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Business Owners – Have You Checked Your Vitals Lately?
In our Advanced Mentoring Group meetings, when I ask this question, the answer is usually something like “Vitals, what are you talking about?” or “Yes, my blood pressure is a little high. So what?” According to Wikipedia: “Vital signs (often...
Inch Wide – Mile Deep
Business owners: where is your hungry crowd? The crowd of people who are beating a track to your business to get what it is you are selling them. Often the answer when I ask this question is something like "All...
No-one On Their Death Bed …
"No-one on their death bed ever wished they had spent more time at the office / in the business." This is a fairly well known quote by the late Stephen Covey, author of "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People"...
One Liner – Culture Is Everything
We Use "One-Liners" To Help Business Owners Why? Because they are useful and easy to remember! We are famous for one-liners - not just our own, but many of our guest speakers share their ones as well. This one is...
The Indispensable Person?
Is there an "indispensable person" in your business and what has that to do with a bucket of water? Worse still, as the business owner are you the indispensable person? An indispensable person in a business can be a major...
One Liners – It’s Perfect
We Use "One-Liners" To Help Business Owners Why? Because they are useful and easy to remember! It's not all about our one-liners because most of our guest speakers share their ones as well. This one is from John Wood, Founder...
John Wood’s Presentation To Business Owners Board
In December we had over 40 people at the John Wood Presentation for our Business Owners Board special end of year meeting. John has been finalist in Young Entrepreneur of the Year, plus built up National Lifestyle Villages before selling...
Ethics in Business – Case Study – What would you do?
Sometimes in our Business Owners Board mentoring group meetings we work through a case study and discuss what each member would do. This particular case study calls for us to think about ethics in business! (Figures and identities of the...
What’s In A Name? Update – Oct 2018
A deadline is approaching, but has been extended - still, don't miss out! If your business has a 'trading name' and the goodwill of your business associated with it - IT WILL DISAPPEAR FROM 1 NOVEMBER THIS YEAR in 2023!...