Creating a vision for your company can be scary or feel like fluff. But if big corporations create a business vision to remain competitive, maybe us business owners should too. Scott shares from his up-coming book to clarify what a business vision is so you can improve your future and company profitability. This is the episode if you ever want to know what a real and useful business vision does for you.

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Unexpected events can be very disruptive on a business. Ever wonder why some business owners play the blame games, others freeze up, and a few seem to succeed under pressure. How they handle it better than others?

D. Scott Smith shares a way that you can not only handle the unexpected, but succeed from it. In this interview, Mr. Smith shares insights and information from his up-coming book "Freeze Inaction in the Face of a Business Crisis - How to React When The Unexpected Happens."

We talk about how some business owners made adjustments and others didn't. D. Scott Smith shares the Value Wheel from the book, a practical tool identify opportunites and risks in your business.

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Author's website: d. Scott Smith website
Link to d. Scott Smith Linkedin Profile
Book Information: http://stopinaction.com

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What can we do when serious tech issues prevent the normal release of Arise2Live podcast?

Let's gain insights from Bartlett Arkell's book 'Grocery Clerks Who Have Become Successful' writing in 1925. Scott found this old book in grandma's box stored away for decades. It is surprising relevant today. Sure the names have changed, but time-based principles come through in inspirational ways.

The biggest take away? It's okay to start with humble beginnings.

Bartlett Arkell was president of the Beech-Nut Packing Company for like 50 years and leave of legacy of company that's still around plus community library and museum and more. He wrote this book to inspire the next generation of business owner who started as fast-food workers, er, grocery clerks.

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