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Cut Training Time with Business Audio Theatre

Cut Training Time with Business Audio Theatre

MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We are very proud of our recent accomplishment with our new, theatrically performed business audiobook, The Barefoot Spirit. It is a real example and demonstration of the power of story performed, not just narrated, to convey business principles in a new way. It’s not...
Lockdown! A Bootcamp for Resourcefulness

Lockdown! A Bootcamp for Resourcefulness

THE RESOURCEFULNESS GAME

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Since we are all locked down, we may as well have some fun perfecting one of the two most commonly heralded ingredients of entrepreneurial success, Resourcefulness. The other one is Tenacity and together they make an unbeatable duo that most successful entrepreneurs...
Will the Coronavirus Lockdown Increase Our Attention Span?

Will the Coronavirus Lockdown Increase Our Attention Span?

TELL ME MORE!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

For the last 10 year, we have been on a race to boil everything down its simplest essences, to the bare bones. In all the noise, we have grossly oversimplified our communication just to get a word in edgewise. Yes, the one thing you need to know to build an airplane...
What Kind of a World Can We Expect When They Let Us Out?

What Kind of a World Can We Expect When They Let Us Out?

MEGA CHANGES COMING RIGHT UP!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We’ve lived through the Dot Com Bust and The Great Recession. We recovered (to some degree) after each one of them. Basically, the government printed up money to try to bail out companies and stimulate the economy. But in each case, the result was inflation that...
Lockdown Home Office Can Challenge Personal Relationships

Lockdown Home Office Can Challenge Personal Relationships

ESTABLISH LIMITS

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

If “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” does confinement cause friction? We have a dear friend who has been told by his employer to work from home due to the Coronavirus lockdown. He told us, “At last! I have always wanted to work from home!” But having been in a...
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