Just providing value to customers may not be enough any more. Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to explain why customers expect value from your small business but they are now increasingly looking at your company's values.

What do small business owners and Olympic athletes have in common? Jim Blasingame compares some of the hero characteristics of small business owners and Olympic athletes.

Will your customers let you take time off from your business? Jane Pollak joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to train customers about your plans to take time off from your business without losing business.

What are the keys to getting time off from your business? Jane Pollak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that taking time off from your business requires intention, planning, scheduling and delegating.

How does a business owner take a sabbatical? Jane Pollak joins Jim Blasingame to explain how she thought of and then pulled off a 30-day sabbatical from her small business.

Olympians and small business have a lot in common. Pam Bilbrey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the common traits of Olympic athletes and small business owners, like perseverance and belief in yourself, but also in something greater than yourself.

Where do you turn when you're tempted to give up? Jim Blasingame uses the life and times of Abraham Lincoln and women business owners in Afghanistan to establish a perseverance scale for small business owners.

What is the return on happiness? JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame explain that when companies focus on creating a a great environment employees are more engaged, which makes for more engaged customers.

Is your business's glass half empty or half full? JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of positive capacity, where employees are engaged because they've been empowered to solve customer problems.

Blasingame Management 101: Seek excellence, not perfection. Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how perfection gets in your way of achieving excellence and your goals.