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Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 4
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The final part to this planning exercise is to make a list from your outstanding issues that needs and can be addressed in the [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 3
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
Today we will begin to look ahead to 2012 and put pen to paper on what your BHAGs and WIGs are.
Let’s start with [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 2
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The next exercise is to rid yourself of any guilt that you may carry into the festive season and holidays.
Make a list of [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 1
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The first exercise is a simple one but so many people neglect to do this each year let alone each day.
Take time to pause [...]
How To Get Unstuck: A Guide For Entrepreneurs
This time of year many creatives are tired, worn out and often suffering from just stuckness. It has been a long year to ride, often with little or no break and we long for the leave that we know we will not take but desperately need.
We entrepreneurs expect of ourselves to just push through [...]
The 13 ‘P’s Of Growing Your Business
This post, although profound is not perfect or anything to do with Mr. Poppins Penguins. It is filled with propaganda issues pertaining to profit and procurement in your small business. So without further pause, here are the 13 P’s, in no specific order, you should be peering at when leading a business – proactively of [...]
The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 5 “Confidence”
Fear of failure, fear of friends and fear of success are common in our excuses why we don’t perform. We duck and dive and delay the inevitable day when we have to step out into the spotlight and announce to the world that we are either a success – or just an average person who [...]
The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 4 “Cooperation”
Imagine that you run an illegal business and drive an unroadworthy car and employ illegal staff. Now imagine how much energy you need to consume each day to make sure you are not caught or found out. Believe it or not, this sorry state of affairs is the status quo of many small business owners [...]
The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 3 “Collaboration”
It was not that long ago when I still believed, like so many men that if things had to be done right, it was up to me and me alone to get it done. No one else could possibly know what I needed done and it was too much hassle to try explaining it to [...]
The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 2 “Convergence”
Not being prepared for an opportunity as a business owner is one of the cardinal sins of entrepreneurship. Yet every time I go to a networking meeting or conference I find people who have not got business cards, flyers or even their contact detail on them.
When asked to introduce themselves they basically ummm and [...]
