http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jim+Estill Self Help Jim Estill Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=398004&ca=Self+Help It has been proven that those people who accomplish more and are respected more have the ability to delay gratification. Think about who we respect - doctors, professors, writers, black belts, successful business people. All of these have made sacrifices to get to where they are today. I like to be... Self Help Jim Estill Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=230399&ca=Self+Help We are a product of what we repeatedly do. We are all going to have habits so I figure we might as well make them good ones. If you sit on the couch and watch TV drinking beer and eating chips, it is obvious what the results are. It is easier to substitute a habit than to stop one. The best way to s... Advice Jim Estill Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=151139&ca=Advice As technologies change, communications change. For a while, blogs were considered the hottest new form of communication. What about blogs is innovative? Does blogging work? Are blogs really going to be the mode of communication for the next hundred years, or are blogs simply a flash in the pan?... Business Management Jim Estill Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=139908&ca=Business+Management Delegation is based on respect. You need to respect the person to whom you delegate. They, in turn, will not want to do the tasks, unless they respect you. The best way to delegate is in person. Giving someone a task face-to-face is ideal because you can get a sense of the person you are dealin... Business Jim Estill Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=137592&ca=Business I started my company (EMJ) from the trunk of my car (and it was a small trunk so that’s a small business). I grew EMJ to $375,000,000 in sales prior to selling it to SYNNEX. I am now CEO of a $1 billion business. My successful blog at (jimestill.com) generates a lot of comments and questions. I... Marketing Jim Estill Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=127586&ca=Marketing While posting hiring ads in the newspaper or online can be helpful, a brainstorm I had at the barbershop has given me a new idea about how to let people know about new job openings. I am in the process of opening a new warehouse in Guelph, Ontario, and require 250 plus employees. Because of the magn... Business Management Jim Estill Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117511&ca=Business+Management I started my company (EMJ) from the trunk of my car (and it was a small trunk so that’s a small business). I grew EMJ to $375,000,000 in sales prior to selling it to SYNNEX. I am now CEO of a $1 billion business. One certainty in life is you will not always see eye to eye with everyone. The purpose... Self Help Jim Estill Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=111806&ca=Self+Help One thing that I learned from bicycle racing (actually, I am not much of a bicycle racer but I do triathlons - biking needs work) is the power of momentum. In bicycle racing the way to do better and use less energy is to pedal very, very fast and powerfully to start with, give it 120% and once you a... Self Help Jim Estill Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=108548&ca=Self+Help I am a student of Time Management and a big part of time management is beating procrastination. We all procrastinate, even those of us who pride ourselves in having good time management skills. From my studies, I have come up with seven proven ways to beat procrastination. 1. Do the worst task first... Marketing Jim Estill Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=101396&ca=Marketing I started my blog (www.jimestill.com) 18 months ago as an effort to increase communications with my staff but very quickly realized the power of it with my customers and my suppliers. Now I consider my blog to be an integral part of my marketing efforts. As an active blogger I have come up with seve...