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Business Maxims

Operations

• Organize by Best Fit
• Start Things the Way You Want Them to End
• Calculate Before You Call a Meeting
• 80% of a Decision is Information
• Who is your Devil's Advocate?
• Don't Run Up The Down Escalator
• Any Damn Fool Can Keep Busy
• You Don't Have To Be That Good To Be Better
• Two Minds Are Greater Than One - Use Consultants
• Inventory Is The Enemy
• When You Make A Change Take Baby Steps
• If Your Door Plate Reads, Manager, Take Care
• Occupy by Cubic Foot
• There's Not Much New Under the Sun
• Earn Your MBWA
• If It Ain't Broke - Upgrade It
• Know When to Hold 'em and When to Fold 'em
• Hours = 40 + 40
• Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
• Control What Matters and When Necessary
• Decisions Made by a Group Are Suspect
• Be Wary of Group Think
• Never Confuse Movement With Action
• Too Close to a Problem? Ask a Child for Help
• Nothing is Important
• Everything's Under Control
• Shift Your Attitude from Small to Big
• Haste Makes Waste
• Prepare for the Worst - Hope for the Best
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss
• Everything Flows, Nothing Stays Still
• Shrinkage Reduces Profit Margins
• Add "probortunity" to Your Mindset
• Think Things Through to the End
• Consult the Group of Six
• Prevent Problems by Treating Causes
• Be Cautious When Playing with the Big Boys
• Experts Are Useful, but Not Always Right
• Get up Close to the Masters
• SCAMPER for Quick Problem Solving
• Top Three Concerns of Other Managers
• Examine Each Operation for Positive Revenue Flow

Finance

• Working Capital need not be 100% cash
• Do a backup on each investment
• Check your motives
• Watch Your Share of Cash Fall on the Counter
• Build Your Profile at Your Bank
• Put Your Investment Where Your Mouth Is
• You Are Seldom Alone When Financing a Business
• Collateral Needs Easy Conversion to Cash
• Capacity is Credible Number Crunching
• A Friendly Banker is Just a Small Bonus Nowadays
• Resist Paying for Audits
• Pick a Record System That Works For You
• Don't Count the $$$, Count the Successes
• Rent OR Buy Decisions
• There's Cashflow in the Back Room
• Look After The Pennies
• Increase Your Scrutiny When Borrowing From Friends or Relatives
• Reducing Debt is Better than Increasing Revenue
• You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure
• Shop for Small Business Loans - Part 1
• Look for Local Private Lenders
• The Golden Rule
• Exploit Competing Public and Commercial Lenders
• Avoid Venture Capital Firms
• Financing with Credit Cards Demands Great Care
• Shop for Small Business Loans - Part 2
• Look for Lenders of Last Resort
• Match a Lender to Your Needs
• Create Separate Accounts for Non-productive Activities
• Good Times are Dangerous Times
• Plan for Slow Steady Progress
• Penny Here, Penny There Equals Two Pennies
• Shopping for a Supportive Banker
• Interviewing a Prospective Banker or Loan Manager

Marketing

• Braggart Survey - Free Consultants
• Three Can Keep a Secret Provided Two of Them are Dead
• Read Their Lips
• Avoid Sounding the Da-da-da-daaahh
• Learn How to Listen
• Find an Empty Spot and Fill it
• Branding Your Very Small Business
• Distinguish Yourself From the Crowd
• Market Research on a Shoestring Budget
• Look Outside the Majority Market
• Always Measure Twice What You Can Only Cut Once
• Word-of-Mouth Advertising is Best
• How Do You Spell Service?
• When Things Aren't Working, Try the Opposite
• No! You May Not Help Me!
• Humility and Modesty - Great for Monks, not for Businesspersons
• What's Not Nailed Down is Mine
• If Your Work Were Easier it Would be Tougher
• Passion is Attractive
• Networking is About Interviewing Questions
• Every Customer is a Profit Center
• Systemize Negotiable Pricing
• Price Ranges Help Your Customers to Buy
• Fish When the Fish Are Feeding
• Have Your Doers Contact the Receivers
• Apply the 80/20 Rule to Customer Base
• Mitigate Oppressive Security with Humor
• Competition Not Bad - Just Different
• Bring Mohammed to the Mountain
• Raise Prices to Stimulate Sales
• Sharpen Your Focus on Your Target Customer
• Develop the Art of Saying Thanks
• When You Lead a Horse to Water - Make it Drink
• Work the Audience
• Be There to Network
• Choose Your Advertising Medium With Great Care
• Aim at Your Target
• Don't Announce Your Chickens Before They Hatch
• Three Person Survey Without the Shoestring
• Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer
• In Volume Pricing, Make Each Unit Profitable
• It's Easier to Make Money with Quality than with Volume
• Be What You Say You Are
• Enunciate Your Name
• You Are a Brand
• Give Your Customers a Warm Welcome From a Greeter
• Create a List of Who-do-you-know Prompts
• Meeting Demand Is Better Than Creating It
• Exploit Unused Low-Cost Media
• Today's the Day to Love Customer A
• Find Out Why Your Customer Left
• Unique Selling Position is a Better Phrase Than Product Differential
• Shyness is a Losing Trait

