development

Why do businesses succeed or fail? HINT: It’s not just sales.

October 18, 2008

From the first paragraph of Jeffrey Gitomer’s latest e-zine, I was hooked. “Everyone has heard the phrase ‘The American Dream.’ I look at it as ‘The American Reality.’ When you’re in business for yourself you write your own history, you write your own success story, you write your own legacy, and most important you write [...]

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I think I’ll try defying gravity

October 15, 2008

Defying Gravity, from the hit musical Wicked, has become ‘my song’ in recent months and regularly provides me just the right amount of motivation and confidence I need to get me doing those things for my business that are hard, routine or that, at the outset, appear risky.    The following lines in particular resonate [...]

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An idea shared is an opportunity multiplied

September 25, 2008

At the moment I am sharing my business ideas with as many people who want to listen. I am sharing them openly, honestly and without fear of someone ‘stealing’ my idea and I am seeing their response, whether negative or positive, to be a hugely beneficial learning opportunity.   It is amazing how sharing my [...]

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