Why do small business owners try so hard? Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the desire to seek excellence and why this manifests in the way small business owners commit themselves and try so hard.

Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to the evolution of the marketplace, plus why innovation is a way of life not a means to an end.

When a leader is a mentor without knowing it. Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about leaders become mentors because you just observed them and paid attention.

How did leaders in your life open doors for you? Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to share some of the ways the leaders in his career opened doors for him; and showed him how to be a leader himself.

Are you capable of staying focused on one objective? John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how to get and stay focused on the direction that will provide the most success.

Are you sure you're ready to launch your project? John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to make sure you're properly informed, oriented and really ready to launch that new project.

How does a sole proprietor handle the "shiny objects"?Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how entrepreneurs who don't have a staff can break projects down in order to stay focused.

Handle challenges by rethinking them as an opportunity. Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to reframe and redefine challenges so they are posed as something that could turn out well.

Get your attitude right to deal with events you didn't see coming. Gene Griessman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how having the right attitude about unplanned events and challenges determines how things turn out.

John Fox joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the charitable deduction should be eliminated and why it doesn't benefit most charitable Americans, plus an alternative solution to eliminating the deduction.