Tracking the goals
We are now 8 months into 2015 and now is a great time to start talking about those goals. Those ones we set out to achieve in 2015, the ones we (excitedly?) scribbled down late 2014 or early this year. …
Do your part and leave the rest
Do your part, do it very well and trust everyone else to deliver by doing their own part. When there are lapses, people should be able to analyse the situation and see that you are clearly a part of the …
Working harder now
It is way better to work hard now that you have the chance to, now that you have the means to. If we can lay a solid foundation for our lives early enough, we will not to experience the ills …
Dealing with the fast followers
Once your products and services hit the mainstream, you are surely going to attract “fast followers”. Fast followers are the copycats that spring up to copy-and-paste whatever it is you are doing, they do it without any trace of originality …
Facebook, Google+ and the Leverage advantage
I do not have to be better, faster, stronger or even wiser than you. All I need is a better leverage. If you are able to use your market position, resources and contacts to maximum advantage, even you would be …
People paid for results
Not excuses. Everybody loves your work and pace of execution until they have to pay for it. Once money is involved, no matter how little, you owe it as a point of duty to deliver results and deliver it on …
Creating room
I have observed something; a brilliant employee works her heart out at a company and she feels she is the one making it happen there and then decides to quit, going on to setup her own firm. However, at her …
Who are you talking to?
Every campaign for your product, service, event or any thing at all must pass through the filter of “who are we talking to?”, a specific and well defined target audience should be in mind. We have to avoid the trap …
Specialist and Generalist
The best kind of people to start new businesses or work out their ideas are generalists, not specialists. This is because the day-to-day rigors of running a business will demand you wear multiple hats everyday. This is not the time …
Working out ideas
Ideas rule the world, ideas are the bedrock of our modern economy. However, beyond gathering ideas, we need to learn how to work out ideas and how to move ideas to the next level. Too many ideas eventually wasted because …