Congratulations! You have successfully completed the 2010 Tour de Profit! You should feel good about staying in the race, maintaining your discipline, and spending the time to focus ON your business rather than IN your business.
Now, before we put a wrap on this year, I want you to do one last exercise. [...]

As we near the end of this year’s Tour de Profit, it is appropriate to take time to recognize those who have helped you achieve your success. I know that the first group of people who come to mind are your team members – those who have worked hard in your business all year [...]

Stage 49 of this year’s Tour de Profit is designed to take your race plan (otherwise known as your business plan) from a collection of great ideas and potential business-building strategies and convert it into a meaningful set of measures and metrics that you can use to track your progress and quantify your results. [...]

In last week’s stage, we focused on your main competition. You did the research, collected intelligence on their product and service offerings, reviewed their websites, collected their flyers and spent the time building a SWOT analysis for each of your primary competitors. Good for you! This insight will be valuable as you [...]

How do you position yourself to move away from the day-to-day details of your business? This may be one of the biggest single issues that face most business owners today. It is not uncommon to get trapped in the details of today’s business to the point where you cannot find the time or [...]

This week we take a break from racing. It is an off-week – one to use for recovery, refreshment and most importantly preparation. Preparation for the next big race, which is only 11 short weeks away!
Yes, it is almost November! Another year is quickly fading into our rear-view mirror. To many [...]

Congratulations on taking the time to create your own Personal Development Plan! I trust you have shared it with your team so that they can see what you believe to be important and that you are serious about getting better yourself.
If for some reason you hit a bump in the road last week and [...]

Exceptional leaders are constantly working harder on themselves than they are on their business! The success of any business is limited only by the thinking, knowledge and growth of the senior-most leaders on the team. What is the limiting factor in your business?
Welcome to Stage 40 of the 2010 Tour de Profit. [...]

I sincerely hope that you took me seriously last week and stepped out from your routine to do something unique and special with your team. You’ve worked hard to build a team that allows you to beat your competition, so it is the least you can do – show them how much you appreciate [...]

Congratulations on completing the Region we call “7 Keys to a Winning Team”! If you’ve done your work over these past seven weeks, you have positioned yourself and your business to be supported by a high-performance team of people who are as passionate about your business vision as you are. Frankly, it doesn’t [...]