The true mark of a great leader is someone who gets his team to think for themselves, do for themselves and most importantly of all , be themselves. A leader doesn’t tell you what to think. They need to get you to do the thinking and listen to what you have to say. If people … Read moreLeaders facilitate; Motivation dictates
If you don’t have a sister or daughter that has been in the Girl Scouts or not living in America then this may be strange to you. The Rule of 3 is how the Girl Scouts close the sale of their cookies (biscuits) outside shopping centres, libraries , hell anywhere. It simple: Don’t take NO … Read moreWant to buy some cookies?
Then you are failing! Comfort means content and content means you not doing and not doing … well you get it. Success comes from being uncomfortable. You have do the stuff you don’t want to do. Doing this will make you successful because if you do that which others don’t want to do then you … Read moreAre you comfortable?
Want to make money faster – do something scary! Do the things that people don’t want to do – however it doesn’t always come cheap! Training is always worth the price. You have to learn how to do the things that others don’t want to so that you can do the scary work, safely and … Read moreMoney Maker!
We don’t have to do what we do; We chose to do what we do. This is one of the benefits of being an entrepreneur! Part of doing what we do requires us to work with people. This is your permission to fire the ones you don’t want to work with. Fire the client that … Read moreFire them!
Sit down and ask yourself – “What is it that you are uniquely qualified to do?” We can all do stuff and generalism is mediocre – dig deep. What has happened in your life both personally and professionally that would set you up to be successful? An example – if you have bought and sold … Read moreWhat are you unique at?
The problem in most companies or teams is the focus on winning. That is an output. The goal should actually be focusing on the process. If you can work to the best and/or a flawless process or way of running your business chances are you will win. If you are focusing on winning then what … Read morePrepare to be the best; not to win.
Everyone talks about being part of something. The members of a team or the employees of a business etc. By just changing this slightly we should be talking about being the team or being the company. You see no one wants to just be a cog in the wheel. People want to be the wheel. … Read moreYou are the company
A lot of people think wisdom comes with age. This may be the case for a lot of the time but not always. Wisdom comes from what you learnt. Sounds obvious right. Yet we don’t realize it. Here’s a tip. At the end of the day sit back and reflect on the day. What did … Read moreThe price of wisdom
In most cases it comes down to you! Yip. You! There are numerous reasons but most of them have to do with you and your demands. You see people are just that, people. They are not machines and further for them it is actually just a job. It may be your company and you may … Read moreWhy you lose good team members