Human Resource Management

• If The Learner Hasn't Learned - The Teacher Hasn't Taught
• Divide and Conquer
• Praise With Specifics
• How To Manage a Nerd Part 1
• Dance With Those Who Brought You to the Ball
• Management Style can be Wet or Dry
• Ask and You Shall Receive
• Use 'More of' and 'Less of' in Your Evaluations
• Apply Some Wizardry
• Mean What You Say
• Common Sense is NOT so Common
• When It's Easier to Do it Yourself, You're in Trouble
• Where There's Smoke - There's Fire
• Fire the Lowest Producer Often
• Abusive Managers Can Go Undetected
• Fish or Cut Bait
• Yes! We Have No Bananas
• How to Manage a Nerd - Part 2
• Be Wary of Trusting Your Own Kind
• You Can't Change a Leopard's Spots
• Pot Calling a Kettle Black
• Check Your Memos
• She Who Teaches Learns
• Correct Mistakes Immediately
• Life is Change - Prepare for It
• Recognize and Avoid Groupthink
• Circling the Wagons Is Great as Long as You Don't Shoot Inwards
• Garbage in - Stinks
• Get Beyond the Resume with an Essay
• Anyone Can Be Replaced
• Creativity Thrives in an Incubator
• The Lights Are On But Nobody's Home
• Wear Your Mission Statement
• Perceptions Are Reality
• Prove a Person's Value at the Outset
• Protect Your Investment in Good Employees
• Entrepreneurs Don't Resent Success - They Admire It
• Avoid Filling a New Position With a New Employee

Negotiating

• Nobody's Picking on You
• Arm Yourself for Battle
• Preparation will win the day
• Appear Important But Don't Say You Are
• An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
• Don't fight with pigs
• Honesty is culturally determined
• Understanding is not the same as accepting
• Bureaucrats are nice people
• Nil illigitimus non carborundum
• You're not the only victim
• Reversing tables on a collection agent
• In Whose Pocket is the Money?
• Listen for the Pause that Signals You've Scored a Point
• Better the Devil You Know
• Don't Get Mad - Get Even
• Be Smarter Than the Dog
• Use Modus Operandi in Your Investigations
• Make an Offer They Can't Refuse
• Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick
• Avoid Litigation
• Establish a Position at the Outset of Bargaining
• Listen, Don't Talk
• Dig In On Your Main Issue
• The First Few Minutes Are Critical
• Adopt the Habit of Due Diligence
• It's Ok to Have High Hopes
• Maintain Your Integrity
• Apply Your Power Gently At First
• When You Lose, Keep the Lesson
• Silence is the Best Answer - Sometimes
• Don't Let a Little Dispute Injure a Good Relationship
• Reconcile Rough Tactics When You're a Nice Person
• Use the Synergy of a List
• Outnumber the Other Party
• Keep Asking until You Get a Favorable Response
• Truth and Honesty Are Rare in Larger Cities
• Talk Slowly and Think Quickly
• Be Right and Fear No Man - Don't Write and Fear No Woman
• Say You're a Nobody
• Act Not at Other's Expense
• Asking a Lot of Questions Makes You Appear More Intelligent
• Mirror People from Unreasonable to Reasonable
• Verbal Promises Aren't Worth the Paper They're Written On
• Practice your Good Guy / Bad Guy Routine

