If you love your job, I can almost guarantee that the people you work with are part of the reason. The same goes for if you hate your job. The people we surround…

This is Caroline, Curtis’ marketing manager. As we examine the process of setting goals this month, I hope the following story inspires you to set manageable goals. When we try to dream big,…

What do you want to do with your money this year? How much do you want to spend? How much do you want to save? I’ve spent this month discussing goals, and I…

Why do we pay for other people to wash our cars, to clean our houses, or to walk our dogs? Some might call it laziness, but I think the real reason we’re so…

If you’re at a dock, preparing to sail to a distant, almost invisible stretch of land on the horizon, it’d be nice to have a GPS on board. Even though you can tell…

Now that you’ve reflected on where you are and where you’ve been, dreamed about where you want to go, and set the goals needed to get there, it’s time to take action. It’s…

Now that you’ve spent time reflecting on where you were and dreaming about where you want to go, it’s time to set goals. Remember: the difference between a dream and a goal is…

In my last post, I lead you through Goal Setting Step One: Reflect. If you haven’t done your reflecting yet, stop reading this and go back to step one. If you’ve done your…

Every year, my wife and I do a Goal Setting workshop together to help us assess where we’ve been, where we are, where we want to go, and what we need to do…

Habits are powerful. They may be good or they may be bad, but there’s no denying the power they have over us. As hard as it is to break bad habits, it can…

Happy New Year! Today is the last day of 2013. But tomorrow is opening day of the New Year. What are you going to do this year to rewrite your script, improve your…

When I was a kid, December 25 was a special day of the year. My siblings and I would wake up way too early, sneak into the living room, and find our gifts….

Here are some of my favorite quotes from some of my favorite classic Christmas movies. Print this out, sit down with your family, and see who can match the most quotes to the…

Happy to report that Santa is alive and well at the Zimmerman home. I believe in magic, I believe in miracles, and I believe in Santa Claus. I always have, always will. My…

First off: Merry Christmas! Secondly: What’s it going to cost you? #1 Gifts for kids, family, and friends. And your budget for that is: $ ______ Most people think that’s their whole Christmas…

The Curtis Zimmerman Group recently was honored to receive the “2013 Best of Business Award” by the Small Business Community Association (SBCA). What was interesting to me about this is SBCA’s mission statement:…

Making your dreams a reality requires “jumping off the cliff,” which means going for something even before you feel totally prepared or comfortable. The best way to become a marathon runner is to…

Every family has traditions. There’s the traditional green bean casserole, the traditional trip to the holiday trains, or the traditional snow ball fight. What we often don’t think about is that someone had…