Only as good as your last result
[My flickr feed] This saying should be killed off. It is dehumanising, contradictory and does nothing to restore my faith in people. In time, if repeated often enough, it leads to an arms race…
The Inverse of Marketing
“I’ve argued repeatedly that your product should match your marketing, not the other way around …” Seth Godin, Linchpin Which comes first: 1. The service; or 2. The marketing? I think we have…
No Turning Back the Clock
flickr “Yet all things must die. The stream will cease to flow; The winds will cease to blow; The clouds will cease to fleet; The heart will cease to beat; For all things…
Where have all the Map Makers gone?
Leaders lead. They are Map Makers. They don’t wait for others to tell them what to do. Seems obvious, doesn’t it; but, when your sole job is to fit in, you stop thinking and…
Speculate to Accumulate
It’s as old as the Hills. If you want to develop your business, you have to spend money doing so - spend £X, you get £Y in return. But, an idea? How many times have…
How many sets of Instructions do you need?
The line between failure and success is wafer thin. It’s no surprise that we look for a formula to copy. That said, there are few original ideas. And yet, the consumption of ‘success’…
make time to think
[Photo from Flickr] The weekend is an opportunity to recharge your batteries. But more than that is the freedom it gives you to think. Perhaps you don’t have a lot of time, but…
customer service is Everything
Yes, I know I am breaking the weekly blogging ritual (to be honest, I’m not sure if it’s really working quite as I hoped for, and this week’s Wednesday post may well be…
the not-so-silent partner(s)
Have you ever found yourself frustrated in the face of someone sitting in the proverbial back seat who is intent on telling you what to do, but doesn’t like to grab hold of…
44 Productivity Tips
Focus on results not effort. Or as Steve Jobs said: “Artists always ship.” 1. Create a To Don’t list. Cut down your To Do list to no more than 3 things each day,…
