Dr. TC North
THE SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR
The Road to Success Is Filled With the Potholes of Failure
Photo by: Vecteezy.com We often don’t appreciate that failure is valuable or that there are two types of failures, some that are valuable learning failures and some that are dangerous. The value of learning failures. Babies must build strength, balance, and...
What’s Leadership Love and How Is It Expressed?
“Everyone has two choices. We’re either full of love…or full of fear.” — Albert Einstein Is it good to work for a boss who loves you? For the past 38 years, I’ve helped entrepreneurs develop high-performance cultures and businesses. For the first 26 years, I never...
Overcome Burnout – Using A Very Different Approach
Feeling burned out and want to overcome burnout? You’re not alone! Here are some staggering statistics: 76% of respondents in a Mental Health America and FlexJobs study agreed that workplace stress affects their mental health, and 75% experienced burnout during the...
The Project Management Trifecta™ Can Pay Off Big
If you win the trifecta in horse racing, you win BIG! It's also true in business. About 30 years ago, I worked with a graphic design company near Aspen, Colorado. By most standards, they were very successful. Their loyal, repeat clients loved them; they had excellent...
How One Decision Increased Profits by 301%
Can one decision boost profitability by 301%, in three months? I would’ve doubted it until it happened with a team I was working with. I don’t teach people selling techniques or process. I teach them how to gain control of their mind and entrepreneurial business. For...
6 Decision-Making Processes and When to Use Each
“Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage.” —from “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill Hill studied over 25,000 people who had experienced failure and concluded that lack of decision-making was a top cause. Leaders in...
5 Frustrations of Entrepreneurs and the 3 requirements to solve them
Entrepreneurs start a business for various reasons: to attain more freedom, control of their life, or income; to build something great; or to make a difference (or for all these reasons!). As entrepreneurs expand their leadership team, the new leaders typically want...
How to Conquer Chaos in Entrepreneurial Companies
An entrepreneur recently emailed me this: “I’m so exhausted!” I can’t count how many times I’ve heard that or something similar (“I’m overwhelmed” is also common) from entrepreneurial leaders over the past three decades. Entrepreneurial leaders often find themselves...
Great Leaders Make the “I Believe In You” Challenge
Have you ever had a coach or mentor challenge you because they saw your potential and believed in you? If so, how did you respond? If you manage a high performer, or potential high performer, whom you want to help excel and keep at your company, then be a great mentor...