{"id":19798,"date":"2017-09-05T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=19798"},"modified":"2017-09-05T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T13:39:47","slug":"when-it-comes-to-your-business-check-your-ego-at-the-front-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/when-it-comes-to-your-business-check-your-ego-at-the-front-door\/","title":{"rendered":"When it Comes to Your Business, Check Your Ego at the Front Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ric Rooney, Sun Spot Atlantis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of you might know that I\u2019ve been in this business 26 years. You\u2019d think I\u2019d have it all figured out by now, right? Not really. Your business is a living, breathing, constantly evolving entity, and if you don\u2019t anticipate change, well you know what happened to the dinosaurs, right? 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