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Two Great Places I Found to Advertise My Home Business for Free
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| As many of us begin our adventures in network marketing with a limited budget, I’m sure we are thinking, “Where can I advertise my home business for free?” This was a major thought going through my mind when I started my home business, especially since I had such a limited marketing budget. |
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Best Home Businesses for 2010
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| The advent of the year 2010 brings a new frontier to entrepreneurship in the form of home businesses. It has been predicted that more new home businesses will be started during the first few months of the New Year than ever before. The days of working for a measly paycheck and owing your freedom to a corporation are gone. There is a solution to the unemployment crisis, and it is definitely in entrepreneurship.
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Business Plans: To Have or Have Not
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| Business plans – should a new start-up business have one or not? Business plans are great tools for the business owner. Keeping this in mind and using this tool to your benefit can not only help your business grow but reduce the intimidation factor. |
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Becoming an Entrepreneur - 10 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Transition From Executive to Entrepreneur
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| Here are the things you need to pay attention to in order to avoid sabotaging your business success... |
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Managing the Transition - Why Most Businesses Fail in Today's Economy & How to Avoid Business Doom
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| A business must adjust and adapt to survive - no matter the economy. Managing the Transition gets You and Your Organization There... |
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11 Rules for Selling to a Skeptic
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| Let us examine eleven of the fundamental techniques used by those who succeed in persuading the worst of cynics. |
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Accelerate Your Growth with Business Coaching
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| For many entrepreneurs, business planning is not their area expertise, so they often feel overwhelmed, procrastinate, and focus on the wrong things. This inadequate planning ends up costing them tens-, hundreds-of-thousands, or even millions of dollars. Learn how planning with business coaching can dramatically accelerate your company's growth and profitability. |
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Finding the Right Business Partners
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| The right partner can ease the road and multiply the profďts of your business. Whether you are looking for investment funds, advice, a complementary skill set, or helpful associations, these insights will help you choose your releationships wisely. |
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How to Motivate Under-Performing Personnel
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| It is no secret that the performance of personnel is the largest contributing factor to the long-term success of any organization. Managers may give direction, but in the end, it is the company’s staff that determines how well it executes. It is the staff that must respond to the threat of competition and the shifting interests of shareholders and consumers. Taking this into consideration, one of the greatest challenges facing managers is motivating their personnel to achieve outstanding performance. Whether you are a first-time or veteran manger, these simple strategies will serve as a primer to put you on the right track. |
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Victim or Victor: Is Your Small Business Prepared to Profit in a Recession?
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| With volatile financial markets, tight credit, rising inflation, high fuel and commodity prices, small business owners and consumers are facing what many are calling a "historic financial crisis." However, this crisis presents the opportunity of a lifetime for prepared small business owners. The decisions you make now will determine the future success of your business. |
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34 Ways to Encourage "Intrapreneurship"
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| This tool lists 34 ways to help people in your organization think creatively and become in-house entrepreneurs – or “intrapreneurs.” |
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Points to Ponder for Growing Your Business
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| Strategies and structures to expand the success of your business. |
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Ten Tips to a Mutually-Beneficial Cause Marketing Program
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| Learn how your business have a positive social impact while differentiating itself from the competition through a mutually-beneficial cause marketing program. |
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Ten Tips for Nonprofits When Creating Business Ventures
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| Learn how to ensure your nonprofit's commercial venture is a success. |
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How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive During The Recession
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| Entrepreneurship is the best possible solution not only to survive the recession but to go many steps ahead and thrive in it. However, the need of the hour is sheer survival. It is generally thought that to start a business, a lot of money and manpower is required. This is not true. You can opt for small businesses with minimum investment and staff. |
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It's Time To Bring An End To... Everything!
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| What is "Occupy Wall Street" all about, you ask? Well, it's hard to say (without knowing)... all we have to go by is what the protestors themselves say to reporters. It's becoming increasingly difficult to get reporters to go in there (now that the dedicated young protestors have been marinating in their natural un-bathed juices for a few weeks), but when they do, they learn, uh, not much. Many protestors they interview actually have no idea why they're there. But others do seem to be against some stuff, such as banks, and wealth, and capitalism, and (as one intelligent young man summarized) everything.... |
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Is offshore business the right business for you?
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| Taking a look at what offshore business has to offer and which businesses and entrepreneurs can truly benefit. This article provides a basic way of identifying whether a company is overlooking more efficient practices for their business.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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| Expect innovation to become increasingly important, as the nations of the world look for answers. |
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The Truth about Mondays by Linda J Lord
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| The Pitch: How soccer strategies relate to success in business and life. |
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What is an entrepreneur?
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| Do you ever wonder what an entrepreneur is? Do you wonder what the difference is between an entrepreneur and a businessman? If so here is an account of what sort of person an entrepreneur is and what motivates him or her to succeed. |
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How To Recognize Inspirational Leadership
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| The line is sometimes fuzzy between inspirational leadership and run-of-the-mill agitation. When leaders stand on soap boxes and deliver passionate speeches, the words and tone often sound the same. But to me, the difference between agitation and true inspirational leadership is often found over time. If you follow something, and it makes you a better person, it was inspirational leadership. If it brings out your less desirable qualities, it probably wasn't.... |
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Smart Women and the Game of Entrepreneurship
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| This game is about designing a business that will be successful. Entrepreneurship can be both exciting and challenging. There are questions that you can ask yourself and action steps that you can take that will make your game of entrepreneurship successful and you will feel like a winner! |
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The Four Cornerstones of Every Business Plan
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| The thought of preparing a business plan for the first time can be very intimidating. There are many "moving parts," and it’s easy to get lost in the details. The task becomes much easier if you think of your plan in terms of four essential cornerstones that serve as the foundation of all business plans: Opportunity, Solution, Execution, and Outcomes. |
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Finding Your Purpose in Life through Entrepreneurship
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| We have become a society of followers. Like sheep, we are herded and fed from our master's seconds and leftovers. Few ever realize what they are truly worth because the wealth and empowerment is in the hands of the elite. The scraps that the major corporations feed the masses are just enough to keep them hanging on. We continue to hang with the false sense of security that is ingrained on our brains by those in power. |
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Swing Thoughts for Entrepreneurs
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| The golf swing is a tricky thing to master. There are countless moving parts that all have to work together in flawless unison, all in the span of a split second. Golfers turn to "Swing Thoughts" to help make it all work. Entrepreneurs can do the same thing. |
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What Makes an Entrepreneur?
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| Entrepreneurs - the fastest growing area of our economy. What makes these strange people, risk takers and wealth generators tick? Why do entrepreneurs take risks, endure pain, fatigue, and embarrassment? What makes them run? Is it money, fame, rock and roll or sex?
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Profile: HALCHA Youth & Community Development organization
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| HALCHA Youth and Community Development organization is based in Garbatulla, a small town in northern Kenya where the populace are faced with poor living standards, low literacy levels, unemployment, unpredictable weather patterns that adversely impact on food security. |
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East African entrepreneurs need a level playing field in the new Common Market
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| The regional integration of the East Africa community is finally here. With the promise of trade barriers falling, for East African entrepreneurs this bodes well in a common market of 130 million people. |
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How entrepreneurs stay motivated
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| After the initial excitement of the brain wave that will change the world and revolutionize society has long ended; and the entrepreneur sets to the task of actually making their vision happen, sometimes set backs or sheer fatigue sets in. Then the visionary who was once so elated over their business idea starts to view it as work. |
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African Technology Development
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| Economic Development of Africa is an international concept, based on large amounts of donor and aid capital being used to fund development projects. The goal of this is eventually to improve the living conditions of the poor as much as possible, and to ensure that this improvement is sustainable. The correct application of this concept causes great debate, and it is continuously refined and revised both physically and academically. In light of the above, I want to give some insight from within Africa. |
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Inspirational Leaders Are Great Listeners
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| Inspirational leadership requires empathy... empathy requires deep awareness of the other person... deep awareness requires a gift for excellent listening.
