Kara Hoogensen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Principal 2020 Well-Being Index for small businesses, which shows that over two-thirds are very optimistic about their businesses.

Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your purpose (destination) is achieved along your plan (path) and measured by your goals (stepping stones) are all three key elements of successful resolutions.

Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the opportunities possible to build and keep customers by nurturing relationships on social media sites, especially LinkedIn.

Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to report on the USMCA trade deal, and his upcoming Hispanic Business conference in Washington, DC.

Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new SBA administrator, Jovita Carranza, and discuss how this organization has lost some of its relevance in the past decade, and how to restore it.

Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that life and the marketplace are always throwing us curveballs, and to offer some ideas on how to learn how to hit them instead of striking out.

Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to use a marathon runner attacking a steep hill as a metaphor for how to deal with the “hills” in business and life, and what kind of climber you are.

Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to do to minimize what causes you to wake up in the middle of the night, as well as some things to do after you wake up to get you back to sleep fast.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that, though some of the Index’s numbers went down, it’s because of the strong economy, and sales and pricing power going up confirms that.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that six of ten of the NFIB’s Index numbers went down, but the overall optimism average is still many levels higher than the half-century averages.