TAKE an innovative approach to business planning ….. or a new direction in your life!! Develop a strong positive mind! Learn what it takes to find your power furnace and blaze your own trail! Think about being assertive with confidence and without your Ego getting in the way; without being argumentative or overly defensive, […]
‘Small business for Dummies’ by Eric Tyson and Jim Schell If you are thinking about starting up a business, you should read this book. I have chosen this book to be in my personal library on this site because these guys have education, experience and most importantly, they start at the start. In their usual […]
Looking for business building tips Brisbane? Try non-conformity! In the area of career and vocation, conformity is getting a job, commuting to work each day and putting in a solid 8 hours or a stressful 10 hours, and doing much the same thing next day and every day after that until retirement. That’s what the […]
As I said in my last business planning post, there are two distinctive traits that work strongly in the favour of the everyday entrepreneur. These are: Previous experience; and Non-conformity Non-conformity is the desire to break from the pack to be different – thinking different and acting different. Now that takes courage, because most of […]
When starting a business, there are two distinctive traits that work strongly in the favour of the everyday entrepreneur. These are: Previous experience; and Non-conformity Previous experience builds useful context for making decisions, many of which have to be made under some pressure. The great thing about previous experience is that it doesn’t have to […]
In business planning as in all other life maneuvering, we are primarily concerned with ourselves – our own sense of worth, our own dreams and ambition. So it is not surprising that the success of business planning is highly dependent on the owner. The characteristics and qualities of the owner ultimately shape a business. That […]
Even in business planning, the brain is the most amazing gift we have. It is unique in its abilities and nothing we manufacture on earth can match it. Unlike any computer the brain is capable of conscious thought, reason, insight, self awareness, abstraction and self protection. What is truly amazing is that the brain never […]
When you undertake life planning and business planning bear in mind that there is plenty of everything in this world except time! If you want to generate a high income and live the lifestyle you dream of, you must design your work and your life in a time economic fashion. You have only so much […]
In my last business planning post, I shared my belief (born out of my own professional experiences) that even though all people dream and the majority of them have the entrepreneurial streak, most everyday entrepreneurs lack the mind skills to steer their business and wealth dreams through to successful implementation. This is because implementation requires […]
In business planning, much has been written and said about entrepreneurial thinking and the traits that entrepreneurs have in common. But not much is said about actually developing the mind set that supports entrepreneurial thinking. Let’s widen the definition of entrepreneur beyond the person with the big business idea who has the charisma and tenacity […]