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Quick Business Tip – How Not To Waste Your Time Networking.

May 16, 2016

I’m not suggesting for one moment that you should stop networking, but, if you are going to do it, do it well. Classic pitfalls are: Only going once or twice to a particular event that normally is an ongoing commitment, not really wan...

Quick Business Tip – Are Business Partnerships Good?

May 11, 2016

My clients know my position on business partnerships, however, let’s explore the pros and cons. Pros: share responsibility share finances time out for holidays b...

Quick Business Tip – What’s Wrong With “The Gift Of The Gab”?

May 4, 2016

All too often I hear business owners say that a particular sales person they know has the “gift of the gab” and they assume that he/she is extremely “salesy” and that they must be good at selling. Quite frankly, that is...

Quick Business Tip – In The Zone

April 28, 2016

Remember the days when you were on top of the world whilst running your business? How do you bottle that up and repeat it? You must think of the environment. What was the environment that you were in that made that possible? More importa...

Quick Business Tip – Who Is Your Competition?

April 8, 2016

Do you really know your competition? What is the genuine size of your market that you compete in? Do you or should you really care? The important thing to know is that whatever the answers are, the main thing you must focus on is giving ...

Quick Business Tip – Sports And Businesses Run The Same.

March 31, 2016

Professional sports these days are run no differently to any business you may think of. Administration is structured the same. However, the less likely analogy is regarding the playing management. Let’s have a look at it now. How does...

Quick Business Tip – Conspiracy Against The Business Owner.

March 15, 2016

Conspiracy against the small business owner happens all the time. How you may ask? Everything is stacked against them: financial, human and time resources are of scarce amounts and the loneliness of not knowing where to turn to for ideas...

Quick Business Tip – Who Dares, Wins

February 23, 2016

Who dares, wins – You’ve heard that one before, but, how does it apply to small business? Risk v Return applies to investments, relationships and business, of course. Ever seen an ugly dude with a beautiful woman? He dared, yes, he f...

Quick Business Tip – Time Waits For Nobody

February 18, 2016

Tick tock, it already happened. How did you spend that time? Were you proud of it? Were you positive or negative? Were you productive or wasteful? Were you pro-active or reflective? If you take all the positive options, imagine...

Quick Business Tip – Enough Is Enough

February 4, 2016

When is enough, actually enough? The pursuit of growth and wealth and balance is an interesting conundrum. Some people come from the perspective of “I need to become extremely wealthy” or “I love business and where it will take me�...