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Smart Women Keep Showing Up
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| This article is about how important it is to “show up” in business using three simple tools to help you move your business to the next level of success. “Showing up” is 50% of your success. Doing it over and over again, with a great attitude, consistency and help from others. |
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The Right Frame
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| How we frame our message makes a big difference. Depending on the frame, we can enhance the beauty of our message or diminish it. We can make it come alive or fall flat. |
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Entrepreneurs Demonstrate Resilience and Determination in Action
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| I encourage you to read the full report for more ideas you can use now in your sole proprietorship. |
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Owning Your Value: How Saying “NO” Will Attract Your Ideal Clients
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| I made a quantum leap in 2009, going from eight years of just below my six-figure goal, to making that leap above six figures. I came to a place where I was willing to raise my price on my own unique marketing system. I claimed my own value, and I started to say “no” to a bunch of clients.
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Get Out of Your Head: Common Reasons That Keep Entrepreneurs from Moving Forward
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| What I like about my business is attracting conscious entrepreneurs whose businesses are evolving. But sometimes we can get stuck in our heads and unconsciously hold ourselves back. People have a lot of “good reasons” for not moving forward. But many of us who are self-aware know that our reasons are often our beliefs, and it’s our beliefs and perceptions that are holding us back.
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Through the Looking Glass: Your Beliefs May be Holding You Back from Success
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| One of the most important steps I took recently to transform my business was looking inward at my beliefs that were holding me back and putting them under a magnifying glass. I invite you to take a look at the beliefs you have that are keeping you from making changes in your business and then allow yourself to do something outside your comfort zone to battle those beliefs head on. |
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Take Care of Yourself: How Taking Time Off Helped Triple My Income
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| When you’re stressed out about your business and feel like you have a to do list 10 miles long, the best thing you can do for yourself is take some time off. It sounds completely counterintuitive, but it’s exactly the right thing to do. Here are a few things I recommend to start taking care of yourself, which will in turn take care of your business.
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Keeping the Juices Flowing: How I Tripled My Income, Including Saying No to Clients and Yes to More Time Off
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| When you are committed to having a business you love, you experience a lot of transformation. The key to success and happiness in being your own boss is for your business to evolve as you evolve. |
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How Integrating Spirituality and Business will Maximize Profit, Purpose and Passion
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| Some of the best business decisions I’ve ever made probably sound completely crazy to most people. I try not to focus on what I should be “doing” but how I am “being” in my business. This allows me to fully integrate my spiritual tools into the way I run my business and achieve business peace. |
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It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn: How Shedding Light on Your Failures Can Help You Achieve Business Peace
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| My journey as a business owner has been about integrating my professional knowledge with my spiritual understanding. I refer to this state of mind as “Business Peace.” Gaining clarity and obtaining business peace is possible if you are committed and willing to dig deep. |
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Entrepreneuers Beware: -- Cool is not enough
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| Every entrepreneur should watch this movie at least three times.
I watched Cool Hand Luke on TV the other night. It is an old movie (1967) staring Paul Newman in the lead role along with George Kennedy. There is an assortment of other actors who I recognized more by their voices than their very young faces - including Wayne Rogers from the MASH TV series, and Dennis Hopper.
The story is set in 1948 at a Southern US chain-gang prison. It lives up to the label of a classic movie - enjoyable to watch and full of powerful messages.
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Movies for Entrepreneuers
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| Entrepreneurs and budding entrepreneurs should watch movies. Some movies are better than others. Some movies are made for entrepreneurs. Here are movies that entrepreneurs can enjoy and learn from. |
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The Advertising Scam: New Entrepreneurs Beware!
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| Imagine that you are a new entrepreneur. You have a great idea; you did your research, you're feeling optimistic and you just registered your company name. Experienced business people would be polite in calling you naive. |
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The Yukon Spirit: Nurturing Entrepreneurs
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| What creates the entrepreneurial spirit? Are you born with it or is it determined by your environment? I believe it is both. The environment can help to nurture the spirit within you. One perfect environment to nurture that spirit is the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Yukon is nestled right next to Alaska. |
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Making Brilliant Entrepreneurial Choices without Getting Distracted
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| Balancing work and life. There comes a time in every entrepreneur's life when he has to weigh the balance between being flexible enough to take on new opportunities and steady enough to stick to his plan. |
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Breaking Through the Frustration of An Entrepreneurs Addiction to Work
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| Giving up is not an option for an addicted entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs have succumbed to the temptation, however. Ancient wisdom tells us that anxiety is fear of the future and frustration is actually a good emotion. Frustration in thought is merely indecision. Should I do this or do that? Should money be my end goal or something more spiritual? |
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The 5 “M’s” Necessary for Entrepreneurial Women’s Success
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| In launching my new Breakthrough Vision Marketing division that offers women entrepreneurs, consultants, writers, and practitioners marketing support to achieve success in their ventures, I’ve discovered some telling statistics about the success entrepreneurial women have achieved thus far, and the challenges women continue to face in creating financial success in their endeavors. |
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We Can Do This
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| Maybe they don't say the same words, and maybe they say it through the actions they take and the behaviors they exhibit. Maybe you get the idea through the values they espouse, and the way they show that tough things are possible by jumping out and doing those things themselves. But the overall message of optimism - the "we can do this" message - is something all inspirational leaders share.
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Tax Hikes Are Not About Revenue
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| It's pretty simple. When the U.S. federal government decreases income taxes, they increase government revenue by creating more business opportunities, more jobs, and more taxpayers. Investment dollars flow into the country. On the other hand, when the government increases taxes, they decrease government revenue. Opportunities and jobs are lost; investment dollars flow away to other, more-business-friendly countries.
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Inspirational Leaders Are Driven By Values
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| A little self-reflection, honesty, and journaling can help you sharpen your value-set, which can help you renew your commitment to your personal sense of integrity. There are many right answers to the question "what do you stand for?"... and inspirational leaders know what their own personal answer is.
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Allowing Your Expertise to Shine Through: Common Reasons That Keep Entrepreneurs from Moving Forward
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| In today’s fast paced world we have access to more information than ever before, be it books, media or opportunities for education. And while it’s great to have all this information and learning at our fingertips, it can sometimes be a detriment to us. In fact, for some people, it can be an excuse for them not to move forward in their business.
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It's That Time Of The (Election) Year
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| Here we are now, three weeks before the mid-term U.S. elections, and it's Stupid Season. Judging from the ads we see and hear in a constant daily bombardment, we are supposed to be stupid enough to believe anything, and evidence would only confuse us.
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What Are Your Values?
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| Here's one approach to taking your personal values inventory. It may not be a perfect recipe for you (people do vary), but it's sure to start you reflecting on what's important in your life, and to help you find your own way to clarity around your values, your mission, and your passion. |
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Design Your Business to Fit Your Lifestyle
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| Four and a half years ago I became a mother to a beautiful and sweet girl named Bella. I knew I wanted to be a “mom” but also continue to expand my business. I took many steps to expand my business and ultimately triple my income, and one of these steps was affirming my three days a week work lifestyle. |
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Find Some New Appreciation Today
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| If your pursuit of happiness has taken a hit recently, you aren't alone. But the road to recovery starts with appreciation. Think about how you can rekindle your appreciation for The Big Three in your own life.
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Leadership Needs Inspiration
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| Whether you're shooting for success at your job, or starting a new business, or trying to create wealth in these tough times, or simply undertaking a personal health intitiative... you need inspiration, and that starts with emotion. You simply have no chance to succeed at anything challenging unless you truly care.
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Pay No Attention To "Free Advice"
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| When you get inspired to take on something tough, you're bound to get free advice that you can't make it work. Generally, you should thank the advisor but ignore the advice. If everyone who'd ever been advised against a risky venture had heeded the free advice, nothing great would ever have been accomplished by the human race.
