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Culture is bigger than chaos

Can your culture handle chaos? As a business, your ability to handle chaos is dependent on the strength of your culture. With the way the business world is, chaos is not something even your best planning can expect to avoid - it just happens. Your culture is a different story. This is where you can fundamentally c...

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Face your blind spots

Last Wednesday, Jonathan talked about the Metaphysics of Change. Let’s dive a bit deeper into accountability and blind spots.

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EMyth Team

Shopping for a president?

I’m in the market for a President. My country is in need of some repair, some short term solutions tied to a long term vision that makes sense, and I’m looking for a leader who can deliver. It happened to be that two Presidential Merchants were on stage together last week, so I tuned in to hear their pitch. At the...

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How not to care

A See-Through Strategy The business world is very confused about something incredibly simple. Caring. Have you noticed how much “caring” everybody is doing these days?

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You get what you didn't pay for

The Problem With Daily Deal Sites On the surface, daily deal sites like Groupon seem to be an innovative, fun way to connect customers and businesses. But underneath, it’s a different story. These ‘deal sites’ depend on two things: an insecurity among business owners, i.e. “I’m building it, but what if people don’...

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EMyth Team

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A holiday greeting from the EMyth team

We're taking a moment to reflect not only here in our business, but in our community and in our global small business community as well.

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EMyth Team

Business Systems

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UPS makes the right turn

On any given day, UPS delivers 15.8 million packages and documents around the world. Their delivery fleet consists of 93,637 package cars, vans, tractors and motorcycles. Those signature brown UPS trucks are everywhere! You can’t help but notice them on the road. But here’s something you may not have noticed: UPS ...

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10 ways to prepare for the new year

I know, I know...how can we be thinking about the New Year when it's still November? Well, now is the perfect time to be thinking about how to leverage your business for 2009. It's time to start thinking strategically about the year ahead. Here's a list of 10 steps you can take right now that will pay dividends in...

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Leadership

3 min read

The 2008 financial crisis

Thank you to everyone who offered comments on the original Ship of State article. Please note we have revised the article below to better portray our original intent. We never fail to be amazed by the diversity of opinion and insightful depth of our readers and contributors. It was, however, not our intention to s...

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Year-End Tax Tips

This week's E-Myth Insider newsletter touches on tax tips for US businesses to take into account as we approach year's end. The supporting article lists useful US business and personal deductions, along with links to IRS' Small Business resources, Section 179 guidelines and energy-efficiency tax credits.

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EMyth Team

Leadership

1 min read

The E-Myth Revisited is number 10 on the New York Times Bestseller List!

The E-Myth Revisited—still going strong! "The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It" is currently number 10 on the New York Times Paperback Business Bestseller list. Originally published in 1986 (as "The E-Myth"), and fully revised in 1995, The E-Myth Revisited offers a rad...

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