Can I write off my SUV?

Rob asks,
I have a first child on the way. I need to buy an SUV, but I put all my money back into my business. Is there a way to use my business to write off the SUV?
[You can ask your question here]
I answer:
Since I’m not an accountant or a lawyer and more […]

How do you Plan when everything is an emergency? Part 1

“When you’re up to your eyeballs in alligators, it’s hard to remember that you set out to drain the swamp.”
Many clients come to me in that situation. And they feel paralyzed with so many emergencies they don’t see how to get ahead. I’ll make this short for those of you who have to get back […]

Do you love what you DO?

I don’t mean what you hope to accomplish, or the status you get from being the person who does what you do. I mean do you love doing it?
Hugh McLeod has a great post about this. I agree with a couple of the comments that there’s more to life than work - but I […]

Leadership is highly over rated.

Being a leaders means people follow you. That’s all. If you look historically at the leaders that people followed fiercely, you’ll find some of the most destructive, self-serving, and vicious leaders in government, religion and yes business. Hitler was Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1938 and Joseph Stalin was picked twice (1939 and […]

Is it Science or Art?

I’ve been asked whether management is one or the other. How we ask a question often blinds us to a useful answer. Management, like most aspects of running a business involves both.
My quick distinction is that the science of running a business includes the rules that apply to everyone (like take in more money than […]

Do you hate to plan?

One frustration I have with my clients is that we talk about things that are important for them to do and they won’t make time in their schedule to do them. They won’t say no to the urgent so the important gets put off. I understand this attitude.
We entrepreneurs are motivated, make that inspired, by […]