Theory F

• Namedropper? Call the name
• Bears & Honey
• Act Like a Porcupine
• Get the Name, Rank and Serial Number
• Keep a Dirt Box
• Confront Your Combatant With a Series of Questions
• Does the Federal Bully Live in a Small Community?
• The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
• The Bigger They Are the Harder They Fall
• Fill in All the Blanks of a Government Form
• Supervisors Have Survived in the System Longer Than Others
• Are You Dealing With POPOs or Shooting Stars?
• Avoid Begging
• Control the Paper
• Form Versus Process
• Climb the Hierarchy for Action
• Clever Bureaucrats Pass the Buck
• Do It and Duck
• Know How to Spot a Bully
• Secret Agents are for Hire
• Test the System
• Call the Bluffer
• Identify a Bureaucrat for Future Reference
• Keep 'Em Off Balance
• Turn the Fear Around
• Bullies Come in Various Sizes
• Enquiries About Personal Welfare can Soften a Bureaucrat's Heart
• Three Strikes You're In
• Bullies Have Bosses They Fear
• Counterattacking a Bully with Words

Self Managing

Time Management

• File 12
• Record Your Inefficiencies as They Occur
• Earn Respect for the Value of Your Time
• Apply the Concepts of Critical Path Methods
• Do It Now!
• Indecision and Procrastination
• Reap the Benefits of Planning
• Know How to Delegate
• Have a Regular Quiet Hour
• Hold Stand-up Meetings
• Call in the Fire Investigators
• Manage Telephone Interruptions
• Challenge Every Call to a Meeting
• Make Use of Your Time at Obligatory Meetings
• Follow the Red Threads
• Drop-in Visitors
• Outgoing Telephone Calls
• Personal Disorganization
• Lack of Objectives, Priorities and Deadlines
• Lack of Self-discipline
• A Cluttered Desk
• Involvement in Routine and Detail
• Attempting Too Much At Once
• Unrealistic Time Estimates
• Reluctance to do a Time Log
• A Word About Time Management Fanaticism
• 21 Questions to Assess Your Readiness for Time Management
• Shorten Time Between Tasks
• Compare the Efficiencies
• The Principle of Materiality
• Overcome the Fear of Delegating
• Shorten Incoming Sales Calls
• Put a Price On Your Info, Time and Advice
• Processing Email Efficiently - Part 1
• Think Departure Time
• Overlook Two Things Today
• Calculate Your Per-Minute Wage
• Plan Your Earliest Quitting Time
• Time is Money
• Identify the Interrupters
• Have an Inventory of Stops
• Know What to do Next
• Save Hours of Time by Reducing Excess Handlings
• Handling To-Do's Requires Efficiency
• Asking for Results Sustains Delegation
• Since Time is Money, You Have to Earn It

Getting it Done

• A Pint Container Can't Hold a Quart of Liquid
• Apply Chunking to Major Sorting Tasks
• Purge Instead of Buy When Files Are Full
• Hire Connie as Your Assistant
• Save the Word not the Page
• Put Your Car Keys in the Freezer
• Build Travel Take Lists
• Take One Step at a Time
• Better to Have It and Not Need It...
• Doing Lunch - Really
• When All Else Fails, Read the Directions
• Imagine Yourself to Success
• Thinking Outside the Box
• Have a Place for Everything
• Strike While the Iron is Hot
• Reasons Don't Count - Results Do
• Nothing Ventured - Nothing Gained
• Paper Causes Inefficiencies
• Many Hands Make Light Work
• Perseverance is Power
• WORK! It's Included in Most Advice Lists
• Have a System for Converting Dreams into Accomplishments
• If at First You Don't Succeed - Revise Your Plan
• Make Mistakes - That's Where You Learn
• Knowledge Needs Problems and Goals for Focus
• Develop Your Ability to Simplify
• Action Marks the Winners
• Sometimes Best Is Inefficient When Good Enough Is Sufficient
• Train Yourself to Make Better Decisions
• Count the Units of Output Instead of the Minutes of Input
• Think of Time as Analog and Actions as Digital

