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If you want to bring your business forward, you have to learn to delegate effectively. The majority of business owners I come across spend nearly 95% of their time doing tactical work ie the day to day stuff! However as a business owner, your job is to develop and grow the business. You can’t do that if you’re spending your time doing the tactical work. You need to reverse the balance and spend 95% of your time strategically developing your business. For the business owner with…

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External stimulation impacts our lives. Whether it’s the weather, our personal relationships or the economy the relationship we have with each of these impacts our lives. Online business professionals have to deal with additional issues which can have a huge impact on how they go about their business .  Here are three of the big ones: #1: Chasing Time To Do Everything It takes a lot of time to do all of the work needed to build online visibility and create a real web presence for a…

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Decision point. Choice 1: Keep talking about your vision as a wish. Notice the difficulties, the reasons you can’t make changes to your business. Stay focused on your limited resources and muddle along. Choice 2: Take a hard look at your vision and act on it to make it reality. On paper, it looks easy. We want to be the heroes of our dreams. We know we have the talent and the dedication to build our businesses to their peaks. Of course, we pick choice #2. But… We intimidate…

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Have you got an idea for a business or product that you think will Wow! everyone? Are you worried that you will put a lot of time and money into your idea and it will flop? Dr. Gary Rhoads, co-author of Boom Start: Super Laws of Successful Entrepreneurs, uses a modified version of Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats to test and shape ideas and concepts. The process is fairly simple: gather together a focus group of 6 – 14 people (typically 10 who you believe are your ideal client). You will…

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They say there’s a fine line between genius and insanity. Just as there is between passion and sentimentalism, realism and cynicism. The dreamers are the ones that cross that line and dare to express their deep feelings and extreme passions. To hell with convention and the chatter of the rational and the intellectuals. So, my question is: when has anything great come of cold realism, logic and pure analysis? It is always a creative spark, a flash of inspiration, a passionate feeling that…

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Adam Smith, Father of Capitalism, set forth in the world the greatest experiment man has ever encountered. Smithbrilliant in his understanding of true human nature.  With this understanding, devised a system by which he focused the fallibility of man’s own nature to the betterment of society.  This system allows for the human needs to be met while using this same nature as a mechanism for self-regulation and management. With this said, there was an American in the 1950s who challenged the…

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The university world calls it ‘publish or perish’ and while I wouldn’t go that far, a blog can be a great way to promote your business, boy band or just yourself… and how? Your blog can help you…. 1- Demonstrate your expertise. Do you fancy yourself as becoming the ‘go to person’ in your field? One person who used his blog to achieve this is Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers. He went from being a relatively unknown mortgage broker to appearing on TV, radio and…

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I first ventured out of the world of secure PAYE employment about 2 years ago. Some of that time was spend consulting and more recently working product development. I kept some notes that I thought I’d share with some of the lessons that I’ve learnt along the way. So in no particular order, here we go; Business cards and your website are NOT the most important things to sort out on day 1. Find out if you have a market for your idea or product as quickly as possible. Use on-line surveys…

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Warning: If you don’t like cute furry little garden birds, this post will not be of interest to you. If you are interested in business, then continue reading: Those who are familiar with my posts will know that I write a bit about birds and business. The reason for this is simple – I have a garden full of birds, and I provide food and water so they entertain me while having my morning espresso. It’s a perfect relationship really, and I can observe them closely, as they are literally 2…

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Which is more important to you: more money, or more time off? For most people, this question is a hard one. Firstly, because we usually want both:  more money and more time off. And secondly, whether we plan it this way or not, more time off generally involves spending more money. Ideally, we want to earn more money in less time. But who wants to pay someone more for less? Name any employer or customer who wants to pay more money for fewer hours worked, and there will be a stampede to their…

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