“We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt.” Remember that song we used to sing to our kids? For me, that song represent the innovative mindset that helps craft life and business extraordinary adventures and experiences. I love creating and experiencing adventures in my life and business. Some of my best memories, remarkable experiences and successes stem from such adventures. Some are serendipitous while others are planned or as I like to often view them as experiences of planned serendipity.   Three...

This week has already started as a very busy and productive week for me. On Monday, I invited an intimate group of my clients to participate in a Zoom call when I got to share my thoughts on “Thriving in Challenging times.” I am planning on inviting more of my clients and continue these discussions on various topics of interest. I am also pleased to relaunch my podcast channel “Raising the Barr®” this week, where I am excited to bring...

As we are all adjusting to the new normal of organizing our lives and conducting our businesses, I’ve had the opportunity to brainstorm with many of our clients as to ways of best utilizing our time. Here are the top 15 ways: Reaching out to clients and offering our help Creating exciting new content in a variety of media formats Creating online courses Brainstorming with trusted advisors to identify new ways of innovation Submitting content to be published through various...

How many weeks have you been sheltered in place? Here in Cleveland it’s been about 30 days, and everyone is continuing to do their best to stay at home and follow the protocol that has been set. It’s not been easy; Zooming, Skyping and FaceTiming with my friends, family and clients has helped, though I am aching to hug and squeeze my grandkids each time I join in the virtual dance party, art project or read a book to them...

We’ve been practicing social or actually physical distancing for a few weeks, visiting with friends and family via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime, and dashing in an out of stores for essential items now with the agility of Olympic sprinters. Masked, gloved and goggled, with the help of separation lines and plexiglass screens, we have nearly and hopefully mastered the art of keeping the covid-19 virus as far away from us as possible. As one of the holiest weeks on the...

For many years I’ve advised my clients to compile their powerful words to create their personal quotes, tweets or future sharable topics. These collection of tweets and unique personal quotes can become the checklists or bullet points for an upcoming article. Assemble together several articles or your newsletter archives and you have now created your eBook or book to be published in print. Continue doing so consistently and in a variety of media formats and you have shaped your intellectual...

It has been a few challenging weeks for all of us Americans and people around the world, and many who are self-employed, including my wife and my sister in Israel. Laurel’s full calendar of weddings she officiates as the official spring/summer wedding season began, have all been postponed. My sister owns and operates two exclusive boutiques in the north of Israel, and both have been shuttered; one may have to close permanently. There is incredible uncertainty as the stock market...

As most of the world is hunkering down in a complete Corona virus quarantine shutdown, many are struggling to figure out how to best spend their days productively. I’ve compiled this list to suggest some activities that will help us come out of this more appreciative people in a world at peace. I welcome and appreciate any ideas and contributions you have to make this list even better: Continue to distance yourself from others for safety Spend time on work...

As it turns out, Ohio, Cuyahoga county in particular, now has its first three cases of Covid-19. All the hand washing, and sleeve sneezing could not have prevented the inevitable from occurring right here. As fate would have it, our daughter and son in law have been notified that they, like in the hit show, Hamilton, were in the room where it happened. (Along with hundreds of others). Last week the stock market plummeted, and millions saw many of their...