Perspective Today my 12 year old gave a beautiful presentation at school assembly on ‘perspective’. I thought how relevant it was to them (as teenagers) and to us (as business owners) and as people (given the current week in world affairs). Sometime we are so caught up in what we are doing on a day-today…
How to Be Brave in Small Business With #Seth Godin currently in Melbourne painting the town ‘purple’ – I have sought inspiration from him once again. It starts with the uncomfortable realisation that if you have a ‘remarkable’ business or business idea – not everyone is going to like it and not everyone is going…
Four of my favourite business books for small business There are sooooo many great business books to get you going in business, and I encourage you to read as many as you can get your hands on in the pursuit of knowledge (but not procrastination). And remember you don’t have to buy your books –…
Thank you 21 Day Blog Challenge – you have given me the inspiration to get out of my pj’s and out of bed. Just when I was feeling all smug after having blogged ahead of myself for days, taking every herb for colds and drinking my weight in lemon the wrath that can only come…
According to research there is no correlation between success and hours worked! In todays business environment you don’t necessarily use most of your time to make products – you make decisions. How to market, how to sell, how to be creative. To paraphrase #Seth Godin (from his book Small Is the New Big): Richard Branson…
I love the post-it note – the product is just so useful and the 3M company has a great story of re-invention and persistence. If you are familiar with the story of the post-it note you will know that it was created after a series of mistakes. An engineer was working on the development of…