Should You Write That Book You Keep Talking About?

Welcome to the Morrison Minute. We focus on personal development & business mastery.

 Today we're going to focus on personal development. In 2018 I released my first book, titled, “DO NOT: Start Or Run A Business, My Way.” It was simply a memoir of all the mistakes I feel that I made when I started my first business. Mistakes that I wanted to share with other small business owners, so they don't replicate the same mistakes.

 I'm asked by those that I know, those that have always wanted to write a book, “Should I write a book?” My answer, “Absolutely, yes!”

 You can go on the internet and you can find dozens if not hundreds of reasons why you should write a book. But I want to inspire you by sharing just a few that have stood out more than other’s since I've released mine.

 For one, it is therapeutic. We're all human, we all hold emotions inside. There's just something about getting those emotions out on paper.

 Another reason is, it's empowering. It's a confidence booster because only 1% of the population ever writes and releases their book.

 Another reason is, you have a story to tell. There's eight billion people on this planet. Someone's bound to be inspired by your story.

 One of those that have been most beneficial to me is its opened-up doors of opportunity. I've had speaking opportunities; I've had business owners pick up and read my book and call me for coaching and mentoring services. I’ve had publications reach out to me as a subject matter expert.

 If you’ve got a book that you've been trying to write, trying to finish for the last five, ten, fifteen years… reach out! I’d love to be your accountability partner and inspire you and help you finish it.

 If you've always wanted to write a book, you just didn't know where to start, reach out and I'd love to help you as well.

 And if you're looking for more personal development skills more business mastery skills sign up for more Morrison Minute. I’d love to help you there as well!

Marketing Your Logo Could Be Costing You Future Business!

Welcome to the Morrison Minute where we focus on personal development & business mastery. Today, we're going to focus on the small business owner. You see, just the other day I was waiting at an intersection, the light was red, the windows were down, the tunes were going, and the light turned green.

 As I proceeded into the intersection, out of the corner of my left eye, I see a large service vehicle with a trailer behind it come barreling through the intersection. It's clear they ran a red light! Like most humans, I honked on my horn! Just as quick as I honk my horn, the driver of that vehicle rolls down his window and flips me, the bird!

 A friend of mine who has a lot more internet followers than I do had a similar experience. Except, he took his experience a step further. I didn't post my experience on the internet, he did. He took a picture of the vehicle that endangered his life, he said how they endangered his life, how they responded to their action, and asked people not to use that company.

 Back to the intersection I was at, there were probably a hundred or so cars waiting from all directions to get through the stop lights. And, I would venture to guess that probably half of them saw, what I saw. They saw a commercial vehicle endangering other people's lives, running a red light, and how they took ownership of their mistake by flipping others off.

 If you’re a small business owner and you’d like to visit about things like this, how we can make sure that your employees are representing your company in the most professional away. Or, maybe it's you the owner, that we need to talk about! If you're not willing to take ownership of your actions with your logo on your chest on your apparel or on your vehicles, then maybe it's time to not wear the logo.

 If you're looking for more personal development skills or business Mastery skills sign up for more Morrison Minute. I'd love to see you again!

3 Simple Strategies to Crush It!

Hi, I'm Michael Morrison! And welcome to the Morrison Minute where we focus on personal development and business coaching. Today. we're going to focus on personal development. I'm going to share with you three simple strategies to crush it in anything you do.

 Step one, is simply Get Serious. From time to time, I interview elderly people and, well, for wisdom. There’s two common words that I hear often more than not. That is, I wish! I wish I would have wrote that book. I wish I would have downsized my home. I wish I would saved more money. I wish I would have started that business. I wish, I wish, I wish! Step One, is simply get serious about it is what you want to do.

 Step two, is Make A Plan. A plan is like a recipe for your success. If you think about a recipe in a cookbook, it always starts with the main Ingredients, the top priorities. And, it works this way down from there. A plan is simply creating your top priorities and working your way down from there. Nothing else matters. 

 Step three, the most critical, is Take Action. I’ve trademarked a quote, which is, “Do today what other’s won't. So tomorrow you can do what others can't.”

 Three simple steps: Get Serious, Make A Plan, and Take Action.

 If you’d like to dig in a little deeper, I've created some curriculum called “Get Serious.” On my website, michaeldmorrison.com, go there for more information where we look at your past, your present, and your future. And then we create a detailed plan for your success. So, that every day, you know the top three things that you need to be doing to meet your goals.

 And, if you'd like more personal development skills, or, more business coaching skills, sign up for more, Morrison Minute. I'd love to see you again!

Working "In" The Business Could Be Costing You Money!

Hi, I'm Michael Morrison! Welcome to the Morrison Minute where we focus on personal development and business coaching. Today, we're going to focus on the small business owner. Because you see, on the internet, there's this cliché - are you working “in” the business or are you working “on” the business. Let me explain.

I know of this successful printing company where there were several business owners and they had a business coach, fully staffed, sixty to seventy employees. They had positions within the company like press operator, bindery operator, IT Department, HR department, etcetera, etcetera. One day, in the business owners meeting, the coach asked each one, “what did you focus on this past week?” First business owner says, “business development.” The second business owner says, “operations.” The third one says, “well, I got stuck working in production, cutting paper.”

 You see, in the printing industry, printers print on big sheets of paper and then they get cut down to size to deliver to the customer. FYI.

 The business coach says, “what does that position, paper cutter typically pay.” The business owner says, “ooh, typically ten to fifteen dollars an hour.” The business coach jumps out of his seat and says, (knowing that this business owner, makes a business owner salary) and he says, “do you realize you are the most expensive paper cutter not just in your region but probably the world?”

 You see that's working “in” the business. Working “on” the business is growth, strategies, working on your mission, carrying out your purpose of the company, community development, connections, etcetera, etcetera.

 If you’re a small business owner stuck working “in” the business, and, you'd love to work “on” the business, let's have coffee and chat. And if you'd like more personal development skills and more business coaching skills, sign up for more Morrison Minute. I'd love to see you again!