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It is your Attitude, Not your Aptitude, That Determines your Altitude

How does your attitude affect your business? President Obama frequently reminds us that we are facing the worst recession since the Great Depression. That might be so. But it is our collective attitudes that got us here. Paradoxically, people now have more information, are better educated, and are more informed than before, but our negative attitudes brought us to this crisis, and it is a change in attitude that will get us out of the hole.r

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Success and Suffering

Amy Winehouse “The more spiritually ignorant you are, the more you suffer” – Eckhart Tolle. Singer Amy Winehouse is dead at age 27. This brought to the fore an observation by a local newspaper that she is the latest member of the “27 club”; that is, another musician who has died at age 27 and one of those struggling to cope with fame. The group includes such people like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones. The famous Michael Jackson lived well beyond 27 years but one did not need to be a friend to disce a great deal of suffering in him.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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The Human Condition

In the Abundance of Water the Fool is Thirsty....Bob Marley In his song, Rat Race, Bob Marley tells us that in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty. Much of the lyrics of songs like these go unexamined but he is on the mark here. Who is the fool?

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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7 Things that Lead to a Successful Business

Ok, so we all need a successful business and we all try to get that bit of magic that puts us ahead. But, are there things that you can point out that will pin down success definitively? Many people claim to have the answers and some even claim uniqueness in their abilities. For example, they will assume that all you need is a well-organized “sales funnel” and all will be well. Yet, some businesses successful at sales do not have good receivables management. Or, some overreach to sell and overstretch the firm’s resources leading to debilitating cash flow situations.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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What is your life's purpose?

The idea of “purpose” takes on several meanings. It is hardly considered without some material sense of the forms, values, culture, etc., with which we have identified. I spent a long time trying to figure out what is my purpose because so many teachings explains it in the context of what you do in a career, a field of study, or a task related to something, somewhere or someone. Not to mention an amount of money that we should accumulate!

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Perfection vs. High Standards

You should try to set high standards for the service you provide. You need to have high-quality employees. However, you should not aim for perfection. Perfection has an alter ego: procrastination. Many times people with good ideas sit around on them, awaiting that perfect time, that perfect product, that perfect person to come along—or that perfect plan. Perfection is an illusion.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Business Ownership: A Conversation with Yourself or Your Partners

A critical aspect of business strategy and survival is the matter of ownership. Many people who go into business do so because they have had enough of not being in charge and in full control of their fortunes. Hence ownership provides an opportunity to take full responsibility.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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6 Things to Contemplate Before Venturing into Your Small Business

If you do not inherit a business, you will have challenges building one. So, are you ready to take on the challenge of starting a business? Consider the following pointers and questions. 1. Think about whether you want to work for yourself. Do you enjoy being the boss? Or do you feel more comfortable reporting to someone else?

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Your Life – A Continuum of “Nows”

After you have lived past your thirties or so you will have begun to realize that life is funny, ironic, unpredictable, difficult, hard, and you can go…these are the judgment we form.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Strategy vs. Culture in the Small Business

In a newsletter of March 17, 2011, Graham Mitchell, writing in ActionSTEPS, a publication of ActionCOACH, says that “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. He went on to elaborate that many times the quest to change a company’s strategy is frustrated by the company’s culture. There is much truth in that. Indeed, it is one of the reasons that very serious managers of change, especially those coming into an organization to implement change, will remove many older employees because they know that the required changes will be resisted.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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It Takes a Little More Than an idea, Money, or Qualifications

When the small business person wakes up each day he/she has to come around to seeing the world from an angle of personal responsibility. Frequently, there is no one on whom to call but there is an idea that is being pursued that promises to be the road to financial freedom, prosperity and independence.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Technology and the Small Business - The Reality Check!

I went into business at the time when email way making its way into the thrust to improve efficiency. This was not an “upgrade” situation, it was a big change. Email has made cables, faxes, telephone calls and such prior scientific advancements in communication dwindle in importance, especially at the minimal cost and fast speed of emailing. Importantly you can communicate with dozens of persons simultaneously. This ease of communication was greatly appreciated by our team because we had very little cash. So, technology works.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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What is Business Coaching?

