• Be Impeccable

Be Impeccable this Holiday Season

Tis the season for making promises and keeping them.  And for cleaning up any communications that need some housekeeping. The Four Agreements is a powerful book by Don Miguel Ruiz. Here are the Four Agreements... Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best Let's [...]

Be Impeccable this Holiday Season2019-12-12T21:40:15+00:00
  • Bankruptcy Basics

Business UN-Complicated: Bankruptcy Basics

Going Bankrupt? Bouncing Back! Do you struggle under the mounting pressure of debt…personally or in your business?  You are not alone.    Americans carry, on average, $8,000 in credit card debt from month to month.  If you were to make only the minimum monthly payment on that debt, at 18% interest, it would [...]

Business UN-Complicated: Bankruptcy Basics2018-09-20T16:32:11+00:00
  • Stop Lying About The Money

Are You Lying About The Money?

Happy Holidays! For many, this time of year is a mixed bag of emotions.  Yes, it's wonderful to spend quality time with friends and family.  Yet, there is a lot of pressure, too.  Making sure the gifts and the food and the decorations are just right.  Trying to uphold traditions, even those [...]

Are You Lying About The Money?2017-12-06T01:24:49+00:00
  • Ellen Rohr Aloha

Holidays UN-complicated…Less is More

How about if you just...don't. You don't go to the party. You don't send the greetings cards. You don't carry on a tradition. What if, when it feels like a chore, you just...don't. What if, instead, you smiled a little more? What if you gave a few compliments? What if you found lots of [...]

Holidays UN-complicated…Less is More2019-09-26T01:11:55+00:00

5 Tips for Wrangling the Chaos

"Got a Minute?" That question can suck every minute out of your day. You want to be helpful and open. But when you become "at the effect" of everyone else, you may get frustrated. Maybe even snap at them?  That's the opposite of being helpful and open. Here are a couple of tips to deal [...]

5 Tips for Wrangling the Chaos2016-12-01T14:55:08+00:00
  • UN-Do Your Business

You Can UN-Do Your Business…and Do Something Else

Years ago, when I first started with Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, John Nicholson asked if he could become a franchisee. I said, "No!  You only do new construction work.  This is a conversion service franchise.  That means, you need to do service work with at least two truck to be eligible." Two months later he called me, "Ellen, [...]

You Can UN-Do Your Business…and Do Something Else2016-12-01T14:55:09+00:00

4 Ways to Stay Motivated Everyday

Note: I am blogging on behalf of Visa Business and received compensation for my time from Visa for sharing my views in this post, but the views expressed here are solely mine, not Visa’s. Visit http://facebook.com/visasmallbiz to take a look at the reinvented Facebook Page: Well Sourced by Visa Business. The Page serves as a [...]

4 Ways to Stay Motivated Everyday2017-02-17T22:03:32+00:00

Time to Update Your Business Plan?

I am blogging on behalf of Visa Business and received compensation for my time from Visa for sharing my views in this post, but the views expressed here are solely mine, not Visa’s. Visit http://facebook.com/visasmallbiz to take a look at the reinvented Facebook Page: Well Sourced by Visa Business. The Page serves as a space [...]

Time to Update Your Business Plan?2016-12-01T14:55:13+00:00

Find The Love

"Tell me," Ernie pleaded. "What am I doing wrong?" Ernie had just closed the books for February and he had a loss for the month. He rattled off a laundry list of very good action items and projects that he was initiating to make sure March would be profitable. The problem, according to Ernie, is [...]

Find The Love2017-01-13T15:09:35+00:00