… and you’ll attract the right talent. True entrepreneurs share their plans with anybody around who cares to listen. They share ideas, plans, and what they’re looking for. They share the vision they hold, and so should you. Because in doing so you will start attracting all the right quality of help you need: investors, team members, customers, suppliers and ...

Yes, you may think that headline seems harsh, but in business you must show leadership—or expect to perish. As leaders we need to be comfortable with the fact that we will be ridiculed. That we may be wrong. That our mistakes will be public. (That last one may really hurt!) Now, consider for a moment the opposite choice—that you stay ...

Making plans and setting goals are—of course—important. However, what’s even more important is to constantly measure and monitor your progress. Think of being on a sailing boat in a race. You need to track the fastest course around an island. If you sail in a box-like course you will spend far more time than your competitor who checks his course ...

There is a fundamentally simple reason why there are over 100 business improvement strategies in this book. There is not one thing I can ask you to do that universally will double your income over the next year in the same business you’re in, doing the same kind of stuff. However, if you improve just 1% in each of these ...

Have you ever called somebody and they answer with a plain “hello?” You’re not even quite sure you got the right person. Would you consider buying from somebody like that? Check what happens when you get through to some people’s voice mail. No mention of their name, how happy they are about the fact you called them. Most people hate ...

Many people I come across are not presenting well at all. By that I mean how they talk and explain a new concept, a product, a plan or similar. The challenge is that different people respond to different stimuli. Some people are vey visual, some are very auditory, some are kinaesthetic etc. If you sit down with somebody for a ...

The CEO of a large worldwide business networking and development organisation only has pink shirts. He confessed to me having over 20 pink ones, and they’re even the same shade! It’s part of his brand, it’s part of what makes him memorable. A very high-profile speaker in the personal development arena has a haircut lost in the eighties. Why? Well, ...

Anybody can start a good business with OK sales. However, to make sure you start a great business, with sales rocking, you need to make sure there is a hungry crowd ready and waiting for you. You need to find a niche that is small and focused enough for you to service it overwhelmingly well. And you need to make ...

Job well done, or even just part of a job well done? In that case you need to ask for a testimonial—and make sure you’re allowed to publish it. Video is great, but text with a picture next to it is totally worth having too.  Or why not ask people to post directly on a social platform like LinkedIn? Why ...

This is a lot harder to do than it used to be. Facebook messages on? Email on? Skype on? Phone on? Radio on? Family on? And you say you find it hard to concentrate? You have to be kidding! Seriously, block out time where you write, create product, write proposals or simply think. It’s essential for your business growth, so ...