When I ran a $150+ million business, I always felt like the guy in the circus that was spinning plates.

This current Coronavirus crisis is my fourth such recession/shock/crash I have been through in my career (Makes me feel a bit old writing that).

The journey of owning your business should be just as fun and exciting as the end game.

In the middle of 1996, I sat down in “the big chair” after being promoted to President of a mid-sized freight and logistics company.

The final scene of the movie Field of Dreams (1989 ) chokes me up no matter how many times I see it. You know the scene, Ray Kinsella (Played by Kevin Costner) realizes all of his work has brought him face to face with his Father when he was a young man (Brought back to life via the magic of the baseball field he built in the middle of his Iowa corn farm).

In the movie Molly’s Game the principal character, Molly, (Played by Jessica Chastain) was a hopeful Olympic mogul skier before she tripped on a stick during trials.

With apologies to Simon Sinek, nobody really cares about your “why.” They want you to care about theirs.

“If it’s flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s, be the best hamburger flipper in the world.

One of the most insidious by-products of times like these, after the waves of belt tightening and budget/staff cutting, are the painful late payments from clients and customers.