A Senior Manager in the UK, Andrew Rondeau interviewed 16 masters of success for his program Great Successful People. In his article On Leadership by Allan Leighton, Rondeau talks about one of those business leaders, Allan Leighton, and his book “On Leadership”: “It is a great book if you want to learn from those Managers [...]
In her article Make More Money by Marketing to Fewer People!, Laura West, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Center for Joyful Business, declares “If you dare to focus your efforts on a select group of people you will enjoy more success and it will be easier and more fun! “The key is to [...]
Kendall SummerHawk is an expert in business coaching, branding, marketing and self-employment success, and author of the book Brilliance Unbridled. In her article How To Find Focus And Turn Your Talent Into A Thriving Professional Business, she summarizes several strategies for success, such as “Know Your Unique Brilliance” – “Your unique brilliance isn’t a particular [...]
In her article The Ascent of Your Dreams, Jenna Forrest writes about how daunting our dreams can seem, and how we can get sidetracked by others’ critical voices, and our own: “Suppose in your life, you have your very own inner call, your personal Mount Everest to climb. “At its pristine peak you might envision [...]
Starting and developing a business venture can be exciting, gratifying, an adventure – and endlessly demanding, perhaps even more after it becomes successful. You can feel overwhelmed, scattered and anxious. Molly Gordon – president of a coaching and training company for “Accidental Entrepreneurs” – writes, “How long do you stay tuned to a radio station [...]
Richard Evans (of the Financial Times) wites in a book review article that reconciling contradictions “is fundamental to success, whether in business or in life. “As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: ‘The ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function is the sign of a [...]
Career counselor Valerie Young says “Entrepreneurs who love what they do are more apt to be successful.” She advises, “Discover your passion by paying attention to situations or things that grab and keep your attention.” From her article 10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create the Life You Really Want. But Molly Gordon [...]
Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. Enterprising people simply do more with their 24 hours — working not harder but smarter. We’re all aware that many people feel that we must be careful when focusing on money or affluence or abundance… that in the pursuit of those things, there is danger. If [...]
What do I know for sure about creating longevity? For starters, it’s more apt to happen if your business is born from genuine passion. Equally important, it has to be fluid enough to grow and change as you do. If an undertaking is going to have staying power, it also has to have a built-in [...]
From promotion letter by Christine Comaford-Lynch, Mighty Ventures: RE: Visionary Advanced Entrepreneurial Training Dear Colleague: Look, right now is a tumultuous time to be an entrepreneur. The markets are down, investors are tight-lipped and tight-fisted, and interest rates on other forms of capital are rising. That doesn’t even touch on the traditional hardships of the [...]
A sign like “We are committed to excellense” may be fun stuff – but what does it do for organization or business identity? Designer Susan Kirkland points out that desktop publishing “has made it easy for entrepreneurs to sit down at the keyboard and make ‘almost’ professional looking flyers”… [but] those hastily composed flyers frequently [...]
“There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is next, rather, an appreciation of that which has come before. There is a depth and quality of experience that is lived and felt, a recognition of what is truly meaningful. These are the [...]
An engineer, Mel Rusnov also loves music and describes cultivating that passion in her essay “The Artistry in Hidden Talents” in the book This I Believe: “I believe in cultivating hidden talents, buried and unrelated to what we do for a living. In ordinary life, I’m a civil engineer. I make a satisfying, comfortable living [...]
*If you want to be rich you have to be adding value to other people’s lives * The happiest people are those who use their natural talents to the utmost * Entrepreneur: person who solves problems for people at a profit * The more people you help, the richer you become
“To get known in the world, you don’t have to pursue every marketing vehicle, just the right ones. So target like mad. And don’t be afraid to choose new markets to target in the coming year, based on what you REALLY want to accomplish. “Learn what impresses your market and deliver it. Some niches can [...]
Some people find their calling as a result of a wake up call. It might be the death of a loved one, a health crisis, or the loss of a job… [Here are] seven people who took adversity, bad habits, betrayal, and loss and turned these sour experiences into satisfying livelihoods. Sometimes a bad experience [...]
One myth is that success can only be obtained if you select your goals early on, know exactly where you’re headed, develop a road map and focus on specific steps toward your long-term goal. The problem with that approach is that your path to success becomes very narrow. You can become so focused on a [...]
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