Archive for the ‘Motivation’ Category

How do you determine victory in your business?

If you haven’t seen our March newsletter - take a few minutes to check it out now.
We talk about what makes for a victory in your business and how, as a business owner, you need to always be on the look-out for victories …  not just for your own sanity, but also as a great motivator [...]

Top 5 newsletters from 2009.

If you haven’t checked out our latest newsletter - you can do so by clicking here. 
We covered all the best newsletters for 2009.  We also included a quick reference index of the remaining newsletters from last year.  Take a few minutes to check it out.  You might find something that will make a big difference to [...]

Recapping 2009’s top posts

If this is your first week back from holiday .. welcome!  We hope you spent time over the Xmas & New Year period relaxing and revitalising ready for a fantastic 2010.
Here’s a quick recap of some of our top posts last year: 
Is busyness a sign of success?
We discuss why running round like a “blue ass fly”, [...]

It’s still not too late to make sure 2010 is your best year yet!

Firstly, we hope you had a wonderful and relaxing time over the Christmas & New Year break, and that you’re ready to go full steam into 2010. 
If you read our previous post, it talked about getting sorted prior to Christmas and getting on top of your planning for 2010. 
I guess we can forget about Christmas because that’s been [...]

Interested in 2010 being a great year?

Christmas.  Lots of things to do, gifts to buy, functions to attend, family to see (or avoid ..).  Yet at the back of our minds is that yet another year is drawing to a close … fast.  This also brings to mind the year soon upon us - 2010.  What’s that year going to bring?  What have [...]

Interested in making pre-Xmas time easier?

Half way through November, Christmas looms round the corner and will be upon us quicker than we think - it always is.  Interested in making your pre-Christmas time less hectic this year?    Here’s a challenge - if you haven’t already done your

Interested in taking your business from average to extraordinary?

In case you didn’t read the latest issue of our newsletter, we talked about four ideas on how to move your business from being just a good business, to being a great business  -  ideas that aren’t too hard to implement either.   If you’re interested in moving your business from being average to extraordinary, how about taking 5 [...]

Is “busyness” a sign of success?

When you ask people how they are, how many times do they answer  …. “really busy!”, “run off my feet” or some similar version?
If instead, they answered “not much happening - how about we skip out for the afternoon and play a game of tennis” - would you think their business was in serious trouble?  Probably.
As a business [...]

Succumbing to the madness of the crowd … again?

In the article entitled “Succumbing to the madness of the crowd” some issues were addressed regarding the recession, and some very good points were made.  Global recession can seem to feed

What recession??

We were recently very proud to be with one of our clients at the launch of the Enterprise North Shore 2009 Business Awards.
The positive energy and unbridled optimism of so many North Shore business people was uplifting to the spirit.  All we can say is the North Shore business community is