The last couple of weeks have left me with some very muddled thinking about life, randomness and impact. First, my favourite neighbour from our old haunts let me know an older gent on our street was just given six to 12 months to live. Understandably, his wife is entirely beside herself with emotions. Here in …
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There is a Fresh Business Breeze A-Blowing
In the last week of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina as a Category 5 made landfall on Florida and Louisiana. The catastrophic damage it left mainly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas was unimaginable and horrifying. One of the biggest uproars at the time was the inactivity and ill-preparedness of the FEMA …
Human Beings Zero, IT One
Lately, I have been learning how to produce a podcast with some 450 pretty remarkable human beings from around the world. At a point, a few of us got into a wide-ranging discussion about technology and for the first time in a very long time, I found myself NOT on the outside looking in. I …
Are Your Employees Your Greatest Assets?
How many times do you see or read company statements proclaiming their employees to be their greatest assets? Our strength lies in our employees! Our employees are our greatest and best asset! No asset we have is more valuable than our employees. We have all read words like these, haven’t we? You might even have …
Emotions, Thoughts and Feelings
I regularly publish tips, tricks, and shortcuts covering all manner of business. With one objective. To inspire you with solid, tried and true ways about finding and keeping more profit in your business. Just for today, I will change gears a bit. Today is about managing your wayward emotions, thoughts and feelings. Significant Metamorphosis Over …
What IS Your Competitive Advantage?
Competitive Advantage??? What exactly is that, right? It’s the fundamental reason you are the awesome client magnet you are today! (or you will be shortly.) The other day, a dear friend called to ask for some direction on behalf of a ‘friend of a relative’ she was trying to advise. I listened to the entire …
Want more Profit Money? Awaken Your Mojo
Last time we chatted, I mentioned reclaiming our MOJO and our profit money is about focusing on the Leadership of ourselves. It is about awakening ourselves from a deep sleep. Let me tell you a story. Last summer, I interviewed an investment advisor. Y’know the type. They advise you about how to plan your money …
How’s Your MOJO These Days?
Why on earth do I even care about the state of your MOJO, you ask? Because it is driving the state of your business and your life. Don’t believe me? Then let me share two stories and ask you an uncomfortable question. First Story A year ago, I met with a guy to explore some …
Do You FUSS over your Customers?
In the last post, I introduced you to my friend with the golden voice. He also has a golden pen. And it turns out he and I share more than a few common concepts about how customers should be treated. I have my ‘make love to your customers’ philosophy and he has his make a …
One Cure for Verbal Diarrhoea
What a provocative title. Verbal Diarrhoea. And you and I know exactly what it is when we hear it! I have a friend who has one of those hypnotising voices. The kind you want to listen to forever. He can read a telephone book and make all those numbers sound like the most fascinating and …