by Michael Best | Oct 14, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
It’s a safe bet that you didn’t start your business looking forward to spending evenings calculating costs and price increases. Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that sooner or later, every business owner faces the same uncomfortable question: Is it time to raise...
by Michael Best | Jul 16, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
A few months ago, I drilled a log of wood full of 6mm holes 10cm deep, attached it to the south-facing wall of the tool shed, four feet off the ground, just like the entomologists recommend. Leafcutter bees, I was told, would find it irresistible. They’d move...
by Michael Best | Jun 27, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
You’ve spent weeks — maybe months — perfecting your website. The typography is elegant, the colours are on-brand, and every button is exactly where it should be. It looks stunning. There’s just one problem: nobody’s visiting it. Here’s the...
by Michael Best | Jun 18, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
An order placed on Amazon.ca in Ontario lands on a doorstep in rural Nova Scotia the next day. Not in two to five business days. Not “allow extra time for remote areas.” The next day. That’s not a fluke — it’s the new baseline. And if you run a...
by Michael Best | Jun 16, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
Way back in the sixteen hundreds, Thomas Sydenham — a British physician and author of Observationes Medicae — observed: “The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than 20 asses laden with drugs.” Nearly...
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