"Small business owners need to reconnect to what inspired them to start their business. Stunted Growth will help you to step back and refocus on the important issues. Without technical jargon, this is a clearly written guide that any business owner can relate to and determine how to get to where they want to be. More than creating a more profitable business, it's about what you can learn to become a successful business owner and to improve virtually everything you do." Marshall Goldsmith, 2 million-selling author of the New York Times bestsellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There "Stunted Growth reconnects you to the dream you had of owning and running your own business but also takes you forward, into the future, where your business is achieving its full potential. Ray and Clara have clearly walked this path and provide practical tips to help you accomplish more than you imagined." Marcia Wieder, CEO/Founder, Dream University "A truly invaluable gold mine of crucial information and highly effective strategies to aid in the growth of small business, Stunted Growth offers the key to unlocking your business' unlimited potential. With their remarkable level of combined experience in virtually every facet of the business world, Ray and Clara Noble have written what I consider to be one of the most important business books of the year; if every business owner read and applied the strategies in these pages, the economy would be rocketing upward." Ivan Misner, Ph.D., NY Times Bestselling Author and Founder of BNI(r) "What a brilliant idea A list of the top 100 reasons a business may not be growing and what to do about it. In my experience businesses that are not growing suffer from a number of problems and don't know where to start. Read this book is where you start Every issue has top tips and approaches for bringing about change in that area. It's tempting to read the ones you think apply to you, but my advice read the whole book cover to cover. You'll find additional areas you need to work on and what you need to avoid or develop for the future." Mark Rhodes, Speaker, Mentor and Author of Think Your Way to Success and How to Talk to Absolutely Anyone "Ray and Clara have done their homework, and present solid information that business owners can use to improve their dream business. There are very important yet basic fundamentals here that are often overlooked because the entrepreneur is buried in his perceived busy-ness." Bob Nicoll, Chief Paradigm Shifter and author of Remember the Ice Stunted Growth is about overcoming obstacles that stop a business achieving its potential and is for you if: - you built your company with a dream and sometimes it feels more like a nightmare - you feel overwhelmed or lost because of the rate of change around you - you want to run your business instead of constantly reacting to events - you believe in your product/service and in its ability to positively impact the world You will avoid the mistakes that most business owners make so that you can: - Reconnect with your vision and goals for the business - Improve the systems so that you save time and money - Use your strengths in leading an effective team - Enjoy your work and have time for family and fun Stunted Growth has been written to help stimulate thought about various aspects of doing business and consequently pinpoint areas for improvement so that in depth study can then be made. If used productively, it will provide many topics for brainstorming with your team if you have one. It will also bring you an increased awareness of the way your business is operating at this point in time and will help you to find solutions that you can start implementing right now to improve your results. We challenge you to read the book, apply the ideas and guarantee you will see results The extent of the results will be proportionate to your actions and your commitment to see them through.