podcast, Gail and Erin talk with interior designer Ginger Curtis, owner and principal designer, Urbanology Designs, North Richland Hills, Texas.  She recently published her first book on design, Beauty by Design, in which she also recounts how she overcame a number of personal challenges and gained the confidence to start her own business.

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A Good Partnership is Like a Good Marriage

Like everything else, partnerships have their pros and cons.  Partnering with another designer can be a great way to grow your business.  However, many business partnerships eventually fizzle out or fail.  So what does it take to create a successful business partnership?  How do you sustain it?  What could a partner bring to your business?

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Mastering a Prosperity Mindset Through FEAR

No one goes into business believing they will fail, but it’s surprising how many business owners doubt whether they can succeed.  Once they actually are in business, they discover challenges and setbacks they hadn’t anticipated.  They can get discouraged, even despondent.  The difference between those that succeed and those that eventually fail is a mindset…

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More Than One Way to Grow Your Business

In this podcast Gail and Erin talk with management consulting and marketing wizard Marty Fahnke.  In addition to providing strategic and creative direction to the twelve companies he owns, Marty has helped numerous million-plus-dollar companies become multi-million-dollar companies, utilizing a variety of growth strategies. 

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Genius For Hire

In this podcast, Gail and Erin discuss the benefits of hiring, when to hire and preparing to hire.  Having recently gone through several new hires themselves, they share their insights on how best to determine what kind of employee you need and how to help ensure you select someone who’s a good fit for your business.

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Do What You Do Well Consistently

“Success is not a knowledge problem, but a consistency problem.” When I first came across that sentence in sales expert Weldon Long’s book, The Power of Consistency, I had to stop and double back.  I knew I and my team had to consistently perform at a high level in order to have a successful business,…

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Succeed Like an Olympian: Train More Than You Play

The 2020/2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo may go down in history as one like no other.  Yet despite the many setbacks and upheavals, and even without roaring crowds of tens of thousands of family members, friends and fans to cheer them on, the athletes have responded to the challenge and achieved some astounding victories.  Virtual…

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Implement Systems in Your Business to Stay Sane

Imagine if every time you sat behind the wheel of your car the controls had changed and you had to learn how to operate it all over again.  On a normal day, it would make you crazy.  In an emergency, it would be crippling.  That’s what it’s like to run a business without the proper…

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