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“Every child is an entrepreneur”

August 17, 2010 Growing Your Business

Every child is an entrepreneur.
School manages to squander our entrepreneurial urges, intuitions, and inclination … pretty ruthlessly.
That’s why a lot of entrepreneurs are also rebels. Its not because these qualities have to go together, its because the entrepreneurs had to rebel in the face of 12 years of schooling in order to keep their entrepreneurial [...]

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How Do Outside Circumstances Affect Sound Business Advice?

August 16, 2010 Influence and Persuasion

It’s been great to see people from all over the world taking up the new 7-day online mentoring program. Recently someone from Russia asked me the following:
“I live in Russia now and we have here some “local features”. High level of corruption for example, the very special mentality etc. So, do you have students from [...]

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“What secrets can Martial Arts show us about real-world success?”

August 1, 2010 IQ, EQ, what's next?

In 1993 Martial Arts was turned on it’s head when the different forms which had grown in their own protected silos were integrated into a new form called “MMA”.
Whether you like the idea of staged fighting or not, this event and what happened next has deep relevance to the way you learn leadership, business skills, [...]

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“Which of these 57 things do I do?”

August 1, 2010 Growing Your Business

One of the problems that small businesses face is that there are about 57 things you
“have to do” at any one time.
When you go to a branding expert they say you need to do a branding exercise; when you go to a designer they’ll say you need to work design; when you go to a [...]

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Better not to manage time, but if you do … do this

July 29, 2010 Raising EQ and "AQ"

Time Management
Check out this 2.30 min podcast about 2 very practical things you can do right now about time

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“A good idea is worthless”

July 29, 2010 Raising EQ and "AQ"

How many times have you said “Hey that’s a great idea” ?
How many times have you actioned that idea?
I was contronted by this recently when I recorded a session of me and a coach who was helping me on my business.
I noticed myself saying on 2 occasions within 10 minutes “Yeah – that’s a really [...]

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Focus on Rubbish, not Rats

July 28, 2010 Growing Your Business

A while ago New York had a rubbish strike. As a result, rubbish piled up and began to stink.
As a result, rats came.
As a result, New York got a rat-problem.
* The rat-problem was the symptom.
* The rubbish-problem was the cause.
Now imagine if you called this a rat-problem [...]

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“The problem with customer service”

July 21, 2010 Growing Your Business

Have you noticed that every organization on the planet talks about the importance of great customer service? Undeniably it is essential to serve the customer well. But why is the word “customer” necessary?
Isn’t it also important to serve your employees, the business-partners, your peers, and even your suppliers?
What does it really say about an organization [...]

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“Why you don’t do what you know you should”

July 6, 2010 IQ, EQ, what's next?

People talk about IQ and EQ. I believe there is a 3rd more important measure of intelligence: AQ.
AQ is your ability to apply what you know (IQ) and feel (EQ).
Isn’t this the only sort of intelligence worth celebrating? Because, without AQ, both IQ and EQ are incomplete. IQ + EQ together they are like a [...]

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Do you make this fatal mistake in setting goals?

June 21, 2010 IQ, EQ, what's next?

You have probably heard of SMART goal-setting.  SMART stands for Systematic, measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timebound.
What you probably don’t know is that only about 10% of the population naturally warm to this technique: those who already have the mindset of a project manager.
I never used SMART goal setting in my life. As it turns out, [...]

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