If you are a small business owner or have an entrepreneurial mindset, you believe to some degree in your ability to take effective action, do something and make a difference. This attitude or state of mind is your personal power. Read More
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
Tommy Lasorda
Business success is created by those who not only correctly spot the opportunity, but then are able to successfully manage it. See a gap in the market, take the risk on your idea, test the market, establish the brand. Do you have the determination to successfully start it, manage it and grow it? Determination pushes you to take on challenges and achieve. It comes from your inner strength and courage and is required to break your conditioned thinking. Read More
When you start a business, your success depends on your ability to get others to take action. Every day you are negotiating to turn prospects into paying clients and to motivate people to do things for you. Influence and persuasion is not just for leaders. It is an essential skill required to strengthen your path to success. Read More
Running your own business is one big scary adventure. You are generally out of your comfort zone with choices and challenges to deal with. It takes creative courage to make both the small and big decisions and leap into the unknown. You have to look at setbacks and failures as part of the learning process. They are testing your commitment, enthusiasm, endurance and how much you want it. Read More
A useful app to have in your bag of tricks is a tool for annotating images or PDF’s with markers, arrows and words. Being able to do this in one app on your iPad or iPhone that’s intuitive, simple and fast is a great way to visually communicate ideas, share feedback and collaborate with team members and clients. Read More
Are you wasting your emotional energy wishing for things to change but in the mean time you are doing nothing about it. Nothing is going to change unless you do something about it. Read More
Running a business is hard work with constant challenges which makes it exciting and rewarding. No matter how hard you try, there are always problems to solve and fires to put out. It takes strength, passion and determination to push on and create something great. Read More
Perception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.
The right price will attract your target customers and ensure you are making a profit. This is one of the most challenging skills you have to learn on your startup or small business journey. Under-pricing prevents you from realising your true profit potential whereas over-pricing might cause you to lose customers. Value-based pricing looks at the price from the customer’s point of view. What would a satisfied customer be prepared to pay? Read More
Are you having trouble connecting to iCloud? I discovered a problem when trying to install updates from the App Store on my Mac. Read More
Nothing beats face-to-face communication for making valuable business connections. You shake hands, look the person in the face, exchange word and have the opportunity to observe and gauge their responses and body language. A quick exchange of business cards will help to enable this connection to continue long after you meet. Read More