Happiness

• Voluntary Nervous Breakdown (VNB)
• Tips on managing a VNB
• Live With More 'Eu' and Less 'Dis'
• All the Water in the Ocean Can't Sink a Ship...
• Disallow Obnoxious Behavior From Your Customers
• Feel Good List No. 1
• Know Your Stress Signs
• Memory Loss. It's All in Your Mind
• Copy and You're Second Best
• Act Fast When You're Not the Smartest
• What Goes Around Comes Around
• Take a Moment to Worry
• Life Is Only Ten Percent of What Happens
• Keep Wisdom Top-of-Mind
• Maintain an "In the Event of My Death" File
• Release Pent-up Emotions With Your Tongue
• Visualize Yourself as a Hammer
• Stay on Top of Your Business Not in It
• Will Yourself to Laugh
• The Autonomy Formula
• Visit Your Reflection Consultant
• Curtail Your Re-visits to Misfortune
• Leave a Trail of Breadcrumbs
• What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen?
• Snore and You Sleep Alone
• Feed Your Mind Properly
• Follow Dr. Coue to Greater Success
• Knowledge is Power Only When Applied
• Getting Enough Sleep - Part 1
• Influence is a Subtle Form of Power
• Happy Minutes Accumulate into a Happy Life
• "Calmness is Power" - James Allen
• Is Your Vacation Desire a Stress Symptom?
• When You Find a Stumbling Block - Use it as a Stepping Stone
• Plug Your Ears When...
• Humility is a Sign of Self-Confidence
• Sleep Time is a Stress Symptom
• Crying Over Spilt Milk is Unhealthy
• You're not Doing Enough if You Don't Have Moments of Doubt
• Feel Good List No. 2
• Organize Your Happiness
• Reduce Stress with a Dumb-Dumb Box

Management Skills

Planning

• Dreams to Reality
• Proposal for Change Method
• New Venture Proposal - Checklists
• Work Simplification Flowcharts
• How to Write Work Instructions

Executing

• Introduction to Time Management
• Communication Model
• How to Train or Demonstrate a Skill
• Conquering a Blank Screen or Page
• When to Delegate a Decision
• Sample of a Telephone Sales Call
• How to Delegate

Evaluating

• Corrective Action Report

Business Tools

Business Plans

• Introduction to QnA Business Plans
• Standard QnA Business Plan
• Overview of Business Venture
• Financial Unit
• Marketing Unit
• Human Resource Management Unit
• Organization Unit
• Computer Systems Unit
• Operations Unit
• Plant and Equipment Unit
• Additional Information Unit
• Cash Flow Budgets
• Basic Business Plan Layout
• Retail Business Plan Module
• Financial Ratios
• Self-Written Business Plans Are Best For Managing
• Start a Business Without Money

Decision Making

• Many Options Yield Better Decision Making
• Quickie Decision List
• Decision Analysis
• Decision Making Chart for Small Business Decisions
• Making Decisions under Certainty and Uncertainty
• Problem / Opportunity Definition
• Benefits from Writing a Decision Making Document
• Composing a Situation Description for a Decision Analysis
• Composing a Backgrounder for a Decision Analysis
• Listing Alternative Solutions for a Decisions Analysis
• Evaluating Alternative Solutions for a Decision Analysis
• Final Decision / Recommendation of a Decision Analysis
• Using a Decision Ranking Matrix

Small Business Article Directory

Business Plan Articles

• More Uses for Your Business Plan
• Seven Preparations for Writing a Business Plan
• "Why You, Why Now" Critical in a Winning Business Plan
• The Ideal Length of Your Business Plan
• How to Use Graphs and Charts in Your Business Plan
• Two Types of Executive Summaries
• Documenting Partnerships in Your Business Plan
• The Management Team Section of Your Business Plan
• Developing Realistic Financial Assumptions
• Business Plans - What Consultants Don't Tell You
• Five Crucial Components Of A Business Plan
• Analyzing Customers in Your Business Plan
• When and Why YOU are the Best Writer for Your Business Plan
• Three Methods for Writing a Business Plan

