Spending Time Doing What You Do Best
The reality is that most of us do the exact opposite. We spend 80% of our time doing unproductive and meaningless things, and by the end if the day we feel exhausted, frustrated and angry. Wasted time! Wasted effort! Wasted energy! So let me ask you: How much time you spend doing the things – […]
Organised Crime: A Business Model Validated by Nobel Prize Winners?
I was doing some research with one of our Small Fish clients last week and discovered something interesting. When faced with a future potential large loss, 70% of people will take the risk over a sure small present loss. This goes some way to explain why it is that Sales and Marketing of electronic security […]
Are We Programmed for Long Term Change?
As I started out on my daily dose of jogging… I was reminded when I decided to start jogging… It was a Monday morning; notice how we start anything new on a Monday- not a Wednesday, half way through the week? Anyway my day started at 6am and I jogged around my streets and arriving […]
Managing Competing Priorities
One of the greatest problems that small business owners face is working out where to focus their limited time. It seems that the list of jobs that need to be done is endless and our time is limited. Often, we set aside the time to work on the business, then “stuff happens”. We get distracted […]
What Is A Business Coach?
How Accountable Are You in Your Business?
Each day we are faced with challenges, issues, and opportunities in the day to day running of our businesses. When a ‘not so good’ situation arises we are faced with a leadership moment of truth that will help drive our success. This is realised in the way in which we respond to the situation. Many […]
Small Fish Don’t Just Taste Sweeter…
They are better for the Earth too… I like to search for anything related to Small Fish, for obvious reasons and I found this article. It’s about eating sardines and other small fish and how that is more sustainable than eating big fish – they are easier to catch, there are more of them and […]
What Happens When You Put an iPhone in A Blender?
If you thought social media marketing was nothing but a big old time sucker then you need to watch this You Tube clip. Blendtec needed a way to prove that its fancy expensive blenders were worth the investment. How did they do it? They took to You Tube with videos featuring everything from an iPhone […]
Monkey Business in Your Business?
Could this be happening in your business? Do you have habits, work actions, traditions or expectations that no one really knows why they are required? Maybe…the Monkeys know a thing or two about it! Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of […]
To the Power of Mmmmmmmm……. (Customer Satisfaction)
Ever had that warm moment of mmmmmmmm??? I’m sure you know it. Inner warmth, satisfaction, happiness, exceeded expectation without even knowing you had expectations? Know the one? I love that feeling, especially when I least expect it. We get it from friends, we sometimes even get it from family. BUT, how often do you get […]
Girl Power- Forbes 100 Most Influential Women
Lady Gaga wore a dress made entirely of meat to the VMA’s this year. Now I am partial to a little bit of cow between buns smothered in cheese but you won’t catch me sporting a cheese burger dress anytime soon. Should we be surprised that the meat frock-wearing lady of music ranked higher on […]
Name Dropper… Read On
Hello in the blogosphere…Cooee can anyone hear me? Oh and while you’re at it can anyone get HAL to open the pod bay doors? I hear knocking. Reference for Gen X, Y, and Z Recently I was sweating away on the Vision Personal Trainers treadmill and “pondering” – as you do at speed 6, incline […]