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Bet On Yourself
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| And Beat Those Who Are Betting Against You
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Take Personal Responsibility For Your Future
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| It's time for inspirational leadership. Don't wait for others to take care of you... and don't wait to see if the changes will just pass you by. To prepare, think about undetaking these three bold actions.
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Life Is Too Short
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| You don't have to be a saint. But If you want to avoid later regret, you need to put your ego aside occasionally, Do enough kindnesses to confirm for yourself that you are the person you always intended to be.
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It's Hard Work, It's Luck, And It's Faith
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| When people, such as my beloved offspring or my coaching clients, ask me what my "secret" is, I say that it's simple. There are two types of people in the world, and you have to be as much as you can of the one type and avoid spending much time as the other.
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Do Good and Do Good for Your Business
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| Getting involved in a cause you believe in is not only good for yourself and the cause – it can also be good for your business. Yes, you can do good, and do good for your business, at the same time. Here are a few things you can do to leverage your involvement into positive marketing.
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Failures Bring The Entrepreneur Ultimate Success
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| Everybody fails. It's what you see in your failures, to a large extent, that determines your chance to succeed - and succeed big.
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The Marketing Pyramid: How to Find Your Ideal Client
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| If you were trying to find your soul mate through a dating site, a description such as “looking for someone 35-45 in Seattle who drives a red car” isn’t going to find you your Prince or Princess Charming. The same is true with your marketing materials. To find those people who get you excited about your business and what you’re doing, you have to laser in on your “ideal client.” |
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Inspirational Leaders Love What They Do
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| If you want to be an inspirational leader, as do many of my coaching clients, you have to have a "why" akin to that of the second stone layer. It has to be bigger - far bigger - than just about you. If you're working to pay the bills, great. But if you want to be an inspirational leader, you need more than that.
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Inspirational Leaders Lead In Giving Thanks
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| If you seek to be an inspirational leader, try this: make every day a day of thanks giving. Don't be a showboat of humility, but do allow your gratitude for the many blessings in your life to be visible and transparent. And thank your people, all the time, every day.
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Its Time For Women To Lead in America in Entrepreneurship
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| Women start two out of every three new businesses in the United States and today their commitment to small business and entrepreneurship can ease the unemployment that the country is mired in. |
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Think About Others First
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| If you want to be an inspirational leader, think about that. Whatever is troubling you, find someone who's being tormented even more by the same difficulty, and help them battle it. You'll be amazed at how your own obstacles dissolve before your very eyes.
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Want To Be An Inspirational Leader?
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| What might you be doing to bum out your team? Here are a few simple self-diagnosis questions you can ask to check yourself out.
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It's All in Your Head: Easy Ways to Stay Positive and Boost Your Business
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| I did a lot of things over the past few years to grow and expand my business, including working for the lifestyle I want, defining my ideal clients and taking care of my physical and mental health. Part of my mental health care included maintaining a positive mindset, and it really made a huge difference. Here are the four things I did to achieve a positive mindset. |
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... and start all over again!
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| For every entrepreneur who eventually attains wealth and power, there are many more who, in the eyes of the world, are either only moderately “successful” or who are considered “losers” because no matter what they do, they seem to only ever be disappointed. Over the years I have spent much time (and money) in working with this second group of people - helping them regain confidence and enable them to “pick yourself up, brush yourself down, and start all over again”
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Ye Who Now Will Bless The Poor
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| One of my favorite Christmas carols tells the story of Good King Wenceslas. Remember him? The moral of the carol is found in the very last lyric: "Ye who now will bless the poor shall, yourselves, find blessing."
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The Silver Lining of a “Recession"
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| Proof that businesses can live and thrive even in the worst of times |
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Personal Responsibility: Bloom Where You're Planted
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| Most of my clients would like to be more inspirational leaders. If this is also true of you, you have to start by being inspired. And I was reminded this morning that good people are often inspired to their best potential in life by learning to "bloom where they're planted."
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Are You Joyful This Christmas?
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| Find a way to make the holidays joyous for yourself this year. There are plenty of things to worry about out there, from the global economic wreck to the alarming lack of health and vitality in America. But worrying about those things won't make them go away, and will only make you live a fearful and anxious life. And making yourself crazy with the commercialism of the season won't help, either. You need to put some joy into your emotional storehouse, and the Christmas season will provide you with plenty of joy, if you let it.
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It’s About “Them,” Not “Me”: Highlighting Your Juicy Benefits
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| Every entrepreneur has a unique approach to what they do. But it’s highly likely that they are not getting translated into your marketing. Here are two steps to highlight your juicy benefits, make it about them and stand out from your competition.
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The Face Of The Season
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| I think a major reason our clients hire our caroling group is just that... we get them to smile. We are, of course, cleverly entertaining and wittily amusing. But we also consider it our personal responsibility to bring the real spirit of the season to everyone we meet. And that tends to make people smile.... |
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Inspirational Leaders Are True Professionals
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| I've mentioned before that there are two types of person, the Victim and the Entrepreneur. The Victim blames everyone but himself for anything that goes wrong, yet relies on others to take care of him... the Entrepreneur relies on herself and expects to take care of business. It should be obvious that only the Entrepreneur in each of us is capable of true professionalism.
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Inspire Everyone You Meet
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| Many of my clients are people who own a business or make money by investing, or both; some are captains of industry, some are leaders in other walks of life. Whatever their "calling," the overwhelming majority tell me they'd like to be more inspirational leaders. Here's a tip: if you aspire to inspire great things in others, practice by inspiring small kindnesses in everyday life. Do this by showing kindess yourself.... |
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Inspirational Leaders Endure To The Finish
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| Though the good guys won a very big victory all those years ago, the dark forces of national socialism are still out there today. They're trying to regroup, and through more evolution than revolution, they're still after our freedom. Let's not let the sacrifice of generations of heroes go to waste; let's keep the spirit of the holidays in us, and let's make the most of the freedom we enjoy.... |
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SMEs - the impact of corruption has deep roots
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| What are some of the unforeseen consequences of corruption |
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SMEs - a challenge for African countries
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| Why SME's are a challenge for African countries |
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SMEs - government strategies
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| An overview of government strategies for SMMEs |
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SMEs - Does colonialism impact on entrepreneurialism
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| Can Africa blame colonialism for it's lack of entrepreneurial success |
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SMEs - African confusion with entrepreneurship
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| Africa, but not necessarily only Africa, has blurred the lines between SME and entrepreneurship. Let us investigate the consequences thereof. |
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SME's - an African challenge
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| Trying to understand the clash between tribal systems and entrepreneurialism |
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SME's - are some Africans more entrepreneurial than others
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| Are Nigerians more entrepreneurial than Zulus? What about other groups? |
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SME's - can entrepreneurialism survive in Africa
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| An overview to see whether entrepreneurialism can survive in Africa |
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SME's - does protectionism help
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| Is protectionism necessary in the African context fro SME's |
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SME's - entrepreneurs with no skills
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| South African universities have come under fire from the Minister of Education for producing too many arts graduates. What is the true cause of the problem? |
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SMEs - entrepreneurship in a true democracy
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| A look at the impact of a true democratic environment on entrepreneruship |
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SME's - government purchasing opportunities
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| What are the options for government purchasing? |
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SME's - in Africa the skills challenge grows
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| The impact of the skills drain on SME's in Africa |
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SMEs internal reasons for business failure
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| What causes most SME's to fail as businesses? |
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SME's - interventions in developing countries
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| In my literature review, a pattern developed for developing countries separate to developed countries. |
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SME'S - is government spending good for them
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| A look at the use of government spending to create SME'S |
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SME's - Is tendering harmful to SME's?
