We all know how farmers toil the fields and sometimes leave them empty for a season to ensure they recover and carry on being fertile for seasons to come. We are no different. If we are not being productive in a job we get fired. If we don’t meet a deadline we get fired and … Read moreTime to prune!
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?
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
Welcome back from all the holidays! The idea of the break was to rest, reset and get ready. I hope you did! In order to be good, nah, great – we need to make sure we have more of what we need and less of what we don’t. As we coming out of the weekend … Read moreRevitalise to Succeed
They are both powerful but In very opposite ways. You see anyone can react. A sign of strength is not only physical but sometimes even stronger if verbal. We have all said things that hurt or been on the receiving end of hurtful words. Adding fuel to the fire normally is the direct result of … Read moreSilence over strength