Archive for November, 2012
From Courage to Freedom!
Posted by: | CommentsThe secret of Happiness is Freedom. The secret of Freedom is Courage- Thucydides 450 AD
When I started my business I had no idea what I would do, how I would do it or whether I would succeed at it. I had no one to guide me as everyone I knew was either employed or professionals associated with large firms. A wise mentor told me, Suspend the need to know how, just begin. So I did. But not without some trepidation!
Every successful person has had to deal with fear. The road to hell might be paved with good intentions, but the road to success is abundantly littered with fear and uncertainty. No crystal ball security here!
The biggest difference between a person that is outrageously successful and someone that is not is that the successful ones have the courage to take massive and significant action on a consistent basis. Read More→
Of Cookies and Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsEvery Child is a born genius- Richard Buckminster Fuller
Every once in a while along comes a child and teaches me the most amazing lesson!
For those of you who have children, it is probably the most intense education you have ever had. For me, I learn vicariously from other people’s children. A friend told me that her little 7 year old wanted to speak to me because she wanted to be in business for herself just like I was.
I was , of course delighted to accommodate this request and spent a lovely afternoon with Hannah drinking orange juice out of wine glasses and generally helping her understand the basics of setting up a small business model for her to get her pretty little toes wet in the world of business. We sat down with a pad of paper and sketched out all the things she enjoyed doing.
Having identified that she liked baking cookies with her mom, we decided that would be her first venture in the world of business. She would bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies and sell them to the neighbours. Read More→
When Preparation Meets Opportunity
Posted by: | CommentsWhen Opportunity strikes it is too late to prepare!
Always be prepared! You will never know when that life defining Opportunity is going to present itself!
How often have you had regrets about unexpected opportunities that presented themselves and wished if you had only planned better, taken that course, put in that little bit of extra effort, studied a bit harder, thought a little deeper, accepted that invitation when it presented itself, put more energy into actively building a relationship?
It has been my experience (and I don’t say the word lightly) that nothing that I have ever invested time and effort into has ever gone wasted. And only if I put my whole heart into whatever it was I was doing! Read More→
