#0073 SIMPLIFYING Complexity
I caught up with a GOOD friend for his Birthday lunch a while ago and he was introducing every around the table with their name and their occupation. As he went around the table I…
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#0072 Bright SHINY Objects
It is so easy to be DISTRACTED in this day and age. With so many things vying for our ATTENTION. Email, Phones, Employees, Customers, Facebook, Twitter, the Internet in general, must have gadgets and the…
#0071 Move your Arms FASTER
I once heard that Sprint Coaches tell their athletes to move their arms FASTER which in turn makes theirs legs go faster to keep up allowing them to run faster. BRILLIANT. Running a Business is…
#0070 Post New Year BLUES
Its only a few weeks into the New Year and I already sense that the initial ENTHUSIASM Tsunami I experienced from Entrepreneurs I met early in the year has already SUBSIDED to a mere stream. We…
#0069 When DISASTER Strikes
With the recent DEVASTATING floods in Australia it’s been a timely reminder to consider our preparedness for various forms of disaster. Lives were lost, thousands of people displaced, no clean water or electricity and so…
#0068 Clear Message
How many times have you been ASKED “So what do you do?” More times than you could count I’m sure. So let me ask you this “How clear and CONSISTENT is your response?” KEEP CLEAR…
#0067 Step BACK and Observe
Way too many of us get HUNG up on the day to day. We spend all of our time keeping the wheels spinning with BARELY a moment to rest let alone work on our STRATEGY….
#0066 CONTROL Meetings
Part of being in Business is Meeting with other people. Over 2o plus years in Business I can’t tell you how many THOUSANDS of meetings I have been to. Some were OK, some ordinary, many…
#0065 Leave it Till the LAST Minute
Why is it that we are 10 times MORE Productive when we have a FIXED deadline looming? The Tender that MUST be submitted, the proposal we PROMISED to produce, the presentation we COMMITTED to giving….
#0064 HAPPY to Help
Throughout my Business years I have ALWAYS been the type of person that is ‘Happy to Help‘. It is NOT unusual for me to offer my assistance, express my option or have a viewpoint that…
#0063 5 Quick Tips to get back SOME Time
If you added up how much time is WASTED in your day, I’m sure you’d be SHOCKED at how much is Wasted vs Productive. I know from EXPERIENCE that Small Business Owners CRAVE time almost…
#0056 Is it FAILURE or CRITICISM You Fear?
Nobody LIKES to fail but is it really this that is holding you back from MAKING decisions and taking action? I would hazard a guess that you are MORE fearful of what people will think…
#0054 BREAK the Rules
I speak to many Business owners and the vast MAJORITY of them work very hard with LITTLE gain. They have produced themselves a JOB that if they are lucky PAYS. Some work very hard and…
#0053 Give it OFTEN
The way to get the MOST out of your Employees is to provide frequent, SPECIFIC Feedback. It allows them to GROW and IMPROVE in what and how they do things as an employee. It allows…
#0052 Make the Journey PAY
Small Business Owners work HARD. They tend to SACRIFICE many things for the dream. Often at the expense of TIME and INCOME. They INVEST and re-invest to keep building. Pumping every resource into their baby….