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| Does tendering hurt more SME's than it helps? |
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SME's - left wing politics in the new South African government
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| What are the likely effects of a more-socialist government in South Africa, on SMEs |
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SME's - major external reason for failure
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| My auditors claim that South Africa has one of the worst payment cultures in the world |
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SMEs - my PhD topic and African context
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| A brief overview of my PhD topic and its relevance to this blog. |
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SMEs oil price globalisation and SMEs in Africa Part II
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| Possible impact of increasing oil prices on globalisation and SMEs in Africa! |
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SMEs oil prices globalisation and SMEs
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| An overview of the possible effect of oil prices on globalisation and SMEs |
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SMEs - opportunities in Africa
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| An overview of opportunities in Africa for SMEs |
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SME's - protectionism does it help?
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| Does protectionism help entrepreneurs? |
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SME's - regulation in Africa
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| Why so much regulation in Africa? |
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Inspirational Leadership: Some Resolutions
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| Most of my clients are thinking about how to make 2011 a better year in terms of their own inspirational leadership. Here are three ideas for New Year's resolutions for the leader who wants to maximize her potential to inspire.... |
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SME's - regulatory compliance - is it an issue
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| Is regulatory compliance a real issue in Africa? |
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SMEs - should despots and dictators be given a free pass
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| Jacob Zuma has suggested if African despots and dicttors are given a free pass on war crimes and crimes against humanity they might leave the stage. |
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SMEs - South African SMEs and development capital
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| Certain entrepreneurs battle to get finance in South Africa |
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SME's - still a strong component in the South African economy
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| Despite the educational crisis in South Africa, entrepreneurship is thriving, albeit not the way it could be! |
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SMEs - survivalist start ups in South Africa present a unique problem
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| Problems associated with survivalist start ups in South Africa. |
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SMEs - surviving the recession in Africa
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| How can SMEs survive the recession in the African context |
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SMEs The African error
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| Do SME's create jobs? |
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SME's - The attractiveness of Africa
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| Is Africa, or will Africa, be attractive to SME's? |
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SMEs the difference between entrepreneurs and franchisees
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| There is a vast difference between a franchisee and an entrepreneur. what is the impact thereof? |
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SME's - the future is bright
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| Where do the fortunes lie for SME's in the future? |
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SMEs the impact of government interventions
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| An overview of the impact of government interventions on SME's.` |
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SME's - the impact of government mindset on entrepreneurship
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| Does government mindset impact on SME's? |
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SME's - the impact of regulation
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| What happens when we overregulate? |
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SMEs The impact of the current power crisis in South Africa
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| The impact of the current power crisis in South Africa on SME's is high. Where to from here? |
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SME's - the importance of communications for SME's in Africa
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| A look at why communications are important for African SME's |
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SME's - The need for more thought by African governments on the informal sector
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| The importance of a proper informal sector policy. |
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SMEs - the problem with development capital in South Africa
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| Development capital is available in South Africa. The problem is getting access to it. |
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SMEs - their future in the world economy
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| The next decade or two will become known as a period of economic decentralization. This refers to the breakdown of the large corporate organisation for a number of reasons, in such a way as to lead to economic decentralisation. Why should this occur? |
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SME's - Trends to watch for new business opportunities over the next decade or two
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| A review of predicted trends for the next decade - what business opportunities exist among them? |
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SME's - whose responsibility is finance for SMEs?
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| Is it the role of government to fund SME's? |
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SME's - why business from government is a challenge
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| Why African governments battle to give SME's business |
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SME's - why communication is good for innovation
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| A look at the link between communication and innovation |
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SME's - why compliance models work in Africa
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| Compliance models offer Africa the best hope for creating SME's |
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SMEs - why governments contribute to SME failure in Africa
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| What are African governments doing that exacerbates the SME failure problem? |
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SME's - why is franchising not more popular in Africa
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| Why are franchises so seldom seen in Africa? |
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SME's - why tendering is bad for business
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| SME's - why tendering is bad for big business and SME's |
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SME's - WIll China be the next colonial power in Africa
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| What is China's role in Africa? |
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SMEs working in the dark
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| Poor statistical information leaves SME's with no direction. |
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SMEs in Africa - do interventions help SMEs
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| A brief look at a few African interventions and their impact |
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SMEs in Africa - is capitalism really dead?
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| A number of people have said capitalism has failed. Has it really? |
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SMEs - different types of entrepreneurs
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| Different types of entrepreneur have different needs |
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Phase2 of Entrepreneurship and Company Growth
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| After your 3rd, 4th or 5th employee, you now know that you are once again a start-up. Only this time the stakes are bigger and butterflies of failure are higher. |
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Top 10 Criteria When Evaluating Online Business Opportunities
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| At this time of year many people will be coming up with New Years resolutions revolving around getting out of the rat race or unemployment by setting up their own online business. So I have devised my top 5 criteria to help those who want toselecta legitimateonline opportunity but don't know who to trust and are afraid of getting ripped off. |
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Are You Really Listening?
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| Most folks are just starting to dig in again after a relaxing holiday season; leaders are no exception. If, like many of my clients and colleagues, you are always on the lookout for ways to increase your inspirational leadership, this is a good time of year to check yourself out on the key skill that can keep a team inspired by your leadership: your listening skill. Here are some key questions to ask as you check the current state of your own listening ability.... |
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Inspirational Leaders Communicate With Confidence
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| There's an old expression the would-be inspirational leader would do well to observe: If you don't believe what you're saying, why should I.... |
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4 Traits The Successful Entrepreneur Must Acquire
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| An entrepreneur must have a hybrid of skills to succeed and to successfully grow a business as well as sustain that growth. Businesses are living, breathing creatures and must be fed more and more revenue to survive. |
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Set Your Business Up for Success: How Getting Help will Keep You on Track for the Future
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| One of the best things you can do for yourself to grow your business and propel yourself forward is to get help. But so many of us keep justifying that we can’t afford help. I can relate to this personally because back in 2008 I had $1200 to my name. One of the things I did that led me to a quarter million dollar income at the end of 2009 was I realized I had to hire some help. |
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The Winter Blues Are No Match For Your Optimism
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| If it's been awhile since you've counted up your many blessings, or reminded yourself how much you appreciate the things and people in your life, it's time to do it again. This time of year, folks in the northern hemisphere get a little sad. The holidays are gone, but the bad weather persists... and it seems some days like it will never end! But if you are able to read this, you are living a life of tremendous abundance. Be thankful for it.... |
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Why Many People Will Fail as Entrepreneurs
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| With the economy in the doldrums, it seems that an entrepreneurial spirit is in the air. But the question is: should everyone be breathing it in? |
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Inspirational Leaders Know How To Focus
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| It happens to all of us. No one can stay completely focused, with intensity, all the time. But when you find yourself in a bad patch, when nothing seems to be working in your job or your business, think about renewing your focus.... |
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Be A Hawk
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| Whatever your endeavor, from getting into shape to driving your business, you need to be smart in the way you use your personal resources of time, energy, and focus. So watch for your own opportunities - watch like a hawk - and be ready, when it's time, to seize them.... |
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What Are You Worth?
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| The other day, I was listening to a highly-successful (millionaire) internet entrepreneur coaching three new colleagues. Each of them had recently decided upon a career transition, leaving their trade-time-for-money jobs to strike out on their own in cyberspace. The coach asked each of them to address three questions: how much money they'd made in the job they just left, why they left, and what they expected to make in their new venture. The conversation went something like this.... |
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Your 5 Magical Keys To Align To Spiritual Leadership
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| The term "spiritual leadership" may bring up certain energies in you depending upon how you define it. Some people feel that they are not a spiritual leader unless they have reached a certain level of fame, or self-sacrifice, or they are living life like the Dalai Lama.