Entrepreneurship Articles

• The 7 Traits of an Exceptional & Successful Entrepreneur
• Business Plan Advice for Young Entrepreneurs
• The Five Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
• Persistence Leads to Sales Success
• Small Business 101: Deadly Ignorance
• Seven Reasons for Not Starting Your Own Business
• Cures for Small Business Inferiority Feelings
• Get Rich Slowly
• Five Magic Phrases: Tips For Negotiating Like A Pro
• Business Entities - What Are The Choices?
• Start a Business Venture With No Money

Networking Articles

• Essential Networking Strategies in the 21st Century
• Five Stumbling Blocks to Successful Networking and How to Overcome Them
• 7 Tips to Make a Fantastic Impression o People Who Count
• What To Do With 97 Business Cards

Operations and Efficiency Articles

• Simplicity is a Process
• Chunking the Routine Essentials
• 6 Steps To Effective Management During Change
• Business Writing Secrets Vol. 1
• Business Disaster? Won't Happen to Me
• Internal Control: A Preventive Maintenance Program
• Will Your Business Survive Without You?
• SWOT Analysis Is No Magic 8 Ball
• Operating in a Shoe Box is Profitable
• How Many Gauges Do You Watch in the Cockpit of Your Business?
• Using SWOT Analysis To Improve Your Business

Time Management Articles

• Seven Ways to Say, "No!"
• Reap Lifestyle Rewards from Improved Time Management
• When Is Time Management Not Enough?
• Plan Your Day and Stick to Your Plan
• Do You Measure Time Usage or Output?

Marketing Articles

• The 7 Commandments of Marketing
• 10 Tips For Long Term Client Retention
• Direct Mail Advertising Strategies
• Small Business Marketing Magic
• How Nearly Going Broke Taught Me The Value Of Niche Marketing
• The Five Musts of Marketing
• Follow-Up Marketing: How to Win More Sales with Less Effort
• Overcoming Your Biggest Competitor
• Your Identity Speaks Loudly...What Are You Saying?
• Good Marketing Pays For Itself
• Self Promotion Brings Business Success
• How Leaky is Your Sales Pipeline?
• Branding vs. Direct Response
• For Ongoing Success, Make Marketing a Habit
• Make Your Marketing Solve A Problem
• Media Training 101 -- The Secrets Of Writing A Good Press Release
• The Testimonial Writing Machine
• A Simple Sales Strategy: Define What Selling Is!
• The Press Release as an Effective Marketing Tool
• Marketing Strategy: 7 Steps To Market Segmentation
• The Benefits of Branding
• Focus Groups: Marketing's Secret Weapon
• The 7 Myths of Marketing a Service Business

Customer Relations

• How to Benefit From Using a Service Guarantee
• Keeping Your Cool When The Customer Gets Hot
• Learning Superior Customer Service Skills
• Winning Customers Over the Phone
• Dealing With Unhappy Customers

Human Resource Management Articles

• 7 Steps to Hire the Best
• The Factors Of Leadership Motivation
• Employees Need Some Perspective
• Do You Devote Time to Each Employee?
• Holding Effective Meetings Can Be Easier than You Think!
• Four Simple Steps to Successful Delegation
• Parenting Your Employees to Better Performance
• Boosting Productivity: 10 Ways to Eliminate Obstacles to Success
• Can An Employee Survey Help You?
• Boosting Employee Morale With Employee Surveys

Finances

• Applying For A Business Loan: Putting Your Best Foot Forward
• The Accounting Model - Accounting's Rosetta Stone
• Managing Your Company's Cash Flow

Miscellaneous Articles

• What Success Really Is
• Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words
• A Website is an Additional Employee
• The Top 5 Mistakes Made By Small Business Owners
• The Laundry Has Never Been More Fun Or The Pitfalls To Working At Home
• A Clothes Encounter In The Business World
• The 5 Biggest Mistakes Made When Getting A Business Appraised
• Five Tips For Creating A Winning Proposal
• Manage Your Grey Moments
• Silver Surfers: Successful Online Marketing to Seniors
• Achieve Anything, One Step at a Time
• Advantages of a Big Fish in a Small Pond

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