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The power of introverts

March 24, 2012

Business building
Thank you so much Susan Cain for having the courage to so ably represent us.  Introverts have such great business ideas but also have great difficulty promoting them.  We create businesses that stay too long in the shadows, relatively unknown.  We love the technical stuff but dislike the promotional stuff.  Networking and public speaking [...]

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Get an online business buddy

March 21, 2012

Business coaching Brisbane
When you start a new business, there are several challenges to face and money is not the most important.  When starting out, you are likely to be on your own and running your business on the total sum of your own knowledge and experience.  If you have never been in business before you [...]

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Could you finance 30 years retirement?

March 19, 2012

Whether we are employed or business building or both, we all face the same problem.  That is, how to finance that period of our lives from so-called ‘retirement age’ to the day we die.
For many, superannuation will only be part of the story.  For the majority of Australians approaching retirement age, work super will not [...]

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A different approach to personal financial planning

March 16, 2012

Financial planning is a poorly understood concept that for many people is too expensive and overshadowed by adviser mistrust.  Many avoid financial planners because they believe that they will be sold a commission based financial product that they don’t really want, without being any better off financially.
It may be more intuitive to refer to financial [...]

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Biggest money mistakes you can make

March 14, 2012

Business coaching Brisbane
There’s a great article in the Sydney Morning Herald headed “The Five Biggest Money Mistakes”.  It is worth reading.
http://www.smh.com.au/money/planning/the-five-biggest-money-mistakes-20120128-1qmxr.html
But wait there’s more …
Here are five (5) more
Be aware that this is by no means an exhaustive list.  I could go on, … and on!
1. Not seeking or heeding professional advice
Listening to hot [...]

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Is what you do a ‘high payoff’ activity?

March 12, 2012

business building
Most small to medium businesses have only limited resources, so you and I as owners are not only busy but have to be multi-talented as well.  There is a lot to do in a day but still there has to be a sharp focus on which activities are most directly related to bringing in [...]

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To grow big or stay small?

March 9, 2012

Business coaching Brisbane
This is a question worth pondering.  Going bigger in business is not always better.  Your business only has to be big enough.  But big enough for what I hear you think!  Big enough to achieve the goals you set at the start.
The ideal size of your business is something that should be included [...]

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Designing a prosperous retirement

March 7, 2012

Business coaching Brisbane
As we live longer and work less, reliance on superannuation alone to provide an income in retirement looks increasingly bleak. Time spent in retirement or at least away from full time work could be up to 35 years.  For many people, time in retirement will equal or exceed time at work.  Financing such [...]

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Come back and tell me I’m wrong

March 4, 2012

Business coaching Brisbane
With few exceptions, staying alive is what all of us on Earth want.  It stems from our basic survival instinct.  Our need to survive is hard-wired into our primal being.  But most of us want more than that.  We want quality of life; a more complete enjoyment of our time alive.
Quality of life [...]

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10 lame excuses for not saving money

March 2, 2012

10 lame excuses for not saving money:

I’m too busy to think about it
I have nothing left to save
I have too much debt to put money into savings
I intend to live fast and die young
I want to enjoy the here and now; I might not be here tomorrow
I’d like to save money for a rainy [...]

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