Many entrepreneurs embrace the challenge of being their own boss; they desire freedom-both financial and temporal. But, often, the business consumes both time and money and ends up owning the owner. In Make the Noise Go Away, author Larry G. Linne discusses thirteen principles to help business owners reclaim their freedom.

Written in parable style, Make the Noise Go Away follows business owner Jim Clancy and second-in-command Brett Giles at Golden Electric Supply. During a weekend retreat at a quiet mountain cabin, the two executives discuss the principles and strategies that...

Now in paperback: Hands-on strategies for creating and protecting your personal brand (yes, you have one)
Think branding is just for large corporations, marketing directors, and cows? Think again. Each one of us has a brand a personal brand, how others see us which is shaped by what we do, say, write, and otherwise present ourselves to others.
We can t fully control how others see us (smart, capable, compassionate, creative, fair). But many of us don t even try. That is, we don t take a moment to think about how we WANT to be perceived, and then take a few simple steps to...