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Don Smith is an executive coach who helps small business owners and leaders focus on the right things to improve their results and get their time back. To work with Don, please click here.

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The Owner vs Employee Mindset

I run a multi-million dollar brick and mortar IT shop and am also a business coach. It’s interesting to see the mindset differences between people who are still in the employee mindset worried about how much they are making each hour, and those in the owner mindset thinking about margin and investment opportunities. It seems […]

7 Ways to Invest Your Tax Return

Many are thinking about the fun toys they’ll get with their tax returns in the first few months of each year. That’s one way to live life, and I’m the first to admit that it’s fun to blow money, but it’s also an excellent way to get stuck living paycheck to paycheck. If you want […]

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Will You Be Prepared When Opportunity Knocks?

“We need a replacement speaker for the conference Saturday, the guy who was supposed to do it isn’t going to be able to make it. Can you help?” “Sure,” was my reply. “Thank you so much!!!” Years of Preparation When I first joined Toastmasters eight years ago, I would have never considered giving an hour-long workshop […]

Fire Some Prospects to Get More Business

I was approached today by a business coaching prospect who wanted me to help her form relationships with international buyers in the agricultural market space. I’m sure I could have done some research and figured it out eventually, but instead, I replied almost immediately, “I’m afraid that’s outside my field of expertise.” “I’m afraid that’s outside my field […]

Are You Leading? Or Just Taking a Walk?

From a young age, I never followed the crowd. I was the kid who went exploring at summer camp while the rest of the people went to an especially boring-sounding activity. Sometimes, I would look back and realize others were following. In those instances, I would find myself leading a small pack of boys, and […]

I’m Selling Plenty but Can’t Keep Up: Scaling Your Business

I had a familiar conversation with an entrepreneur who approached me about business coaching yesterday. “Getting business isn’t the problem. Keeping up with it is! I’m always working!” Another day, the same problem. Like many of my clients, this lady was a hustler, always working, had plenty of clients, yet hadn’t even broken six figures yet. Hitting the […]

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How to Find a Mentor: Two Methods

I recently saw a post asking, “How can I find a millionaire to be my mentor?” Every business or leadership book on the planet will tell you that the key to your success is to find a mentor. NO ONE reaches the top alone; you’re not born with everything you need to know to be a massive success, […]

If You Can’t Find It, Create It

Several years ago, I wanted to meet with other small business owners in a small mastermind round-table style group in Springfield, Illinois. I called the Chamber of Commerce, and they said they would let me know if anything comes up, but nothing ever did. I gave up waiting and created the group. Today, I meet […]

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Personal Development Pick of the Month

This month’s personal development book is John C. Maxwell’s 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. One of my favorite authors, I know you’ll enjoy and be challenged by this one. Enjoy!

Good Intentions Will Not Get You Very Far

I saw a meme the other day that said, “Intentions are powerful.” That’s true; intentions are powerful. But intentions alone won’t get you very far. You probably know several people who you don’t trust for critical tasks even though you realize they have the best of intentions. Why is that? You don’t trust them because they […]

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