Coaching is not just for sports and athletes. Businesses can save themselves much headache by their owners / operators seeking coaching. In fact, with the challenges I have had to endure in developing businesses, I would not venture in again without coaching, even with considerable experience.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Drivers for Entrepreneurship – What Resource Can Help

Many thoughts and ideas have been put forward regarding what are the reasons people get into their own small businesses - what are key drivers? Similarly, many have deliberated a number of factors that influence business development and success. I list a few below. - Population (implied minimum basic needs)rn- Education - Product / service needs (including innovation)rn- Purchasing power - Micro vs Small Businesses – micro business usually less structured - Diaspora size (they can form the nucleus for a suitable market size)r

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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3 Things That Create Confusion in Books for the Small Business

The promise of success is a way to charm people towards taking action. But what happens when the promise is not fulfilled? Success in business is important because there is so much at stake, so many of us try to find it by any means necessary. Here are three areas that create confusion and does not necessarily aid in small business success, followed by a resourceful alte ative. 1. The “feel good” factor without satisfaction.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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This Too Will Pass

Many of us would have heard people making this statement as they go through their worldly trials or witness another person enduring theirs. There is a tendency to give this kind of advice on a superficial level. That is, people say it and do not themselves grasp the power behind the words – the full impact.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Are You a Serial Student?

Most business training is a waste of time- almost! It won’t appear that way for the most part but after you have gone through the various lectures, seminars, workshops, E-zenes, webinars, teleseminars, books, and more, you will start to recognize a disconnect between what you think you want to achieve and what you have achieved.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Purpose, Success and Suffering

Does success always bring happiness? The last two times I examined aspects of “purpose”, “success” and “suffering”. Now I will examine these from the angle of whether your life is in sync with the universe and if you are at peace. In reference to Amy Winehouse, I suspect she was not at peace. Even at the relatively tender age of 27, she was successful, a star, but not at peace. In fact there are indications of a sad depression, and ultimately, a sad story. It seemed that the thrills of drugs could not work. Why do we suffer?

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Why I Decide to be a Business Coach

After writing the best seller, The Small Business Survival Guide – Insights into the First Two Years, I assessed peoples’ response to the book and its contents and timing. I recognized that many people were writing on the subject of entrepreneurship and small business challenges but they were mainly focused on textbook stuff. These included overwhelming conce s were about such things as financing, interest rates and the economy. But small business survival and development are about the small business operators themselves!

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Assessing Your Success

You will have to assess your success periodically. Different businesses will emphasize different measurements of success because of how convenient it is to do so in a relatively simple way. Even non-profit organizations need to have measurements to assess their performance. Let’s examine key performance indicators (KPIs). A key performance indicator is a particular indicator or measurement of an organization’s performance in some area of its operation. It is a general concept, with different emphases depending on the type of business and goals of the firm.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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Maintaining Market Focus

The small-business operator can start out as or evolve to be a hustler, mainly because he is usually more informal in his decision-making and can do things more quickly. The expectation of being nimble or flexible can divert attention from his main focus and create confusion in the minds of everyone, including the customer. As said so often, the business owner needs a niche. In today’s competitive world, everyone needs to understand what business they are in.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By Alrick RobinsonRecently published1 topic

Alte atives to Selling for Cash

This can be a big challenge: There are times when your products simply do not move or movement is inadequate, and cash is king. The small business seldom has the flexibility of the big, established business. There is usually less credit available, and expenses like wages and salaries have to be addressed in a timely manner. Apart from commissions, wages and salaries are coming around in spite of whether or not you sell your products. If you need cash, you have to get creative at times. What should the small operator do?

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By Alrick RobinsonRecently published1 topic

The Magic of Awareness

Christopher Columbus is accredited with the discovery that the world is round, not flat, as can be assumed by being at any one place. It was in the same era that ideas were being strongly put forwards that the earth revolves around the sun and not the other way, as was accepted and strongly defended by the authorities. These instances of improved awareness created significant changes in thinking in many areas of science and geography. Have you ever sat in a meeting, whether as a participant or observer and see it going nowhere?

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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