#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….
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#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…
#0062 Simplifying Marketing
Marketing need not be VooDoo to the Small Business Owner. Nor should Marketing be COMPLICATED, confusing or guesswork. As a Small Business the available funds for Marketing are often LIMITED so we are then tempted…
#0061 Being UNDER-CUT on Price?
Are your Clients BEATING you down on Price because they can get it CHEAPER somewhere else? Are you losing Deals because they go with a cheaper COMPETITOR? Sure, if you’re in a HIGH margin business…
#0059 Who CARES?
As a Small Business Owner I have been guilty of trying to SELL to anyone who crosses my path. I didn’t care who, what or where. I just wanted to CONVINCE them that they needed…
#0058 How to REDUCE your Outstanding Debtors
Many Entrepreneurs I speak to have a COMMON issue which plagues them, an OUTSTANDING list of DEBTORS that seem impossible to manage. It’s not only affecting their CASH FLOW but is causing them sleepless nights…
#0057 Multitasking is a MYTH
I know, I know, I’m a MAN of course I can’t multitask. But I don’t care what gender you are or how GOOD you THINK you are at Multitasking, it’s NOT making you more Productive….
#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…
#0055 Under Sell, OVER Deliver
For some reason or another, we tend to OVER commit and regularly UNDER deliver. Sometimes its to CLOSE a deal, sometimes to appear BIGGER or better than we really are, sometimes just to save face…
#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….
#0051 SCRATCH Mine and I’ll Scratch Yours
As a Small Business we often come across OPPORTUNITIES that you can’t do but would LIKE to help your Client with. It’s a GREAT Networking opportunity and also an EXCELLENT potential place to generate LEADS…
#0009 WHO Stretches your THINKING
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a Thought Leaders Summit where 40 or so, very intellectual Business Leaders and Thinkers gathered in one place to BRAINSTORM. No agenda, no pre-conceived outcome. Just a whole…
#0008 CHANGE or FAIL
In Business (and in LIFE) I believe the only thing to be constant is change. I yearn for change. I can’t stand to stay still. I think the reason I have been successful in Business…
#0002 I decree: MORE play, LESS work
Back from possibly THE MOST RELAXING and rejouvinating Holiday I have ever had. Spent 8 nights in Fiji, soaking in the pool, cocktail in hand. But ALAS, all good things must come to and end,…
#0001 LAUNCH from the POOLside
Dearest Fellow Entrepreneur, WELCOME to my new Blog “Jewels BARES ALL – the NAKED TRUTH about being an ENTREPRENEUR” Its March the 18th and today is my 40th Birthday and I am currently sitting by…