Four Principles of Emerging Market Success
Emerging markets are high risk and high reward. In my work as an attorney representing Western companies in emerging markets, I have concluded there are four essential elements to emerging market success: a good partner, an open mind, active...

Fantasy versus Reality
Building wealth isn't something for the frightened, ignorant, and lost. You have to be emotionally strong, prepared, and standing in the right spot. So many of us fantasize about making more money and call it prayer. We then wonder why the...

How to Be Happy!
How would you like to have at least an extra hour in your day just for yourself so that you can have more fun? Well you can you know, you just have to do the following consistently and you'll free up your time so that you can enjoy more of your...

What Do You Really Want ?
Being a coach is such a rewarding profession. The enormous impact you have on other people's lives always astounds me. Let me share with you John's story… John is a partner in a financial planning practice. He's always worked long hours and when he...

Your Administration Team…Look After Them
In most organisations the administration/support team, although they can be acknowledged as being important to the business, they are treated as if they're not. Day after day, week after week they are in the office, slogging away making sure the...

Transform Your Office Into A Powerhouse Of Success
Did you know that the area that you call your 'office' is a direct reflection of you? If your environment is clean and uncluttered it projects that the person who works there is calm and has everything under control. Consequently if it looks like...

How to Get More Business Without Even Trying
Why are you in business? Hopefully you enjoy what you do, however is it because you want to make money so that you can have, be and do more in your life? Who pays you? Your clients do and never forget that. Unfortunately many people do. They take...

Proven Secrets to Keeping Your People and Increasing Your Profits
Why are people changing jobs so quickly these days? Here are a few reasons why: They have a boring job therefore they feel they are not achieving anything. They have no leader to follow. They feel unappreciated. They work long hours and want...

Preparing For Your Success
When is the best time to prepare for your success in life? What's that you say? " I have to actually have to prepare for it? Doesn't success just happen?" No. It doesn't. If you want to improve your life you have to take the action. An article by...

Get Organised Before It's Too Late
Last year I attended a presentation from Parenting Expert and well-known author, Stephen Biddulph on "Raising Boys". As I have an 11 year old son, I was interested to hear what Stephen had to say. In fact, so were the other 800 other parents in the...

Why Men Lie and Women Cry
I've just finished reading a great book by Allan and Barbara Pease entitled "Why Men Lie and Women Cry". A true and humorous account of the differences between the sexes and full of practical ways to communicate effectively. I've enjoyed the book so...

Clients…Do You Really Need Them?
Running a successful business takes a lot of energy and there are so many areas that as a business owner you need to pay attention too. It's not enough to spend heaps of time, money and resources into getting buyers for your goods and services and...

Work From Home And Get More Done!
Working from home can be a most effective way to be more productive! Today's open plan offices stop many people from getting their work done. The constant noise, phones ringing and colleagues interrupting can drive anyone to distraction! Many...

Are You Worth Investing In?
Do you realise that if you're green you're growing and if you're ripe you're rotten? So says Winston Marsh, Business Marketing Guru in his recent newsletter. Here's and excerpt from it ... "Over the last week or so I have been presenting a series of...

Are You A Work Addict?
Work addiction is very common in our society today, yet it is not one that is not highly recognised. An interesting article in the March edition of The Success Report published by Success Technologies stated: "Of all the addictions receiving...

The Real Truth About Working Smarter, Not Harder
Running a business or department can often stretch you to the limit. To be effective at doing what you do best, it's imperative to look at what tasks you can either delegate or outsource. Delegating This is an interesting word. For some people it...

Get Off Your Butt and Create Your Financial Future…Now!
Most people have no idea where their money goes. They earn it and they spend it. That's fine if you want to live from week to week and are not concerned about your financial future. However if you want to increase your wealth and have more options,...

What Personal Assistants Really Want
What would happen if the personal assistants in your organisation were away for a week? How would it affect the running of your business or department? How would it affect you…personally? If you are fortunate to have a personal assistant whom you...

Whatever Happened To Customer 'Service'?
Do you remember the last time you went into a shop and the person 'serving' raced over to you, greeted you with a lovely smile, heaps of enthusiasm and said, "Welcome to our store, what can I help you with today?" And then listened attentively to...

Seminar Success Strategies...How to Action What You Learn
It's no secret that many people who attend seminars, workshops and conferences have great difficulty in implementing the ideas. They get all hyped up and excited on the actual day, write a book full of notes and proclaim to everyone in earshot that...

3 Steps To Immediately Increase Sales
Want to increase sales within your company? It’s not as hard to do as some might have you believe. Though we as a nation are in the midst of an economic downturn these past two years, your company does not have to be. What follows are three simple...

Is Your Money Keeping Up With Inflation?
In today’s unpredictable global economy, you obviously never know what is going to happen next. Uncertainties and concerns regarding the Iraqi threat, North Korean crisis, and hidden terrorist cells and networks continue to loom in the back of...

How to Keep PR Working for You
Managers in the non-profit, association and business worlds need to persuade outside audiences with the greatest impact on their operations to their way of thinking. And then move those external stakeholders to take actions that help their...

9 Ways To Outsmart An Identity Thief
Identity theft statistics are shocking, to say the least. And it's not going to get better any time soon. But there is no need for you to become a statistic. Here is what you can do to avoid identity theft. 1. If your mail box doesn't have a lock...

Costly Web Copy Pitfalls
One secret to a site that sells: Look at your site from your customer’s perspective. Another secret: Watch out for these common web copy pitfalls. Welcome to…nothing Look at your site’s web copy. Does it begin with “Welcome to…?” If so, get rid of...