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Diversity in the workplace is extremely valuable - provided of course that all of the members of your team are making a strong contribution and are willing and able to learn from what others have to offer. After all, workplace diversity brings together those with different levels of education ... Views: 1167
Probably the most gratifying moment for me in my practice is when a client shows up who is fully present and available for big growth and change, and they join my business coaching program like they really mean it. I can tell you with 100% certainty, that if you were peaking through my window in ... Views: 1030
Daniel Kertcher is the CEO and Founder of Platinum Pursuits. He is well known as an expert within Australian wealth and stock trading education. Born in 1972 Toronto, Canada, he moved to Australia when he was 16. He completed his degree, Bachelor of Science at University of Queensland with a ... Views: 3962
When some business owners and corporations start looking into mentoring programs, there is some initial confusion about what mentoring is. One of the biggest confusions that they have is identifying what differentiates mentoring from coaching and why mentoring can be so much more ... Views: 1253
Watching 26-year-old Dustin Johnson recently blow his three-round lead at the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, California reminded me of others we’ve seen squander away amazing opportunities.
Specific to relationships, when facing pressure to execute do you choke or panic? You see there are ... Views: 2016
During a recent masterminding session I attended via web conference with fellow online solopreneurs, we discussed the topic of 'Growing Successfully'. We were asked to come up with the analogy of what our business would look like if it were a tree. I immediately envisioned the maple tree in my ... Views: 1168
Ideas on how to make a million dollars the smart way.
1. Branding: You not only do you need to Brand your Company but you need to Brand yourself personally. People like to buy from people they know and like. The more credibility you have as an individual the more likely people are to invest ... Views: 1481
Does the government "really" believe a "bailout of the banks" is going to elucidate our total monetary collapse? If "we the people" are going to have any hope of surviving and thriving in this current "debt based society" we MUST WAKE UP to our surroundings and educate ourselves to what is "true ... Views: 1759
Nobody plans to become poor and yet a great many people end up poor. Here are some of the best known ways of ensuring a life of penury:
1. ‘We don’t need no education…’
If you drop out of school or fail to achieve a basic education then you will severely restrict your chances of ... Views: 1258
There are many questions that often come up for new small business owners around offering guarantees - what kind, how long, am I risking too much by doing so, and even if they should offer them at all.
In my business, I offer a guarantee on everything I sell (except for my personal coaching ... Views: 848
In business, making sure that you are taking steps to ensure your company’s continued success is important. One of the best steps that you can take when you want to know that your staff members have what it takes to keep things running smoothly is to implement a corporate mentoring ... Views: 1219
Have you ever looked around your business and thought that there was something missing? Have you ever walked into the employee cafeteria to see clusters of your staff - the same small clusters that form in individual departments? If you have, or if you’ve simply noticed that the more that there ... Views: 1127
by: Geoff Ficke
In early 20th century America the vast majority of people living in rural areas eked out a living in agriculture. Farms were small, often sharecropped. The planting and harvesting was labor intensive and horses provided the only source of energy for mechanized tilling. The ... Views: 1789
Remember the movie The Devil Wears Prada? In case you don’t, it’s the one where Meryl Streep plays the single minded magazine editor. She lives for her power within the fashion industry. She can make or break an upcoming designer’s career as well as the ones of her subordinates. Self serving and ... Views: 1182
A fitting metaphor for the young 21st century, and the ever-increasing intrusiveness of government at all levels, is this weeks news stories detailing the total lack of progress in rebuilding the World Trade Center. This is the cherry on top of the proverbial bitter bureaucratic sundae. Is this ... Views: 985
Right now, the most powerful man in the world regarding the US economy is not the President. It is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke. It is his board, which he leads and is rarely overridden, that sets monetary policy. What this means is that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) ... Views: 1065
It’s great news if your business is growing quickly! But will things move so fast that you’ll struggle to keep pace? It’s a real possibility – so we better give it some thought. Knowing the potential pitfalls in advance and understanding how to mitigate them can go a long way in writing a ... Views: 1271
Congratulations – you’re ready to apply for your merchant cash advance! Now your dreams of starting up your own Mom and Pop restaurant or adding that much-needed outdoor deck to your café can finally be realized, all thanks to this alternative source of restaurant funding.
However, there ... Views: 1094
As a business owner, business consultant, and business professor, I have been asked numerous times for the secrets of recession proof businesses. Recession proof businesses that I work with all seem to have one thing in common: recession proof business owners. Here are the top 10 vital qualities ... Views: 888
In my business consulting practice there has been quite the uptick recently of business owners struggling to find the right talent. It sure is tough to start the new year off with a charge when you’re so completely frustrated from the paltry results of your people. It is a painful feeling to ... Views: 1621
Once you've figured out your niche (or you've at least narrowed it down significantly), it's time to figure out what problems they are struggling with, and what they want by way of solutions. Remember, if you will only ask your market, it wants to help you create the products it wants to ... Views: 987
The terms small business coach or business mentor are often used interchangeably within the business world, but what do people really mean when they talk about small business coaching or business mentoring? And how are they different from executive coaching or life coaching?
