May 14, 2025
Know Your Competitive Advantage
There was a WSJ headline recently about how P&G has surpassed Unilever, and it stated they did it by building on their strengths, i.e. their…
May 7, 2025
Win-Lose or Win-Win
I got a newsletter with the title, “Win-Lose Thinking Is for Losers.” It states the real game isn’t you vs. them but you vs. who…
April 30, 2025
They’re After Your Money
I get phishing emails regularly and so does my wife. A friend fell for one recently and almost fell for another one. A client had…
April 25, 2025
Tariffs and M&A
There’s a lot of overreaction without thought. Assuming the tariffs stay at proclaimed levels (and there’s no guarantee they stay, go away, up, or down)…
April 23, 2025
Economy Worries Anybody?
The first week of March was when we got our first prospect saying that given all the tariffs, flip-flopping, and uncertainty he was going to…
April 16, 2025
Plan for Your Buyer Not Yourself
A business owner wrote me about pages 84-85 in our new book, Exit With Style, Grace, and More Money, saying he loved the message about…
April 9, 2025
The Need for Adult Supervision Never Ends
Preface – while in Antigua on our service project a local Rotarian recommended some restaurants to us (her firm grows hydroponic greens, so she knows…
April 2, 2025
There are Lessons Everywhere
One can always learn from experiences and our annual trip to work in the schools in Antigua is a great example. Here are three things…
March 26, 2025
Make the World a Better Place
When I (John) wrote this I was in Antigua for our annual Rotary service project working in the schools. We shipped 1,500 laptops computers plus…
