Posts Tagged ‘business success’
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I don’t do much local business networking, but with my head in the final edits of The Mouse That Roars for three days this week, I finally came up for air and needed to get out of the office! Two things struck me at these events that I feel compelled to share. Firstly, perhaps it’s because I’ve…
Read MoreWhat happens when there's no plan B?
I love meeting people who are serious about their business. They have big dreams and exciting visions, and ultimately there is no plan B.
There is no thinking seriously about going back to a day job.
They don’t rely on other streams of income to keep them afloat.
If they need to make more money, they’ll take action to get it.
They’re in it for the long haul and they’re willing to give their business everything they’ve got.
Read MoreThis was one of my biggest challenges – what's yours?
A year ago today, I was in hospital in Peru. I had been admitted with suspected pulmonary oedema. In Cusco, some 3,400 metres above sea level, my potentially life-threatening illness was brought on by the altitude. Although it feels a tad dramatic now, with a night of struggling to breathe and a brain that felt like mush, I was glad to be taken seriously!
Read MoreStep up, stand still or stagnate?
If you’re not getting results in your business right now, what do you think is happening? I want to be frank with you, it’s easy to put barriers in the way of your success. It’s not rocket science to say that if you take the same old actions, you’ll get the same old results. And…
Read MoreIs it worth giving up your day job to follow your purpose?
One part of me loves to do new things, to create new stuff, to be in the fore-front leading the charge, but there is another part of me that is terrified of not feeling safe and secure, of not having enough money when I need it.
I hate to ask anyone for anything (just writing that has brought on the shiversss…) so putting myself in a position where I might need to feels abhorrent to me.
Read MoreThe number one attribute you need to run a business
What’s the number one skill you need to run a business? Is it about being a great practitioner? Is it about knowing the business stuff? Or is it something else? The number one ability that business owners must have is courage – and oodles of it. Yes it is great to know what to do…
Read MoreWhy doing everything by yourself won't work
It can be a catch 22 situation when you start out in business. You don’t have any money to invest in your development but you aren’t making any money either. But if you don’t know the short cuts and strategies at work, where will that leave you? Doing everything by yourself won’t work.
Read MoreDo people love you or hate you?
Do people love you or hate you? When you put yourself ‘out there’ and become more visible, then two things often happen: People will love you or hate you. But unless you take that decision to get noticed and make an impact, then no one will be able to make that choice in the first…
Read MoreIt could be you!
Have you ever seen someone else…
Write the book that you’ve always dreamed of publishing
Launch a new programme that is similar to your ideas
Create a new product that you know you could do even better
Develop an exciting new way of working that you’d love to have yourself
And you’ve thought to yourself, that could have been me.
The new paradigm of collaboration
The new paradigm of collaboration I believe there is a new paradigm of collaboration. People aren’t keeping their best ‘stuff’ to themselves anymore and are willing to share their success strategies or failures with their competitors and clients. Competition no longer matters. It’s no longer about competition and keeping your best ideas to yourself; it…
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