by Jim Chaput | May 28, 2019 | Jim's Blog
If you want to increase your chances of achieving your goals, focus on the process not the outcome. Start with the outcome in mind, then think about the behaviors that are likely to lead to that outcome. Some of these behaviors probably build on each other, so keep...
by Jim Chaput | May 27, 2019 | Jim's Blog
A couple of days ago, my friend Duncan asked me if I will publish my daily blog forever. I laughed and said, “I don’t know, forever is a long time.” Sometimes, writing every day is difficult. When things get difficult, how do you know whether you should...
by Jim Chaput | May 26, 2019 | Jim's Blog
On Saturday morning, I participated in the annual Murph Challenge at SwiftRiver CrossFit to honor Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005. As with all of the “Hero” workouts, Murph is a brutal test: As fast...
by Jim Chaput | May 25, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Key person risk exists when a company depends on one person for success. If the key person leaves or can no longer perform their job, the company will be in trouble. Small businesses are like this. If the founder cannot work, the company might be out of business....
by Jim Chaput | May 24, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Every day we choose how to spend our time. For each choice we make, we sacrifice the other things we could have done. If you take action without thinking about it, you might end up doing the wrong things. If you spend too much time thinking about what to do, you have...
by Jim Chaput | May 23, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Closing in on the end of May, I am nearly done my second monthly growth challenge. At the start of May, I had planned to use something I enjoyed to see if I could be more successful than April. (My April challenge was marketing – it went ok, but was harder than...
