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How to Make Your Business More Profitable in 2019

April 15, 2019 No Comments

Today’s guest post strums a chord that’s near and dear to my heart – increasing business profitability. We’ve been on that same quest for the past few years and I was excited to dive into this post when it was sent over. In our experience, there are multiple ways to make your business more profitable over time, but they’re not always easy. Which approaches are the most effective likely depends on your specific business and customers. But these general principles are great for a variety of businesses. My personal favorites are #’s 2 and 3. Let us know yours in the comments below. How to Make Your Business More Profitable in 2019 What are you looking to achieve this year? If there’s one goal business owners almost universally agree upon, it’s the desire to make more money. With increased profitability, you can direct more […]

Business

How to Boost Productivity in Your Service Business

April 13, 2019 No Comments

Today’s sponsored post is all about improving business productivity with simple and easy to enact tips so that you can grow your business and continue providing a great environment for your Team. How to Improve Business Productivity with Simple and Cost-Effective Methods As a service business owner, you need to provide your customers with top quality assistance every time they hire you— even in the middle of the night when one of their pipes burst. If you own a small business, it’s important to keep your productivity up to please your clients, grow your company, and expand your business. If your efficiency levels are low, your employees could be costing you money, rather than making it. Low productivity rates in the workforce can increase the number of on-site accidents and mistakes on the job. With this information in mind, consider these useful tips to boost […]

Finance

When Student Loan Refinancing Is Your Best Option – and Why

April 10, 2019 No Comments

Travis from Student Loan Planner is with us today to let us know 5 points in life when student loan refinancing may be your best option. (Photo courtesy of Al Emmert) Like many people in the U.S., you might have student loan debt from your time in college. After graduating with the degree of your choice, it’s time to repay your loans and it can be overwhelming. I can’t blame you for feeling this way — I’ve been in your shoes. It’s not easy to know the right approach to paying off your student loans, and you might not even know you have options beyond a standard repayment plan. If you’re like Jon and Heather, who have a plan to pay off student loan debt quickly, that’s great! They have an amazing story and were able to knock out tons of student loan debt in a […]

Fitness

6 Reasons Why Supersets Are God’s Gift to your Workout

April 8, 2019 No Comments

Can't Exercise When you Have the Kids?? Think Again

It seems to me that it’s getting more difficult to be a productive, happy, family oriented dude and still prioritize fitness. Maybe I’m getting a bit older (with more responsibilities – thanks adulthood) or maybe fitness isn’t as fun so it’s easier to save that one until tomorrow? In any case, I had to find a way to earn and sustain my level of fitness – to make sure I’m putting in the work but limiting my time in the gym due to all those other fatherly, workably (no – not a word), or other activities. Happening upon supersets helped me become a more efficient exerciser. A superset is performing more than one set of an exercise in a row without stopping (i.e. doing 8 reps of bench press and then going immediately into some number of squats without pausing to catch your breath in between). You […]

Finance, Family, Personal Development

So you Want to Teach your Kids About Money but Don’t Know How?

April 5, 2019 No Comments

In this Current Events Friday’s Post (CE-Friday’s), I’ll be letting you know about a brand new way to help parents teach their kids about money – and have fun doing it – with Family Money School. CE-Friday’s – “What you need to know today in less than 500 words” Alright, Team, one thing to mention up front – if you like what you see in the product below and decide to make a purchase through one of the links in this post, I’ll get a small kickback for referring you to the course at no extra cost to you. Why do I mention that? Well, a couple of reasons… I’m next to positive it’s the law, I value your trust and try to be as transparent as possible with all the content on this blog, and I’ve never directly pitched a product on the […]

Fitness, Family, Personal Development

“I Need to Lose 25 Pounds of Baby Weight – Help!”

April 3, 2019 No Comments

“I need to lose this baby weight but I have no idea how…” Her words both excited and terrified me at the same time. You see, my wife had asked me for fitness help in the past. And while things were great at the onset, I became more like “hardcore drill sergeant” and less like “caring and supportive husband”. Ultimately she started doing her own thing, we quit working out together, and my workouts haven’t been as spicy or fun since… That was about 7 years ago and stasis has persisted from that moment forward. Until today. Today my wife was able to overcome the memory of me being an overly intense coach and the one who drove her away from P90X3 for good, all because she now faces an obstacle she’s never seen. The woman was a track star, college volleyballer, and has […]

Family

The New Dad Survival Guide you Didn’t Get at the Hospital

April 1, 2019 No Comments

You leave the hospital after 9 months of preparations, hormones, long nights of crib construction/nursery preparedness, breast pump assembly, car seat checks, YouTube parenting video watching, and – oh – watching childbirth (bonus points if you’re in the O.R. for a C-Section – I’ve got 2 of those badges, thank you very much), and you’re smiling ear-to-ear because that baby is finally in your arms. But let’s get real… You’ve got no clue what you’re doing. But don’t worry – I got you. This is the New Dad Survival Guide they didn’t give you at the hospital – that you so desperately need. Do you remember that time you were watching that movie with the Navy Seals and you were thinking, “Man these guys are tough. They never lose, they’re all rock solid, and they always kill the bad guy. I mean, I know it’s the movies […]

Finance

What is 5G and should I care?

March 29, 2019 No Comments

In this Current Events Friday’s Post (CE-Friday’s), SC from MissFunctional Money is here to answer the 1.5-year-old question – What is 5G and should I care? CE-Friday’s – “What you need to know today in less than 500 words” (Photo courtesy of MissFunctional Money) So … what is 5G? Currently, 4G is the mobile network that’s predominantly used worldwide. It’s the “data” part of your cell phone plan that allows you to make calls, send text messages and mindlessly scroll on Instagram surf the web when not connected to Wi-Fi. Every decade or so, another “generation” of mobile broadband is rolled out — making 5G about 10 years in the making. So, in theory, 5G will ultimately replace/augment the current 4G LTE connection that you already likely use. Unlike the latest and greatest smartphone which features, like, one tiny upgrade from the previous […]

Personal Development, Finance

How to not Let Cognitive Biases Delay Your Financial Freedom

March 27, 2019 No Comments

Hello, MikedUp Blog readers! My name is Jerry, the creator of Peerless Money Mentor – a personal finance site that is primarily focused on helping people become financially woke, and I’m here to discuss how to not let cognitive biases delay your financial freedom. First of all, I’d like to thank Mike for letting me borrow his digital space. I always find his content very entertaining and highly informative. Today, I will talk about something we all struggle with: cognitive biases. While there are about 20 cognitive biases I can name off the top of my head, I have narrowed the list down to two. We will discuss the sunk-cost fallacy and recency bias. I’ll tell a story of how I have struggled to overcome each one of these biases and provide examples. After covering each cognitive bias, I’ll provide a potential solution for […]

Business

Starting a Small Business: A Bird’s Eye View

March 25, 2019 No Comments

This is a sponsored post discussing the main things to consider before starting a small business (and I think it’s really good). Please see my disclosure page for more details. Starting a Small Business: A Bird’s Eye View Are you thinking about starting your own small business? Starting a small business that you are passionate about is exciting. You get to follow your dreams and go to work every day knowing you’re your own boss and that you get to have control over how your company is run. However, starting a small business is no easy task. It takes a lot of time to thoughtfully plan out and map the logistics of your business to ensure it will be successful. These are some of the higher concept ideas you must flesh out before you can even consider going over the intricacies of the […]