Not the way they adorn a pizza or make a tasty paste, but the way they stick together, work together, and protect each other. It’s a great outlook to have in business. Being a fearless mentor is a way to guarantee that your business will perpetuate.

When a school of anchovies senses danger, it swims together in a tight ball, with the fish on the inside more protected and those on the outside facing greater chances of being consumed. (more…)

Benjamin Franklin was the only man who signed all four documents connected with the beginning of our nation; the Declaration of Independence, the Alliance with France, the Treaty with England, and the Constitution of the United States of America. When he was just 22 years old he wrote down 13 virtues he wanted to acquire.

Those qualities he listed were:

1. Temperance – Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. Silence – Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order – Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. (more…)