Gary captures the essence of getting it done here: Hustle is the most important characteristic to success. Passion and patience, allow time for the business to build and for yourself to learn the new skills. Care about your clients. Be authentic, seriously actually give a damn. If you are pumping out good stuff, that you [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Getting it Done
Posted in Leadership, Marketing, tagged gary vaynerchuk, hustle, Management, patients, Strategy, vaynerchuk on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crystal Clear Purpose
Posted in Leadership, Strategy, Team Building, tagged change, change management, Leadership, purpose, Strategy, wisdom on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For business to thrive in any times, let alone current turbulent times, the leaders must identify the driving purpose. Not only for the business but for themselves. It is “purpose,” the “why we do the things we do,” that is the driving force. If turbulent times are good for anything, they are good for getting [...]
Do What You Love and Love What You Do
Posted in Leadership, Personal Development, tagged employees, enthusiasm, gratitude, inspiration, leadrrship, linking, love, Management, values on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Love, inspiration, gratitude and enthusiasm. These are ideal states, not euphoric or resentful, but inspired and ready for the challenge. Did you ever have to manage some one who was inspired. Think back to the times when you were inspired and ready and raring to go, did anyone have to get you out of bed [...]
Focus Vs Intelligence
Posted in Self Management, Success Factors, tagged balance, bill gates, Buddha, focus, intelligence, Self Management, success on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can Bill Gates be a billion times smarter than you? No, it is impossible. So if he isn’t smarter than you then what is it that accounts for his success and that of other successful people. It is how we think. And what we choose to focus our attention on. How we think has enormous [...]
Business Briefing Breakfast: How To Thrive In These Economic Times
Posted in Management, Marketing, Strategy, Success Factors, tagged economy, event, Marketing, strategic planning on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the typed notes from my last breakfast I ran 2/12/2008. I have had numerous requests for the notes, so here they are. The next event is 20 January, 2009. Click here to book. —————————————————————————————————————————————— How To Thrive In These Economic Times Panic, Panic, Panic! 2008 will be remembered as the ‘year of the [...]
The Shift From Customer to Client.
Posted in Innovation, Process Improvement on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Service businesses make up approximately 65% of the Australian economy, up to 75% of the European and 85% of the US economies. Shifting your mindset from shifting product to collaboratively creating value with the customer through providing a service can yield far greater results. In the 1960’s Peter Drucker coined the phrase of ‘knowledge worker’, [...]