I believe that all of us have a spiritual leader inside waiting to come alive and be fully expressed in its own unique way. According to Webster's Dictionary, "a leader is one who influences other." |
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Focused Action Has The Power To Move You
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| What goals are you pursuing? Getting into shape, renewing your health? Are you launching a new product or business? Are you recruiting a team to help your business grow and prosper? Any of these goals, and a host of others, require focused action. They require a focus on courage and integrity - either to move yourself, or to help others move forward in great strides. As the leader, the focus of the team is largely your personal responsibility.... |
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Move Your Iceberg!
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| How do you make a meaningful change in your life? That's the million-dollar question. Without that question, there would be no executive coaching or personal development industry, and I'd be out of business. Nevertheless, I'm going to answer the question, right here, right now. And chances are you're still going to want more brilliant advice from professionals like me.... |
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Entrepreneurship Is Very Closely Associated With Your Risk Taking Abilities
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| Entrepreneurship is a vital quality which makes any person a successful entrepreneur. In other words, the act of being an entrepreneur is called entrepreneurship.
However, if we try to understand entrepreneurship in management terms, it is an activity of undertaking risks of a business, innovations, and other business activities. |
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Move Your Iceberg II: Be, Do, Have
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| Most people who want to improve their lives try to do it backwards. They see others enjoying a better life, and their first desire is to HAVE what those others have. If only they had something different (more money, more time, more energy, whatever), they reason, why, then they could DO the right things and BE the better person. Wrong.... |
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Valentine's Day Memories: I (Heart) My Kids
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| There are two kinds of people out there - "Victims" and "Entrepreneurs" - and only when we are operating as Entrepreneurs do we have the spirit to be leaders. And the truly inspirational leaders do what they do because they, like all Entrepreneurs, have a mission to contribute to others. To be inspiring, they have to start by being inspired... and working from a place of love is a great fast-track to inspiration.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: Ask For Feedback
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| There are at least three good reasons to do this, and why leaders who seek to inspire their teams should consider asking their subordinates for feedback... even advice.... |
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The Entrepreneur Vs. The Victim
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| There are basically two types of people out there in the business world. Even though I'm aware that we all have both types within us, and that we might lean more or less in our dominant direction as circumstances change in our lives, I've learned that one or the other type dominates each of us. I'm talking about the Entrepreneur, and the Victim.... |
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Hey, Maybe This Will Win An Award!
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| Tell you what: those national news-media folks in America are awesome. I know, right? I mean, when I was a young aspiring journalist (I think it was during the Taft administration), they made us report boring stuff, like facts. It must be much more fun to be a journalist these days, when the industry has evolved beyond all that.... |
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Time To Get Rolling!
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| The other day I had an experience that made me feel terrified, relieved, hilariously amused, and reflective... all in the space of about four minutes.... |
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3 Business Rules For The Entrepreneur
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| There are certain business rules in existence that young, up-and-coming business professionals and entrepreneurs should do their best to abide by. Paying attention to and following these rules will inevitably make your career and business run more smoothly and successfully. |
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Wealth And Prosperity Is A Slow, Consistent Process
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| Since the second world war, people in the western world built wealth primarily by working a salaried job, saving money from their salaries, and investing in standard vehicles such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. It was the slow-and-steady way to get rich, and it served at least two generations very well. But what worked to build wealth and prosperity for the past sixty years will not work for the next sixty months. In fact, the world economy is in such a shambles right now, traditional wealth-building strategies are already at great risk... and only a tiny percentage of investors are aware of this.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: "Why Did You Hire Me?"
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| The most successful leaders know why people choose their leadership, and they continue to develop that "brand" (and adapt it as the market changes) to maximize their success - and that of their business.... |
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Gain Wealth Through Happiness
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| There are two types of people: the Victim, and the Entrepreneur. Many Entrepreneurs own their own businesses; some don't, but instead practice their entrepreneurial initiatives in the employ of others. It's not business ownership that distinguishes the two types: it's a mindset of abundance. Entrepreneurs keep their optimism and joy even when business is "down." Victims are never happy, and more money won't change that.... |
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The 3 Golden Keys You Need For Your Highly-Conscious Business Foundation
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| Entrepreneurs may have a wonderful product or service but are often missing key energies that are critical for success. Without these keys, there is misalignment and disharmony. Here are the 3 Golden Keys that you need to create a profitable, highly conscious business. |
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Does The Economy Have You Living In Fear?
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| Inspirational leaders approach life with the entrepreneur's sense of optimism. In every problem they see opportunity; in every storm, a coming rainbow. So those among us with a measure of inspirational leadership will see that the time is now to prepare - for disaster, but more importantly for the wealth and abundance to become a safe haven for others.... |
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Happy 94th Birthday, Granny!
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| It truly amazes me to think about what my grandmother has lived to see, from the rise and fall (and ugly reappearance these days) of the communist experiment to the complete transformation of daily life through technological advancement. Perhaps the most wonderful thing about it, speaking selfishly, is the fact that Granny was able to make it to 94. This beloved person, who always had time for me and saved my life on a number of occasions, would not have lived 94 years if the America of 1917 had existed toward the end of her life, instead of at the beginning.... |
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Beware The Modern-Day Music Man
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| Wake up, America. The economy is a "dead man walking," and things are going to get much worse before they get better. Are you ready? Do you have your own source of revenue to protect yourself from the day you lose your job? Do you have a plan to protect your family from hyperinflation and the collapse of our currency? Are you aware of the global conspiracy against wealth, and what you can do about it? It is still not too late. If you get smart now, you might well be one of the informed few who profits greatly from the coming financial disaster. Remember: more wealthy people were created during The Great Depression than at any previous time in history.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: Renew Your Own Passion
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| Since your own passion is key to your ability to deliver inspirational leadership, how do you renew it? Here are some ideas that have worked for my clients over the years.... |
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Letting Go: How Saying “No” to Clients Can Have You Saying “Yes” to Success
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| In today’s day and age most people would say it’s crazy to turn down business. For a long time I held onto a lot of clients who didn’t excite me because I felt it was what I “should” be doing. But then I stopped – I let go – and it made such a difference not only in my business, but my passion for what I was doing.
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The Power of 3: Invoking This Universal Law Into Your Highly-Conscious Business
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| Everything is energy, including business. There is a divine energy that moves through you AND your business, and when you learn how to activate it, channel it, and accelerate it in your business, it will create results beyond your wildest imagination. |
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Inspirational Leaders Challenge Themselves
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| If, like many of my colleagues and clients, you want to be a better leader - even a more inspirational leader - you need to keep challenging yourself. The best leaders are the best people... and only by challenging yourself can you be your best. When you're tempted to pull back and ride the tide, focus on some of the things the world's best purveyors of inspirational leadership think about all the time.... |
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Own Your Greatness: Market What Makes You As An Individual Unique
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| To stand out in today’s busy marketplace, you need to capitalize on what makes you as an individual unique. In other words, you don’t need to focus on the product or service, but on YOU, the owner, the CEO, the practitioner.
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Time To Crash-Proof Your Wealth
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| The truth is this: the wealth-building strategies that worked for the past six decades will not work for the next six years (or less). What's needed now is a new, informed approach to wealth and prosperity that flies in the face of traditional wisdom.... |
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Personal Responsibility: Lessons From Japan
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| Who knows how many lives will be lost to Japan's recent disasters before the final tally is taken? One of the most devastating earthquakes in world history, followed by a cataclysmic tsunami, along with danger from damaged nuclear plants... all enough to create crisis in any nation. Remember the ruin of Haiti in the wake of last year's quake? But every nation of the Earth, including the mighty United States, can take lessons from the character of the Japanese people in their struggle against the adversity they now face.... |
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Wealth Building: Accelerate Your Prosperity
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| What's the darkest cloud hanging over your head? If you're like most people, it's your financial profile. High debt, a high (and growing) tax burden, and lower earnings can combine to create a worrisome headache for anyone. Sure, the arrival of Spring brings most of us a little uplift in attitude... but to truly revitalize your mindset, start by attacking those dark storm clouds in your personal finances.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: Personal Transformation
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| You are meant for abundance, for wealth, for a fulfilling and joyous life. But you may be "possessed" by a different character, and that character may be mired in a mindset of scarcity, of poverty, and of misery. It won't be easy to step back into your true self after wearing such an alien costume for so long. But you can do it. Be the successful entrepreneur you know you want to be... then you will do what such people do... and then you will have what such people have.... |
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Two Lessons From The Global Economy
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| The future will belong to Smart Entrepreneurs: people who are willing to bet on themselves and take initiative, but who also have taken the time and energy to educate themselves about what's really going on in the global economy. Experts say more "new money" wealthy will be created during the coming few months than at any time in history... and that should be highly inspiring to you.... |
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What Role Should The Government Be Playing In Health Care?
