Tuesday, 6 December 2011

I Have A Dream

Are you in the early stages of building your empire?
Before you sit down and put pen to paper to write your first business plan then you need to have one thought in mind

THINK BIG!

There are no limits to your business (well apart from the ones that other people put in front of you)

Do you think Martin Luther King had any doubts when he delivered his “I have a Dream” speech? 

Did Ray Kroc believe that after meeting Dick and Mac McDonald back in 1948 he was thinking small?

These inspirational figures had vision, the kind of vision that is mocked by others, and yes you too will be ridiculed by even the closest people in your life.

The moment YOU stop believing in your dream and accept things for the way they are, that will be the way they stay.

As Winston Churchill once said 

Monday, 5 December 2011

Who is your Business Yoda?

Everyone starting out in business needs help, you don’t always know how to access the answers that believe it or not you probably “already know”. 
Allow me to explain:-
I hate business consultants with a passion, But Why?
The reason is not them but me,  I would get frustrated that all they seemed to do is take stuff that I “already knew” put it in a report and sell it back to me.

That’s the key, you do “already know” most of the answers, the trouble is that you don’t always believe what you tell yourself!

This is sometimes called a  “gut feeling” or “intuition”

What you don’t need to do is spend hundreds of pound that you don’t have paying a fee earning Business Consultant. There is another way; I call them Business Yoda’s (just because its sounds cool).

Where do you find your Yoda?
Well believe it or not they are everywhere, Networking groups, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn or even in the local pub, you don’t need to crash your X-Wing fighter into a swamp to find yours.

You’re looking for people who understand who you are and what you’re trying to achieve, they don’t need to understand your business, they just need to know how to run one.

Take the softly softly approach with them, find out more about them, join there circles, follow them on social media.  Get them to like you and more importantly find out if you like them! if you don't, find another one. 

Over time speak about your business and the problems you are facing, if they start to respond and give you sound advice, then guess what , you are on your way to becoming a Jedi Knight as you may have just found your Yoda. There are also no rules on how many Yoda’s you can have.

How Do You Stay Positive

How Do You Stay Positive

We all know that starting a business from scratch is no easy task. (and if you didn’t you soon will). Business owners often experience stress far beyond the pressures of a normal job.
Often it’s very difficult to continually remain positive, to keep the belief that one day this will all be worth it.


I’d love to get some feedback from other on how YOU stay positive so that other can benefit on what works for you.

I’ll start you off with my favourite:

Stay away from negative people, they will bring you down. You know the type, the ones that complain about everybody else, and the ones that think they could do it better than you but never try!

STAY AWAY from the people who don’t believe in YOU

Please add your advice in the comments box so we can share them with others