Archives for the ‘Entrepreneurship’ Category
Striving for success…
By mlhodges • May 30th, 2007 • Category: EntrepreneurshipI was at the coffee house that I like to go to in the Heights eating lunch after meeting with a client, and we engaged in some interesting conversations about entrepreneurship. We talked about many topics, but the one topic that stuck out like a sore thumb to me (as we were venting) was…Why [...]
Married to your business…
By mlhodges • Oct 21st, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipI was talking to an old musician one time and he was relaying stories to me about some great musicians he had an opportunity to play with in his lifetime. He was a good musician, but felt he had missed his full potential. He told me that as a piano player, if I wanted [...]
What is the price of freedom?
By mlhodges • Aug 29th, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipOne thing has driven ordinary people to extraordinary results through out history…FREEDOM. It has caused people to lose their lives in pursuit of it, flee their homelands in hopes of experiencing it, and make alliances that normally wouldn’t be made to achieve it. Why are people willing to put so much into the concept [...]
What are you waiting for?
By mlhodges • Aug 4th, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipI often hear people in my favorite coffee house talk about their dreams and goals and those conversations are valuable to me. When people quit dreaming, they quit living. If they don’t take actions on those dreams, they reduce the value of the life they are living. How many people dream without having the earnest [...]
Entrepreneurs aren’t crazy…
By mlhodges • Jul 27th, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipSometimes I wonder as a small business owner if I am valiant for taking a risk or stupid for not thinking practically. You face so many challenges out on this limb that you feel at many times the limb is about to break and yield you free falling to the bottom! Running and maintaining a [...]
You must have passion….
By mlhodges • Jul 7th, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipYou can achieve anything in life that you put your heart into. I really believe that people contain the tools to their personal success on the inside. In my life, I have realized that God has often lead me in my pursuit of purpose back to the things He gifted me with on the inside. [...]
Question of the day?
By mlhodges • Jun 22nd, 2006 • Category: EntrepreneurshipWhy do committees always meet and never accomplish anything? In many businesses, clubs, and organizations people often will assign committees to perform certain tasks to ease the load of the total group. Many of these committees ,however, are not given clear tasks and the end result is a complete waste of time for every individual [...]