Business Coaching
FileMaker Pro Gurus (and inspiring Gurus) need to be Gurus in business, too!
Great advice from the best coaching and success websites that will motivate, inspire, and inform you.
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Great advice from the best coaching and success websites that will motivate, inspire, and inform you.
I’ve listened to several Earl Nightingale clips in the past, and always found his advice and teachings to be timeless: Similarly, to Earl Nightingale, as a child I wanted to know why some were so poor, while others, appeared to be so rich. Why some people were so miserable, while others, appeared so happy. I wanted […]
What you’ll learn in this interview with James Hea of Dataworks Pro: James’ journey from Dataworks to Dataworks Pro What he did while working in Bermuda for the past seven years Learn about his Devcon 2015 presentation on change management in regulated industries Risk management in highly regulated industries How he limited Full Access to developers except […]
Do you value financial security and financial freedom? Are you finding financial security hard to achieve as just a developer, manager, team lead, or even as the business owner? Additional income streams are one way to financial security. Adding additional streams of income can be a challenge, but is necessary to achieve financial security and freedom. There are […]
Here’s what you will learn in this business savvy packed interview with Duane Maas of MCServices.com: Learn what is driving his business Learn what award Duane won at the FileMaker Business Alliance dinner Learn why he is so big on FileMaker Go Duane is a fan of Action Coach, and it works for […]
Are you stressed, working lots of hours, always out of time? Having trouble dealing with all your responsibilities? Perhaps a little coaching would be helpful. Scratch that…If you haven’t been working with a coach (life or business), you are doing yourself a major disservice. Fortunately for you, you can find help in Chicago in October, […]
The Science of Persuasion. Based upon decades of research, Dr. Robert Cialdini identifies six factors from his study of the science of persuasion that influence us to say yes: Reciprocity – be the first to give, and make it personalized and unexpected. Scarcity – Give benefits, what’s unique, and what they stand to lose. […]
I suspect most FileMaker developers tend towards the ‘nerd’ side of the personality charts (I certainly do). As a result, they aren’t into marketing, sales, business relationship building, and similar activities. The business side of FileMaker development. And it’s not because they aren’t capable of doing those things. They can put forth the effort and do […]
Managing your time as a developer–do it well and you will succeed. Don’t do it well, and fail. Check out the perspective on time by the Stanford professor in charge of the notorious 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. And study up on time management if you want to succeed.
The Harvard Business Review’s articles are always worth reading. This one has some great advice to reduce stress in 5 steps: Breathing Meditating Listening Questioning Purpose The fourth step, questioning, makes what I consider to be a important, yet often overlooked, observation about the quality of thoughts: This tool isn’t about asking other people questions, […]
Without sales, the best developers in the world sit idle, twiddling their thumbs. That is the harsh reality, so small development businesses (read: the owner), generally have to acquire sales and marketing skills in order to maintain and then grow their businesses. In his interview with FileMakerProGurus, David Knight, of Angel City Data, made a similar […]
FileMaker is a great business productivity tool. But if you are to make the most of it for you and your client, you need to be more aware of what goes on in business day-to-day, and learn what is important to your client. You also need to keep yourself on focused and on course. Do […]
I’ve wanted to meet Joe Montana since his glory days winning the national championship at Notre Dame in the late 70’s. The dude was always cool, more so under pressure. The closest I came was meeting Lou Holtz in the early 90’s when he was head coach at Notre Dame. Another inspiring person, Holtz had […]
AN INTERESTING POST at Seedcode (I assume it’s by John Sindelar, but it’s not clear) about mulling things over as he exercises by running: The Running Test is one way to get information about decisions, and I’ve found its results surprising. When I’m mulling something over, I’ll find it has one of two impacts on […]
Are you aware of the effect your emotional state has on your health? Learning to handle your emotions and how you react to other people and situations will give you a leg up on the competition as you navigate through life, and help you live a longer, happier and more healthy life: “What really matters […]
James Hea: Don, thanks for the interview and for posting. I've reposted to FaceBook. https://www.facebook.com/jamesmhea
James Hea: Don, thanks for posting. I've re-posted to FaceBook. https://www.facebook.com/jamesmhea
Peter Galer: By developing a mutual fund reconciliation process, I was able to fully integrate 12 global data feeds allowing users to…