You’ve heard much of it here before … Take Action, Plan Carefully … so take a minute to reinforce that mantra by reading a short article from the Harvard Business web site from Jeff Stibel, brain scientist and entrepreneur.

As we know, small businesses employ more than half of our private sector workforce … and history, as well as the Small Business Administration, readily reminds us that the ability of small businesses to create jobs is a key factor in any resurgent prosperity.

Remember to lead with the big items and implement with the small ones. This is a good place to start.