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| The government is geared to take as much control of your health care as it can, even though your care will be better the less government intervenes. So don't rely on government health care. Take personal responsibility for your own vitality, and reduce your dependence on the government's role in medical care. Your discipline in your own daily health habits is the most important factor (by far) in the future of your own personal vitality.... |
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What's The Importance Of Purpose And Direction In Business?
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| Any professional entrepreneur knows that running a business is too hard to do without an overwhelming drive and motivation. Every single day, part of you wants to give up, to go back to your old trade-time-for-money job, to sell the equipment and move to another state. It seems like there are endless forces arrayed against you, and you are tempted to whisper doom to yourself all the time. But that voice in your brain grows softer with each day, week, and month of success in business, which only comes when you have a real "why" driving you.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: It's Personal
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| It's a simple lesson, and you're never too old (or too important) to learn it. People trust people they know, and they trust those who can somehow come across as a "business casual" person regardless of how they're dressed. If you want to develop more inspirational leadership, think about how you're sharing your true, personal self with your clients. You may have to lead with business solutions, sure, but don't forget to have a pulse. After all, do you want your clients and customers to trust you, or simply plug into your knowledge and download it? Isn't the relationship more important than the business problem you're solving...? |
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What's The Best Internet Business To Start?
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| Of course, you have to make a TEAM of investments (Time, Energy, Attention, and Money) to get into any business, and that never changes. These days, though, you can get into business in cyberspace for a fraction of the TEAM investment previous generations needed to open retail stores, car washes, or law offices. And there are plenty of online business opportunities out there. But which one's best.... |
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What To Do When You're Lacking Inspiration
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| The primary source for "inspiration" in business is to focus on "Why." Why do you do what you do? Why'd you choose that career, that industry, that company? Why did you decide to start your own business? Figure out "Why," and you'll find inspiration pretty quickly. I'm a former journalist, and they trained us in journalism school to look at the Ws - Who, What, When, Where, and (of course) Why. (They also threw in How, and constantly lamented the fact that word did not start with W.) If you're struggling with what to do when you're lacking inspiration, try these other "Ws" and see if they don't point back to "Why."
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DON'T BE AFRAID
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| The world is full of naysayers and people who choose to listen to and believe the media induced mass economic hysteria. Is it really as bad as all the "experts" say? In many ways that's up to the individual and one things is for sure....if you want to be a successful businessperson in to days marketplace, you can't believe a word of it. You have to step out in courage and take some chances and if you do, you might, just might get so far ahead of the competition that when things do get better (and they will) you'll be the dominant leader in your field! So, Don't Be Afraid! |
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Inspirational Leaders Make No Excuses
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| Whatever your line of work, you're going to run into adversity. The most successful people in life are not the ones who seem to have everything handed to them, but the ones who run into deep trouble and find a way to handle it.... |
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How To Increase Sales Performance
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| Sales is actually a subset of the company's overall marketing effort - it's the primary tool through which a business finds its customers (just as Customer Service is the subset of marketing activities responsible for keeping those customers). When revenue lags, the marketing manager (or entrepreneur) has to look first at how to increase sales performance. And it turns out Sales has its own lesser-known set of 4-P fundamentals: Planning, Prospecting, Presenting, and Paperwork.... |
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Inspirational Leaders Play Show-And-Tell
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| The most inspirational leaders know how to lead by example, but beyond that, they are excellent show-and-tell masters. They are well beyond simply not letting their employees see them doing the wrong things... they take the time and initiative to show folks how to do the right things. They don't just give orders and advice, they also give demonstrations and training. They don't wait to be asked for directions; they're willing to jump in with examples.... |
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Three Strategies For Crash-Proof Wealth Building
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| Experts say the powers-that-be have already taken us past the point of no return on global financial collapse, and it's just a matter of time. What can you do to prepare? How can you build wealth, and what is still possible in terms of crash-proofing your prosperity? The first three strategies you should consider are entrepreneurship, education, and engagement.... |
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A Few First Steps Toward Inspirational Leadership
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| One of the first bits of advice I can give my clients is that they will not begin to develop a reputation for inspirational leadership until they eliminate (or significantly reduce) the things they do that actually de-motivate the very people they're trying to inspire. Many managers, knowingly or unknowingly, fall into patterns of behavior their teams find uninspiring. Here are some of the more common patterns, and what you can do to stay out of the traps and move toward inspirational leadership.... |
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The Best Leaders Are Inspired People
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| Work to spot the inspirations, great and small, in your own life. They're all around you. And here's another thing I'll tell my clients, and you: I believe your Life wants to be inspired. You are meant to be excited, happy, and full of the joy of your life. So don't just focus on the miles you have to go; rejoice in the miles behind you, and enjoy the moment you're in.... |
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I Want You To Be Stinking Rich
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| The progressives who've ended up with power in America want you poor, and dependent upon the government for your very livelihood. I don't. I want you to be stinking rich, and making the nation (and the world) a better place for all of us.... |
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Three Places To Look For Inspiration
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| If your passion and inspiration are waning, try one or all of these three things to give it a new boost. Consider it a "spring cleaning" for your soul, if you like.... |
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Get In The Business Of Getting Into Business
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| People are making excellent incomes online these days, and enjoying the lifestyle of freedom and prosperity that comes with internet business ownership. Perhaps the greatest opportunity is in recruiting - inspiring others to start their own home businesses, and coaching them to success in their enterprises. If you don't have a Big Idea for an internet business that no one's thought of before, you can join any number of legitimate, lucrative, ready-made platforms for your own business.... |
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Preparing for the NEW Normal.
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| The new normal is the new ways to solve old problems on an individual’s new state of mind. The new normal is about connecting future, creativity, new social media into our present life, hobbies and business in the new web 3.0 age. It is a new way of life.
Facebook, linked-in, twitter, google, speed, multi-tasking, giving, CSR, global warming, skype … is the new normal. Building on networking and platform, building communities, active, lack of time, interconnectedness and individual power is the new normal.
If you are in Human Resource, you now not only looked in the applicant’s resume, you will be asking, how fast can you learn, what are you reading, who are your connections, how many friends do you have ….
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The Miracle of Failure
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| If you're trying to build your inspirational leadership, make sure you have good stories to tell about your successes. But don't leave out the lessons from your failures. Those might be the most inspiring stories you have to tell.... |
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The Coming Economic Basket Case
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| Hey, guess what! It's Easter weekend, and all over the world, folks' thoughts are turning to baskets. Homemade, store-bought, or recycled from last year... pretty baskets filled with colored eggs and candy. Oh, and don't forget the festive "basket of currencies" with which they're planning to replace the U.S. Dollar as the world's reserve currency.... |
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Don't Take Your Life For Granted
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| As you may know, many of my clients are seeking to increase their inspirational leadership. You can't be an inspirational leader until you're inspired, and you can't be inspired without being happy and appreciative of the many wonderful things that surround you. So take an inventory of the things (or people) you might be taking for granted, and find a way to be more appreciative of them now.... |
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A Century Of Leadership - Good And Bad
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| It might be simplistic, and I certainly invite discussion, but today I'm ranking the men who've held the office of President since 1911 in terms of how well they did in resisting this "progress" toward socialism/collectivism by their overall support of the U.S. Constitution. My thinking is this: if, as the foremost leader of the federal government, the president can do a good job at fulfilling his/her oath to uphold the Constitution, prosperity generally becomes much easier to obtain in America (and, frankly, elsewhere in the world). When the president fails to protect the Constitution (or, worse, attacks it), he or she aids the progressive march toward collectivism - but pulls the nation away from prosperity and strength.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: It's About Them, Not You
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| The bottom line is this: if you want to inspire someone to give you their best, you have to stop looking and acting like a theater critic and, instead, come across with empathy and appreciation. To do that, you first need the mindset that the discussion should be less about you and more about the other person... and then you need to practice (with good help) to make it happen.... |
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Gas Price Signs: Unfair Right-Wing Messaging!
