In my new endeavor of interviewing entrepreneurs on KABF public radio, I find them all to have one common personality trait, optimism. They’re all open to new opportunities and have this innate feeling that all is well. Gloria Steinem calls herself a “hope-aholic”. Saying ‘yes’ plays into this attitude of optimism and openness. There’s even […]
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Kerry’s New Radio Show!
Kerry has started a new radio show, Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy. Check it out every Friday live locally on KABF 88.3 FM radio or stream it online at http://tunein.com/radio/KABF-883-s31318/! Miss it? Check it out in 24 hours on SoundCloud as a podcast. Go to the show archives for that episode wrap up and […]
Rejection goes both ways|Interview tips for interviewer/candidates
By Kerry McCoy Brave Publisher & Owner of FlagandBanner.com When I first started hiring people, I found conducting interviews scary. Yes, that’s right. I felt like I was being interviewed, and I was. Rejection goes both ways. For the Interviewer Often, I hear small business owners lament, “You just can’t find good help these days.” […]
Delegate your way to Success
By Kerry McCoy Publisher In order to expand your business, you must learn to delegate. It sounds easy enough, but most people have a hard time telling others what to do. In the 80’s, when my daughter was young, I ran Arkansas’ Flag and Banner out of my home. When you are an entrepreneur working from […]
Everyone has teachable moments
Teachable moments: Wisdom is non-transferrable I rarely watched TV as a young adult. That is not to say the TV wasn’t on; I just wasn’t watching. Part of the evolution of life is becoming a TV watcher, especially a watcher of news, history and biographies (hence the birth of Brave Magazine). These lead us to […]
From Brave Magazine: The Right Way to Quit Your Job
There really is a right way to quit your job It’s that time of year when new ideas “spring” into everyone’s head, signaling the rebirth of the planet and oneself. One of those new ideas might be to quit your job. If so, here are some recommendations on the right way to quit your job. […]
CFO Charles Fisher Retires – We’ll all miss the ole goat! :)
My comrade and senior employee, Charles Fisher, retired this week. We had a great party for him. We kept it light and funny because that is how he rolls “literally.” We put him in a wheel chair and rolled him to the honoree position for a full-on roasting ceremony. After 25 years, we had a […]
Literacy in the United States – Blog Series
Surprising information about literacy in the United States Who knew that 14% of Americans cannot read, and 49% read on an 8th grade level? Another 14% have dyslexia. These are surprising numbers about literacy in the United States. I wish I’d known that when I was in school. Maybe I wouldn’t have been so down […]
FlagandBanner.com having a banner year
2014 turning into a Banner Year for AFB It’s almost the half-way mark of the year 2014 and it looks like it is going to be a banner year for AFB. Flag sales are strong and I am relieved to say the struggles of the 2012’s website upgrade debacle are finally behind us. I don’t […]
“…ask what you can do for your country.”
What you can do for your country Remember when President Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” Maybe it is time we revisited that sentiment. What if every American citizen that could work, did? It would reduce our deficit and increase our tax base. […]