Business

Local financial advisors answer questions about the new year, new president

A new year is underway, as well as an inaugural term for America’s new commander in chief, President Donald Trump. What does this mean for investors when it comes to interest rates, market changes, energy and other economic matters? Millennium Private Wealth recently put together a panel of local...

Business Briefs - February 9, 2017

Angie and Chad Johnson launch Island Park Properties Several years of planning recently culminated as island residents Chad and Angie Johnson officially launched Island Park Properties, Daniel Island’s newest real estate company. Chad and Angie moved to Daniel Island in 2001 as a young couple and...

Four leadership questions you need to answer

“What people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question.” - Jonas Salk A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel Prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She...

The ‘Yes Men’ disconnect and how it hurts your leadership

Very few big executives want to be surrounded by ‘yes’ men - Burton Bigelow I heard a somewhat humorous account some years back about the Biblical story of David and Goliath. When the Israelites came up against Goliath all the soldiers thought was, “He’s so big we can never kill him.” When David...

Business Briefs - February 2, 2017

COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO LOWEST IN 15+ YEARS According to the latest data from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Berkeley County’s unemployment rate has fallen below four percent for two consecutive months – 3.6 percent in November 2016 and 3.7 percent in December...

Business Briefs - January 26, 2017

PUBLIX BUYS LAND NEXT TO DI STORE A 1.23 acre grassy parcel of land located beside the Publix store on Daniel Island has been sold to the grocery chain, according to the site’s former owner - Lat Purser and Associates, Inc. A Publix spokesperson declined to comment specifically on the purchase, but...

The sweet spot of encouragement

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. - John Maxwell A story is told of American painter John Sargent, who once painted a panel of roses...

Who will set up shop on Daniel Island in 2017?

With the holiday season behind us, business is back to normal on Daniel Island. And with a new year comes an exciting update on new businesses set to open on Daniel Island in 2017. DANIEL ISLAND BARBERSHOP The men (and boys) on Daniel Island have something to look forward to that will be all...

Developing a leadership mindset

“You can change your mindset” - Carol S. Dweck - Mindset, The New Psychology of Success In her highly acclaimed and recommended book “Mindset,” Carol S. Dweck lays out four foundational statements to gauge whether you have a fixed-mindset or a growth mindset. Here are the statements (answer T or F...

From resolution to lifestyle: This year is your year

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. – Ecclesiastes 3:1 During World War II, General Douglas McArthur asked an engineer how long it would take to build a bridge across a certain river. “About three days.” The engineer was told to go ahead and draw up...