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| Gas has never been this expensive in America - and experts say this is just the beginning. But wasn't this all supposed to be George W. Bush's fault? As I recall, Bush, somehow in cahoots with Big Oil and Terrorist Oil Cartels, single-handedly drove gas prices pretty high in 2008, and that's why we desperately needed to elect Barack Obama. But Bush has been gone for more than two years now, and gas is higher than ever. How could this be?
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Can Inspiration Be Found In A Death?
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| I don't feel like rejoicing in Bin Laden's death. I certainly don't feel like this is bad news, of course - the world is better off without him - but it's not a party. It occurs to me that, 31 years ago, perhaps I would not have been all that inspired if Carter's hostage-rescue mission had been a success, since undoubtedly that success would have been accompanied by death. But I believe inspiration starts with appreciation, and there are many things to appreciate in today's news of victory.... |
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Don't Shrug Off This Movie!
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| As a book, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" stands as one of the greatest works of literature in history. As a movie, "Part I" is pretty good... the performances are at least OK, and the faithfulness to the story is outstanding. But as an event, the release of this movie is nothing short of amazing.... |
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10 Reasons To Quit Your Job
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| Why do millions of people choose to stay stuck in an occupation that they don't like? Why would someone in their right mind choose to subject themselves to turmoil and bull shit of answering to a master. We are not dogs! We are eagles that are designed by the Almighty to flourish and soar! |
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Appreciate Your Own Best Strengths
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| Lately, some of my clients have been a little down on themselves, and I'm finding that it's often because they're forgetting to play to their strengths. If you find yourself spending too much time doing stuff you don't like, and aren't good at, try to balance that work with projects you know you can do well.... |
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It's Re-Election Time! Get The Picture?
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| So while everyone was thinking about the brave troops who finally capped Osama Bin Laden the other day, I was also thinking about whether or not they had a 71-Quebec out there with them on that mission (that's Army Talk for "journalist," or at least it used to be). I guess they must have, because this week's big news is President Obama's decision not to release the photos that were taken of Dead Terrorist Number One. So since the global paparrazzi corps was busy sobering up in London after Will-'n'-Kate, and since civilian "journalists" only take pictures of car chases and tornado damage (when they can squeeze those things in around their grip-and-grin work at the White House), any photos that existed had to have been taken by some hard-working military journalist.... |
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Boost Your Revenue by Turning People Away by Alison Silbert
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| Boost Your Revenue by Turning People Away by Alison Silbert |
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Inspirational Leaders Keep An Upbeat Attitude
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| Many people - including lots of my clients - aspire to be inspirational leaders. Inspirational leaders start as inspirational people, and people who easily inspire others are those who have that infectious, almost-automatic positive outlook on life.... |
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It's The (Growth Of The) Economy, Stupid
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| Let me explain why I think every American family should have at least one good, solid entrepreneurial venture going these days.... |
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Thank You For Your Service
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| Whether you agree or not with the "mission" they've been given in certain parts of the world, our military members deserve our appreciation, and our gratitude. It's not too much to ask. And you should always look for things to appreciate. Being good at appreciation is one of the first steps toward becoming good at inspiration.... |
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Presenting The Unprecedented President
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| This week, President Obama used his favorite word several more times. That word is "unprecedented." Easily, the present president has used that word to a degree which is without precedent, unprecedented by any of the preceding previous presidents who previously preceded him. Easily.... |
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Don't Be Defeated By Inaction
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| We all end up in tough circumstances in our lives. These days, when the global economy is reeling (and when many experts say things will still get MUCH worse before they get better), a lot of people are struggling just to get by. But as I've learned over the years from the clients I've met who've overcome adversity, inspirational leaders aren't people who never get into tough spots, but are those who have the ability to work their way out.... |
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What Are Your Dreams Waiting For?
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| Thank God for hard-charging, high-flying cadets like my niece. We need her out there, soaring into the wild blue yonder... and we also need entrepreneurs in every family, with their feet firmly planted on the ground and their dreams free to fly through the heavens. When the predicted crash has come and gone, the entrepreneurs in every family will be the ones who make our nation soar again.... |
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Every Life Is An Inspiration
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| You may not know it, but today's a big day in history. On this date in 1940, a person you've never heard of was born in northern Oklahoma. She lived a short and difficult life, and she changed the world.... |
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Cling On, Bitter Clingers!
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| If we're going to borrow billions of bucks from our buddies in China and send those bucks to Egypt, I would rather we sent them directly to individual Egyptians and God-fearing Muslims... perhaps they have some bitter clingers in their own small towns who don't yet have a Walmart Super Center and could really use some of our money. Let them start businesses and make investments... after all, the U.S. government will tell you it's perfectly OK for anyone to make profits and build wealth, as long as they're not doing that in America.... |
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Unemployment to Entrepreneurship
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| Do you have what it takes to move from a highly paid employee to a successful and sustainable entrepreneur? The transition is not necessarily difficult if thought through and managed, but it is a transition nonetheless. What can you do to ensure your entrepreneurial success? |
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Can You Fail Successfully?
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| This is not another failures are just lessons lectures. This is Black Belt class right? Let's be blunt about it; failure sucks! Failure is, however, an important and essential part of success, but only if you learn to fail successfully. |
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Eric Cartman Teaches The Young Entrepreneur
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| Fat, foul-mouthed, racist? call him what you want, but Eric Cartman is, without doubt, an entrepreneur. What traits make the young Colorado inhabitant both so lovable and so entrepreneurial? |
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There's Still Inspiration Out There
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| As often as you can, surround yourself with entrepreneurs. Recharge the positive side of your personal battery. That energy will help you when you need to bring the best out of people who, for whatever reason, can't seem to see the good around them. And bringing out the best of such people is a big part of what inspirational leadership is all about.... |
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Does Prosperity Always Encompass Wealth?
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| There's a global economic storm coming that's going to make the Great Depression of the 1930s look like good times. Despite proclamations of recovery by the mainstream media and other mouth-pieces who represent the world's money-elite (the U.S. and other governments, the Federal Reserve, financial "advisors" and the biggest global banks), real experts say real hard times are just around the corner.... |
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Are You Sitting in a Parked Car?
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| What is keeping you from moving forward with your business and your dreams? Odds are, you are letting fear keep you in "park"! |
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Time To Honor Real Inspirational Leaders
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| Enjoy your weekend. Our fallen heroes would certainly want you to do that. And I hope you'll also spend a little time this weekend in observance, and that doing so will impart some inspiration to you that will last throughout the year. I coach entrepreneurs, folks who own a business, and other aspiring inspirational leaders in business... but you have to agree, the real inspirational leaders are the ones who gave the full measure of sacrifice on the battlefield so that we could live in a free society.... |
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Should The Government Help Beggars?