Countless ... Views: 881
Putting up a business can be a huge gamble. You have to be very careful because you could lose the investment that you shelled out for it. Having a small business entails a huge responsibility. It can get a bit stressful - especially when you are just starting. That is also true when your ... Views: 1085
Sustainable development may be an over-used term but it can prove extremely beneficial in solving global issues such as degradation of the environment, poverty, inequality and hunger. According to experts, the entire world is facing social, environmental and economic challenges in the 21st ... Views: 2072
One of the great entertainment values available to almost anyone with a cable television service is the History Channel. The volume and quality of wonderfully instructive and entertaining programming on offer is amazing. I have never watched a reality show, or a celebrity dancing display, but I ... Views: 1073
Ethical consumerism is all about buying products that have been made in a sustainable manner and don’t cause any harm to the environment. Consumers can extend their support to environmental sustainability, better working conditions for the workers, reduced greenhouse gas emission and upliftment ... Views: 3018
by: Geoff Ficke
Since the beginning of time, until the middle of the 19th century the production of goods was conducted on an artisan, piece by piece basis. Over these many centuries the center of the individual’s universe was the local environ where commerce and enterprise were conducted on ... Views: 2070
by:Geoff Ficke
Virtually every modern household has a basic wheelbarrow stored away. The use of the wheelbarrow is ubiquitous in construction and basic home chores. The design, form and function of the wheelbarrow has not appreciable changed for 700 years. And yet, this simple tool is one of ... Views: 3248
I've had many interesting conversations with business owners who are at a point in their business where they know they need help and are looking for a Virtual Assistant (VA). At those times when I'm not taking on new clients, I have offered assistance in a different way - as more of an advisor. ... Views: 1214
Whether you are a fan of baseball, football, soccer or basketball, one of the things that you’ll notice is that only the teams that work well together are able to come out on top. As you strive to achieve all the goals you have set for your business, one of the things that you’re going to want ... Views: 1193
What causes management problems at work?
Anything but a system
Many management systems are anything but a system. These organizations are a collection of people, habits, different behaviors and expectations. Management is driven largely by external behavior (The bigger boss) and ... Views: 1910
by Janet Attard
As the recession grinds on, more and more businesses and consumers are feeling the pinch. Hit by a double whammy of lower-than-expected sales and difficulty in getting credit, some businesses and consumers are trying to solve their cash problems by paying their bills more ... Views: 1003
Unemployment numbers are high, and will likely climb for months if not years to come. If this happens to be news to you, consider your ignorant bliss shattered. For the rest of us who encounter this grim reality head on, the question we face as a nation is how America can continue to have record ... Views: 924
Your Mission Critical Business Growth Plan
There are many roadblocks and obstacles that stand between you and success. Running a business isn’t easy, but one thing that is for certain is that defeating your demons and overcoming those gremlins that stand in your way can be the hardest part of ... Views: 1001
Mauritius is a beautiful African island that is spread over wide land covering turquoise blue water with dunes with eye-catching coral reefs, jaw-dropping wildlife, historical places, and much more. This place excites everybody who plans to wish here and also who are here. But this island has ... Views: 445
2023 is just around the corner, so while you may have put on an extra push to end the year at an all-time high, this is the ideal time to set aside an hour or so to look back and review your results over the past year. I guarantee it will set the stage for some impressive leaps forward to ... Views: 236
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1. One that serves as a pattern or model.
2. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
3. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a ... Views: 1014
Commodities—Alternative Actions and investing for today’s Mega Information Era:
To begin any new venture, we must first learn the language and lingo of the discipline.
Commodity Trading is nothing more than a huge supermarket of tangible goods (cocoa, sugar, coffee, lumber, ... Views: 1344
Sales can be one of the scary things that you as a business owner HAVE to do. It comes from our own conceptions of sales and what that means and what it looks like. Do you picture the used car sales person? Or the door to door sales person? Do you realize that some of the highest paid people ... Views: 734
Dreaming big for your business means taking a big step from what you have been used to. Whatever business actions you do affect your products so make this significant turns successfully.
All business-minded individuals want the world to recognize their business. Therefore, they devise ways to ... Views: 664
So you are a struggling entrepreneur and you are doing everything to increase your business’ bottom line but it seems that your efforts are not enough? Are you frustrated because no matter what you do, there seems to be no development in your business? Are you totally disappointed with yourself ... Views: 965
Newsletters act as part of your “keep in touch” marketing strategy. They provide a vehicle for keeping in touch with your current customers or clients and providing them with additional value. The newsletter also is a good vehicle for keeping in touch with prospective customers and clients. ... Views: 758
Success -- is it possible without personal development? Can you achieve life success when you do nothing intentionally to improve yourself? Without development in some form success is elusive. Your life can be your teacher. Within it are the lessons that can become your tools for both ... Views: 870
The end of the year is a time to evaluate the past year's accomplishments and disappointments. It is also when many people and organizations begin creating strategies for the New Year. Our recommendation is that you spend time evaluating the past year and learn the valuable lessons from your ... Views: 763
As business leaders we want our companies to be vibrant, innovative, creative and top leaders in our field. Organizations often find that they are struggling to achieve this. What happens within the organization that it gets off track or out of alignment? Organizations, like people, have the ... Views: 832
Take Care of Yourself: I love this lesson because it so central to each of us and our success. We cannot be successful when we don’t take care of ourselves. And playing, for me is an essential component. We all know this and yet somehow the time gets away or other things become the priority. ... Views: 725
Marketing is the business of all big and small business owners. A business will not thrive if it is unknown to public, especially to your target market. In lieu with this, business owners should really take time and effort in marketing their business.
This poses a great challenge to those ... Views: 858
Are you an expert in your field? Do you know your business inside out? Then you are an expert. One of the very effective ways to build relationships and build your business is to share your expertise. Creating articles, newsletters and information products are all ways to share your ... Views: 805