This month’s theme for book reviews is motivation, so it is appropriate that we examine James Allen’s book, As A Man Thinketh.  This is a book that business executives worldwide, as well as motivational speakers such as Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar highly recommend if you want to be all that you can be in life and in business.  It is a tiny book, (depending on the version you get— the 1902 original is just 26 pages, but updated versions go up to 68 pages with commentaries), but it is jammed solid with inspiration and motivational wisdom.  There ...

 

We weren’t looking for it, but now I know we need it. 

We were not really looking for any software when we first started. We just fell across this at the RSA Meeting this last year. So, we did the demo with your team and really looked at it and thought we would like to try it out. 

This will take us into the future. 

We are becoming more and more graphics oriented this day and age and the type of software that we were using previously just wasn’t cutting it. This seemed like a software that would ...

Motivational speaker, author, and time management expert, Brian Tracy, shares 21 ways you can stop procrastinating and get more things done in less time in his fast-read book, Eat That Frog! It is a clever read with insightful tips and creative ways to get over the procrastination hump and get more accomplished in your work day. The book is based on the premise of the Mark Twain quote, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” The concept is that if we tackle the task that we ...

There are thousands of books on selling and many more that come out each year.  Every now and then a really good one will surface that is worth not only reading, but keeping as a reference.  Rarely does a really great book hit the store shelves that make such an impact on business as well as personal lives like the book I am going to highlight today:  Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.

How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold over 15 million copies and many of the principles taught in this book form ...

This week's feature:

Ideas worth considering and trying in your business:

• Capture every detail production will need when you prepare the estimate - leave no room for surprises.
• Don't rely on messy handwriting to complete a job.
• Incomplete work orders result in production delays, revenue losses and upset customers. 

How can Control help? Never handwrite a work order again. When a customer accepts an estimate, convert it to an order and print the work order with a few clicks. No more wasted time re-writing information, or problems from leaving info off work orders.