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Greetings!
Summer - Time For Business With Your Eyes Shut
There's
nothing like laying on the beach, eyes closed, bathed in warm sunshine
reflecting on your business performance. Just as you're about to drift off into
a sleep (from which you will awaken with sunburn) the rays of pure inspiration
will penetrate deep into your mind. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.
All you need to do is find time, space and somewhere quiet close to the
crashing waves. Remember the old adage about working on, not in, your business?
Well the good news is that in my book and hopefully yours, working on the
business can involve days on the beach - especially now I've told you why!
Summer
is also a valuable time to re-balance your life, take a step
back and see the bigger picture - what you are working for, how you're
doing it, if it's delivering the lifestyle you'd like to have and taking you
where you want to go. How does your partner see it too?
Remember that divorce
is one of the biggest causes of business failure. Work at every aspect of your
life, not just your business. Another good reason to head to the seaside.
Then,
when you get back to your workshop, office or spare bedroom you have to
remember what you've decided to do differently, then take the plunge and
actually do it. Remember that 90% of success is the result of persistent
activity. Do it now!
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Summer Promotion at W H
Smith Travel
Right
now, with job security a worry in many heads, even more people than usual will
take the plunge and starting a business. It's like having a baby in many ways,
natural yet complicated. So much to learn and do. You start the journey
knowing that millions of others have trodden the same path.
My
latest book demystifies starting an enterprise. It takes you step by step
through the process from planning to birth and beyond into growth and
sustainability. WH Smith Travel will be stocking it front of store in airports,
railway stations and at motorway services. Your opportunity to pick up a copy
to read on that beach!
One
of the most popular elements of the book will be the 30 or so real life case
studies; people who have done it already and willingly shared the experiences
with me as I researched and wrote the book.
I'll
also be speaking about the book at a number of events around the UK, so you can
meet me and hear more about it there.
However
if like me you like to plan ahead, you can pre-order the book at a generous 45%
discount from Amazon today!
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There's nothing sinister
about being left handed!
The
fact is that left handed people are different and we should all celebrate the
fact. They tend to be more creative for one thing. Another fact is that because
the world assumes us all to be right handed, from a very early age we have to
challenge that preconception and say no thanks, I'd like to do it this way.
Arguably left handedness is one of the last areas of discrimination to be addressed
by society. From cheque books to car park ticket machines, toilet flush handles
to promotional mugs and pens, everything is designed for the right handed
person.
At
a recent meeting at my publishers four of the authors of the first wave of 'For
Entrepreneur' titles got together. I was not surprised to find that the only
one of us who was right handed was the guy who'd written the book on accounts.
The rest of us were left handed.
That
experience, where 75% of us were left handed (against a 10% average in the population
at large) led me to think that maybe there's an opportunity to put
together some business start-up and growth programmes specifically for
left handed entrepreneurs. After all, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Benjamin Britten
and Bart Simpson all challenged the world using their left hand.
What
do you think? Are you left handed and looking for something specifically for
you? Let me know and let's see what we can do!
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I'm listening - please
say something!
We live in an era where increasingly providers of any product or service
listen and respond to their customers. It's the only way to know what people
want and as I'm constantly telling the people I work with, why guess when
you can ask!
So for the first time, here's your opportunity to tell us exactly what
you think, what you'd like and perhaps even what you'd like to challenge (or
even dare) me to do!
As added incentive, the first five out of the hat at the end of the month
will win a signed copy of the book of their choice from the nine I've now
written.
To take part in our survey please click on the link
below
Go to survey
And now to tell
you some things you might not know about me that my team thought
you'd find interesting - or even amusing!
- He loves
classical music and listens to it loudly as he works
- When not
wearing brightly coloured socks he works bare footed
- He
drinks enormous quantities of both coffee and water
- He works
out daily, has a personal trainer and is extremely fit
- He has a
higher IQ than Carole Vorderman and has been described as having a
'ferocious intellect'
- He has
donated his body to be plastinated as a Bodyworlds exhibit after his death
- He owns
a tractor and has a fascination for vintage buses
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Quotation of the Month
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Winston Churchill
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