#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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
Employees tend to HERD together when it comes to emotion and sentiment. One misguided sheep can DRAG the whole mob down. You’ll most likely find that if EMPLOYEE morale is down, it will stem from…
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…
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…
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…
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…
You know that FEELING you get when you see an old friend and they give you a HUG. When you catch a WARM Smile from your Grandma. WHEN your kids say “I Love you Daddy”…
Do you have any single points of FAILURE in your Business? There are many areas in our Business that can potentially be FATAL if we were no longer able to use that method. We get complacent,…
or better still, learn from their SUCCESSES. Life is WAY too short to learn just from your own mistakes so as part of the CIRCLE of learning why not take a look around you to…
How does it feel when someone OWES you money and they refuse to pay. Not great right? They DRAG out payment, then they come up with all manner or EXCUSES not to pay and then they…
The difference I see between SUCCESSFUL Entrepreneurs and Business Owners who barely make a living is ACTION. There are those who work IN their Business trying hard to keep UP and then there are those…
Don’t JUST Communicate to be Understood, but Communicate so as NOT to be misunderstood. How many times has your communication with someone been MIS-INTERPRETED and the pursuing action been incorrect? I bet often. The problem…
YEP, it’s true… In years gone by, if you wanted to use the BEST TECHNOLOGY you had to work for a Corporate. They were the only ones who could AFFORD the latest technology. They were…
How many things have you started and not finished? You had a good idea, went in head first only to lose momentum and give up before the end. I see it all the time and…