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| As our nation continues its debate (fight) over entitlement reform, we beg (forgive me) this essential question: are we a society of entrepreneurs, or of beggars? The more we push toward redistribution of wealth, the more weatlh we'll eventually run out of - leaving even the beggars, well, begging. If we can swing back to being a nation of wealth-builders, though, there will actually be more wealth for everyone.... |
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Mentality Of The Young Entrepreneur
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| If you think successful entrepreneurship does not come with a price tag, think once again. Then, another time after that. At an early age, I feel hardened. I joke a lot with my friends. |
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Be The Inspiration You Want From Others
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| It's scary at times, but be thankful for your Entrepreneurial urges. Make sure you build those muscles of personal responsibility, and that you're ready when the crash comes. Want to be an inspiration to others? Then be the inspiring Entrepreneur (at least in spirit) you truly are, and do what successful Entrepreneurs do, whether you own a business or not.... |
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Don't Get Sucked Into Class Envy
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| The progressive would-be opinion makers want to play to your sense of victimhood. They want you to look with envy upon those with more than you have, and to demand "your" share of what they've earned. They want you to spend your precious life energy being pissed-off at rich people.... |
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Dream It, Do It - But Be Equipped
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| If you want to inspire people, start by not making them mad every day. Start by finding out what they need to do the best job possible, and by giving it to them.... |
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Yeah, Let's Go Back To 1967!
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| I don't think the president was speaking only about Israel. In truth, I think Mr. Obama was trying to tell us that he really just wants the whole world - everybody, all of us - to go back to '67.... |
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This D-Day, Reflect On Personal Responsibility
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| It is not because they felt no fear that those inspirational leaders are remembered as heroes. They were almost all scared to death. No, they're remembered as heroes because they felt the full measure of fear about the near-impossible feats they were about to undertake, and they knew the long odds associated with the incredible personal risks they were about to take... but they did it anyway.... |
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Wealth Building Depends On Low Taxes
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| The hue and cry in American society today is "tax the rich." Some on the left even screech "Eat the rich!" The collectivist/statists currently running the U.S. government continue to barrel down the road of high taxes and high spending, encouraging class envy, and putting America firmly on a path toward confiscatory taxation. And they, along with their sycophants in the media, never seem to run out of fools who can be persuaded that this is the correct course for the country.... |
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Exploration Can Bring Inspiration
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| The other day, I went looking for North Park. Eventually, I found it, and along the way I found beauty, solitude, and a surprising amount of inspiration.... |
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The Wiener That Ate New York!
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| But wait: what's this? Turns out Wiener, who just last summer found time in his hectic Beck-bashing schedule to marry a young protege of Hillary Clinton's, has been sending tawdry self-portraits over the internet to various OTHER young women, such as a college girl in Seattle. Really? Seriously, Congressman...? |
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Finding Inspiration In A Tough Economy
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| If you feel down about the current state of affairs, look around your local community and find the ordinary people who are still doing extraordinary things. Get to know them. Find out the "why" behind what they're doing... it'll inspire you.... |
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Start Your Business Venture Now
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| During the Great Depression, more millionaires were created than at any other time in history. They were the Entrepreneurs, the ordinary people who didn't lose their way, and didn't lose their nerve. They realized that times of extreme calamity present new and unprecedented opportunities. They cut themselves loose from the stranglehold of socialist administration, and went out and started a business.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: A TEAM Activity
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| You have a "TEAM" of personal resources available to you as you go about developing (and demonstrating) inspirational leadership, and you'll want to make sure to engage all of those resources. I'm referring to your Time, Energy, Attention, and (in the case of the entrepreneurs among you) Money.... |
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Renewing Limited Government: Spending Limits
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| We have to renew limited government in the United States, or the entire world will enter a new era of darkness the likes of which no one can foresee. There are at least ten limits we could impose on government (and, in some cases, on what I see as quasi-governmental U.S. institutions) that would have a remarkable turn-around impact on our economy - and on our society. And one of the first, if not THE first, is to limit government spending.... |
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Leadership Traits - Does Your Leader Have These Traits?
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| I've been a leadership counselor for years, but since the last presidential election I've come to realize that I've been doing it all wrong. Clients often ask me what the great leadership traits are, and of course no one has a comprehensive list. But given what I've learned since 2008, I've revised my list of the core traits that make a great (as far as you know) leader. Here are some of the biggies.... |
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Three Ways To Win With Empathy
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| Many of my clients want to be more inspirational as leaders, but suffer in that quest because too many of their interactions with teammates degrade from dialogue to debate... and frustrating debate, at that. Whether you own a business or have a leadership role in running the business, you know that no one is inspired by such arguments. So here are three suggestions for leaders who'd rather skip the debate and interact in dialogue.... |
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Too Big To Fail: Part Of The Story
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| I didn't know what to expect from a network whose producers happily broadcast leftist Bill Maher's periodic rants... but I should have expected exactly what "Too Big To Fail" delivered: part of the story, with some very key ingredients left out (or distorted). That's just what you get when the progressives have overrun (and merged) the information and entertainment industries.... |
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How To Care About People
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| If you truly don't care about a person, it's impossible to show them any empathy, let alone respect. And without these foundational elements, you'll never inspire good things in others. That's why I've made inspirational leadership, with empathy as a cornerstone, the foundation of my coaching practice.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: Show And Tell
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| There's no doubt - as the leader, you have to, well, lead the way. Take a good look in the mirror (and get feedback when you can), and make sure you're embodying the right things. And don't be shy about sitting your folks down and being the teacher and coach. If you have the right attitude about it, you're not overstepping your bounds or micro-managing - you're providing help for which your team will likely be appreciative.... |
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Three Reasons Now's The Time
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| Many of my clients are thinking about starting a business, but wonder about the timing. After all, the economy's a mess, right? It is, but that doesn't mean it's a bad time to make an investment, even a big one such as a business start-up.... |
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Inspirational Leadership Requires Character
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| One media personality caught my attention about three years ago, principally because everyone (and I mean everyone) was against the guy. Entire well-funded organizations had come into existence with the sole (or main) purpose of discrediting and slandering him. Any guy in the media who's so reviled by everyone else in the media, I reasoned, must be worth getting to know.... |
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Debt Ceiling? What Debt Ceiling?
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| The other day, we're driving down the road, and I see a big AWESOME boat and trailer parked out in front of a dealership. "Cool!" I say. "I'm getting that!" But Colonel Wife was all, like, no way we could afford to spend that kind of money. But I go, "Ridiculous. We'll just raise our Debt Ceiling...". |
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Time To Declare A New Independence
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| Happy Fourth of July. Enjoy the party! And while you're at it, think about how you can be part of the next generation of inspirational leaders dedicated to refounding the republic we call "the land of the Free, and the home of the Brave...". |
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Dad's Job Advice
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| As a counselor to consultants and other business operators, as well as to personal clients, I'm often told stories of work woe. Most people (especially those who have a coach or counselor) have at least some degree of dissatisfaction with their job.... |
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Inspirational Leadership: Start Something
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| Years ago, I decided to start a business on the side, in the performing arts. I held auditions, picked some talented young singers, wrote and arranged several entertaining tunes, and launched a six-voice acappella group. In our fifteenth month, we booked twenty-two paid gigs, which is quite good.... |
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These Storms Aren't Really Storms
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| There is no truth to the rumor that the president's hometown will now be known as the "Appropriately Windy City, No More Windy Than Any Other...". |
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Today Is Your Lucky Day
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| It's 7-11-11 today, and those are some lucky numbers. But before you go out and buy that lottery ticket, take a few minutes to remember all the things that should make you feel like every day is your lucky day.... |
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Don't Raise The Debt Ceiling, Ever
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| Regardless of the wheeling and dealing that's been going on for weeks in the hallowed halls of Washington, there is no good reason to raise the federal government's debt ceiling. Ever.... |
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Inspirational Leadership On The Links
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| People are inspired by greatness. But they're also inspired by the honest effort to achieve it. Some of the most inspirational leaders I've ever known were young, talented people who hadn't put in anything close to 10,000 hours, but who were clearly and visibly on their own personal program toward greatness.... |
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