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The True Measures of Success

May 31, 2025/in Personal Development/by George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

One of the questions we get all the time is, “Why are there 2 g’s in BIGG?” We’ll answer that question and how it applies to the true measures of success in this week’s show.

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We often joke about this – the best one is that G’s finger stuttered when we bought the domain. But BIGG is an acronym with a BIGG meaning – too BIGG for just one G.

BIGG success is for entrepreneurs of all flavors. Even if you never plan to own your own business, you are the entrepreneur in charge of a very important enterprise – your life. This is why having an entrepreneurial mindset applies to everyone.

The acronym has 4 letters that, together, help you create value for yourself while adding value in the lives of others. That’s just what entrepreneurs of all varieties do.

Let’s go to “The Professor’s” whiteboard for: The 4 measures of BIGG Success.

5 Research-Based Ways to Add More Happiness to Your Life

April 26, 2025/in Personal Development/by George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

A new study shows happiness is a key factor in success. So, we found 5 ways – each backed by research – to get more happiness in your life.

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Does success bring more happiness to your life, or does happiness bring more success?

When SMART Goals Get You Stuck

February 15, 2025/in Business Development/by George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

SMART goals are important to set, but for entrepreneurs, there’s a different approach to goal-setting that alleviates some of the pressure.

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Our discussion today is about a different way of looking at goals that is very complimentary to our way of looking at goals for entrepreneurs. Click the player to listen to The BIGG Success Show podcast. Here is a summary…

We saw a great article over at the online magazine for swimmers called Swim Swam. It’s a goal setting strategy to use if you are struggling with hard goals. The author, Olivier Poirier-Leroy, is a former national-level swimmer who says there is a problem with traditional goal-setting . The process of trying to accomplish the goal gets left out, and the pressure to achieve a goal can cause people to fail.

5 Ways Entrepreneurs Minimize Risk

February 15, 2021/in Business Development/by George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

Contrary to conventional thinking, entrepreneurs are NOT risk lovers. They are outstanding risk managers. See five ways entrepreneurs minimize risk.

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It’s National Entrepreneurship Week. Many people don’t know it, but historically, it’s small business – not large companies – that creates jobs. Of every three net new jobs created, two of them are created by small businesses. They are the engine of the economy.

We saw a great article over at Bloomberg by innovation consultants Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Viton. They note a new phenomenon: Large companies are hiring professors to teach them how to innovate. The authors assert that it’s misguided:

Are Entrepreneurs Control Freaks?

November 17, 2020/in Business Development/by George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

Some people think entrepreneurs are control freaks. We look at this control issue to find out how important it is to successful entrepreneurs.

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We discuss entrepreneurs and control on The BIGG Success Show. Here’s a summary of that discussion.

It’s National Entrepreneur’s Day. As entrepreneurs ourselves with entrepreneurs as customers, every day is Entrepreneur’s Day to us. But it’s nice to take a day to celebrate the hardest-working, people-serving people in the world.

So today, we want to talk about a critical part of the entrepreneurial mindset.

What motivates entrepreneurs to start a business?

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