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In Episode 180 of Paper Napkin Wisdom, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Raeanne Lacatena—a holistic business coach, mental health...

Have you ever set a goal and felt that nagging doubt about whether you’ll actually achieve it? You’re not alone.

"Everything I've ever done in my life that's been successful... has started by my doing the scary thing," Peter explained.

Being an effective leader is more than just showing your team who’s boss Leaders in any industry continue to face new challenges with technological advancements and changes to the way businesses operate. Leadership roles have never been easy, but now they’re even more complicated with the wide range of business knowledge that these individuals must have.

Making a list of goals is necessary for any small business Creating a list of goals takes time, so you want to be sure you’re setting...

Becoming an entrepreneur is liberating and takes guts. But before you dive in, answer these questions: what’s your vision? What goal are you aiming to reach? Here’s how to set that vision and attainable goals along the way.

If you’re a long term Paper Napkin Wisdom listener, you may remember Christina Harbridge’s last visit EPISODE 47, when we had a lively discussion about shifting focus towards things that are enjoyable.

Being a good manager and effective leader is not just about making decisions on your own, but about understanding how much decision-making depends on the customer’s behavior.

A client is calling and they want a discount because something went wrong. An employee is missing on targets and results are slipping, they need to be realigned.

Are you looking for uncommon results in your company? Or maybe just for yourself? There’s a structure to build the uncommon results you...

This is the time of year when so many of us start to take stock of the year that passed and the one that’s coming. It’s that time that we start to think about what could be for the year ahead. There have been studies done that show that most people only accomplish a small fraction of their goals from year to year. Yet there are others that do much much more.

So often we look at the bottom line and continuously set better goals and watch for the outcomes that we want to see. Whether it’s improving the bottom line, better customer service, client retention or other outcome based metric – we want to improve them.

Everyone is talking about the greatest PREDICTOR of success is how much “grit” or resilience someone has. How willing are they to slog...

It’s so important to build transparency in the life of the entrepreneur, leader, and difference maker. Too often we don’t hold space for our most important relationships, the ones with our spouses, life partner, and families. We need to save space for them, and us, to share our dreams, our challenges, our hopes.

How are you doing on your goals for the year? Your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you even remember what they were? So many times we’re hard on ourselves for the early misses.

Tom Bilyeu, the co-founder of Quest Nutrition and life-long entrepreneur, chooses to focus on “everything being in my control.” While most people would agree in principle, they don’t often put it into true practice. Once you start working on the things that you believe in, it will not only be a motivating process, but will bring promising results.

Every big endeavor requires a step-by-step process of achievement. Innovative ideas are the big picture, each step turns that idea into...

Many entrepreneurs, both budding and seasoned, can sometimes find themselves in a standstill due to lack of action. But how can entrepreneurs make “action” their default? If you’ve been following our show, you’ll know that a motto of mine is “make it bad, then make it better.” Today’s podcast guest, John Henry explains why the motto “default to action” has become one of his guiding principles.

So many people who talk about living an abundant lifestyle. It’s a big subject, particularly when you’re not feeling abundant. When you are at the top of the cycle, having big wins, everything fills our buckets. But at the bottom of the cycle, where there are no wins and things don’t happen, we don’t feel abundant.

Bottom line … when we are under pressure and stress (or distress) out pulse quickens. We need to distribute vital energy to various parts of our bodies quicker in these situations.