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Great advice from the best coaching and success websites that will motivate, inspire, and inform you.
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Great advice from the best coaching and success websites that will motivate, inspire, and inform you.
FileMaker Developer vs Consultant James J. Wesolowski, Managing Principal and Founder of Colibri Solutions LLC, presented on the topic of FileMaker Developer vs Consultant at DevCon 2016. For those wanting to move their career or business forward, take the time to listen to this presentation and study the associated materials. Key points in this video: The difference […]
Developing a Sales Process If you are FileMaker developer/consultant looking for business, listen to this FileMaker 2016 DevCon presentation by Mark Richman of Skeleton Key: Next, get help Now that you are motivated, find the nearest Action Coach certified business coach and sign up with hem/her. The benefits will enormously outweigh the costs if you do […]
FileMaker Talk Interviews Don Clark Turnabout is fair play! Right after I did a video interview of Matt Navarre at DevCon 2016, he interviewed me for his podcast, FileMaker Talk: Matt & Matt talk about DevCon 2016 and all the cool things they saw and learned. Matt Navarre talks with Don Clark and Jesse Barnum. […]
FileMaker Developer Interview Christo Lowe – Excelisys, AKA “Christo” Christo is the founder of Excelisys, which is located in South Bend, Indiana (Home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish!). Attention FileMaker Developer Business Owners: Learn from Christo about taking your business to the next level in this video. Christo started as a FileMaker Developer in 1986. […]
A Simple Column Sort Trick in FileMaker A simple and sweet column sort trick from Excelisys’ RJ Carroll: We eXplore a simple approach to leverage the power of “Sort Records by Field” in FileMaker Pro that allows for powerful one-click simple column sort. This trick uses a script trigger instead of a standard script, and also […]
FileMaker and business smarts for all, from beginner to guru. Michael Rocharde, of michaelrocharde.com, and Don Clark sit down for a wide ranging conversation on the business of FileMaker, from business smarts to overcoming introvert tendencies, and more. Here’s just some of what you’ll learn in this informative interview: Rocharde’s current ventures, including three current businesses […]
Guy Stevens on handling multiple addresses multiple ways: Guy also has a download available here. 3 Simple Habits for Daily Mindfulness Sometimes simple things have the most impact. Hendrik EdBerg of the PositivityBlog shares three simple ideas about daily mindfulness: Slow Down Tell yourself: Now I am… Disrupt your thoughts + quickly reconnect with the […]
How does a custom FileMaker App improve your service business? One bumper repair company increases monthly billing by $90K, saved almost an hour a day, and paid for it’s custom app in less than 2 months: Are the most important people in your business out in the field with your customers? Do you waste time […]
For those interested, the Abundance Code Movie is free until June 30th. It’s long (1:35), but informative. Learning to focus on the abundance that surrounds us is key to switching from a scarcity mindset, which is a very limiting point of view. I will be watching it in parts until I have finished. We Create […]
Michael Rocharde on Implementing a new system the easy way: Are you considering a new system but frightened of the amount of work you will have to do before you can get started? In this short video, I discuss the two ways that you can switch over with a minimum amount of work, delay and […]
Soliant Computing (and Albuquerque’s Makah Encarnacao) just finished up a pro bono FileMaker project in Swaziland, and it’s a great feel good story for all: Way to go, Makah! Productive Computing’s new tutorial on pushing invoices and pulling balances to Quickbooks is worth the read if you need to do this for a client: Productive Computing, […]
“Great ideas don’t interrupt you, you have to pursue them.” Tony Robbins “I’m not competing with someone else. I’m competing with what I am capable of.” Michael Jordan to Tony Robbins It’s easy to not push yourself. And it’s not guaranteed you’ll succeed if you do. But you won’t succeed if you don’t.
Save yourself plenty of time and grief. Read this post by Andrew Duncan on layout tips when using the FileMaker PHP API. Keep the Hackers at Bay! How to Improve WordPress Security Michael Rocharde on Boosting your Bottom Line: Five Ways You Are Wasting Time Without Even Realizing It (one of my strong points…) If you […]