Dear leaders, you must lead by example and as such you should never ask anyone on your teams to do things you haven’t done in the past or anything you wouldn’t do today. While you may not be as good as others on your team in a particular area (out of practice), it is essential to demonstrate your willingness to …
How to price your product or service
Pricing your product or service effectively is of great relevance with respect how well it will be received in the market. While it is not the only aspect of importance, it certainly impacts how your prospective clients will think about the value of your product or service. In order to be competitively priced, you must learn all you can about …
Don’t be afraid to fail
Failure is not terminal, it is not fatal. Well, most of it isn’t and shouldn’t be anyway. Failure is a part of the process, it is an inevitable component of successful ventures and endeavors and as such it shouldn’t be seen as a limiting factor. Don’t allow to be scared by the prospect of failure as then you will never …
Progress equals happiness
Progress = happiness! Success arrives at the end of a sequence of steps, generally in smaller, more manageable increments. Success is rarely an event, but rather an outcome of a process, dedication and hard work. With that in mind, focus on small, incremental improvements and progress, not changing yourself as that will happen on its own in due time. Take …
Diversify your experience
Get things done, work on expanding your experience and help as many people as you can on your journey. Diversify your experience, don’t get stuck doing the same thing year after year…focus on growing, making progress and learning new things. Furthermore, be a team player, contribute, help others and don’t focus only on what’s in it for you. During this …
You are your biggest competitor
Excuses are cheap and everyone has at least a few they always go to. Some of those excuses are lack of time, resources, support, talent, money, connections, people…and the list goes on and on. However, those of us who are honest with ourselves and that is something all of us should be, we quickly realize that our biggest competition is …
How to make money: 4 major areas to focus on
One way or another, we all want to be compensated for the value we provide, for the work we put in. Whether this is a salary, a bonus, contract pay…your products and services should be valuable and therefore you should be paid for them. That’s simple enough. However, money on its own shouldn’t be your only or major objective as …
Success requires both talent & hard work
Hard work is a prerequisite for nearly everything of value in life. However, while we all know this to be true, in practice we often behave differently. For some reason way too many of us over estimate our talents and under estimate the work it will take to reach our goals. Furthermore, we often attempt to go through business and …
One life, make it count
ONE LIFE, MAKE IT COUNT! As far as we all know, we each get one chance at life and as such we should value it a lot more, respect those of others and do everything that we can to make it better, more enjoyable and fulfilling. Your past is exactly that, your past, it is gone, it is behind you …
Does your CEO know who you are?
Do you know your CEO? More importantly, do they know you? I ask this as I know that you are a high achieving and high performing individual and as such have aspirations to grow, advance and make progress. If my assumption is correct, it is important to do what you can (where possible and practical) to be more visible at …