In a recent article, published on Inc.com, a small toy store owner lamented the fact that she could not compete with the big box retailers when it came to price. When shoppers would leave her store, claiming that the same items could be bought elsewhere at significantly lower prices, her defeatist mentality would get the best of her. It seemed like she wasn’t willing to fight for shoppers’ business. She just let them furrow their brows at her prices and go....

Every four years, our nation has the chance to get a fresh start. Whether it be by voting in a new president with crisp ideas or by keeping a reinvigorated incumbent on for a second term, the opportunity is alive.   And with Election Day behind us, we must use that momentum and incorporate it into our daily work lives. There is always room for improvement, after all – at the government level as well as on the business level.  ...