Is the first thing you think of, when people won’t do what you want them to do, to make a new rule they must obey in order to patronize your business?
If so you have a Napoleon complex.
You know: Submit (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘thought for the day’
“We’ve created a new policy”
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, small business, thought for the day on September 22, 2011| 4 Comments »
Here’s a birthday present for you.
Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged success, thought for the day on July 18, 2010| 6 Comments »
Wow look at ALL those candles...I must really be OLD.
The greatest gift one can receive, I think, is to feel that one has made a difference.
That’s the birthday present I give myself today, and the one I wish for you every day.
At the NARTS 2010 C0nference a few weeks ago, I was honored to be asked to present a workshop on success.
Of course, doing a workshop for such diversified shopkeepers as those who attend Conference means thinking about what the very word “success” means to each of us. My point was that no (more…)
Are you #1?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, thought for the day on June 21, 2010| 15 Comments »
Lots of consignment, buy-outright, thrift shops opening up.
TGtbT.com, my web site, has sold more operations manuals this year than in any other year. NARTS Conference is going for a new record number of attendees, after setting a record last year. The shop I volunteer at is having its highest year in over four decades…and this, in a market area that is considered one of the hardest-hit by the economy (and the most appalling (more…)
Mudflap Moments
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged small business, success, thought for the day on April 7, 2010| 4 Comments »
Many years ago, when making the rent on my consignment shop was a major focus of the first few days of every month, I owned a Volvo.
I loved that Volvo. I miss it. I still have the Hoosier cabinet that fit into it with millimeters to spare that I won at auction and drove home over snow-packed southern Ohio hills.
But I digress. The point is:
When is FREE more than you can afford?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged profit, small business, thought for the day on March 29, 2010| 1 Comment »
Do you suspect that you are head-over-heels in love with “free”?
Now, mind you, free is my favorite price.
But when is free truly free? After all there’s no such thing as a free lunch is an old chestnut because it is true.
Here’s the symptoms that you are unwisely enamored of “free”:
You spend (more…)
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