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I've taken the title of this post from "Abundance - the future is better than you think", a book by Peter H Diamandis and Steven Kotler. In full this bit is: "In many cases we know where we want to go but not how to get there. In others, we know how to get there but want to get there faster." It's … [Read more...]
Would you run the management of your business the way your government runs your country? I'm serious. Think about it even for just a few minutes. I've been reading off and on today about the UK government's Cabinet reshuffle. Reshuffle is definitely the right word for what's been going on so … [Read more...]
Or maybe it's not working as consistently well as you'd like? Well you could be in luck because I've discovered there's now a networking University course on offer! I didn't register when I first visited a couple of weeks or so ago because the site seemed to me to want a lot of information from … [Read more...]
There are three real nuggets here that you can use in your business, so I'd stick with this post to the end or bookmark it and come back to it if you're in a rush (or both, if you like :-) !) As is often the case, it started with a not-overtly-enticing breadcrumb... that lead me to a trail of … [Read more...]
Anyone who's been in sales going back a number of years will be familiar with the oft used scenario of selling widgets in training videos. And we trainee sales people always thought: "How boring!" Imagine then how intrigued I was to read recently about how a Yorkshire man's widget has become a … [Read more...]
Regulars here will know that I rarely refer to or get involved with business start ups. In my experience they have so much on their plates with the day-to-day hassles of survival that it's a little while before they come up for air, look around, and see what else is happening that they should maybe … [Read more...]
I hadn't really thought much about challenges, issues or problems that might be specific to women setting up in business. I thought we were light years past all that "We'll need your husband's signature to guarantee your loan" malarky... yet a recent post on Birds made me ponder that well, maybe … [Read more...]
Linda has over 25 years' experience in business marketing, across a range of disciplines including some you wouldn't necessarily expect to get answers on under the "sales & marketing" umbrella: Differentiating your business from every other out there that seems to be offering the same … [Read More...]
I’ve taken the title of this post from “Abundance – the future is better than you think”, a book by Peter H Diamandis and Steven Kotler. In full this bit is: “In many cases we know where we want to go but not how to get there. In others, we know how to get there [...]