November 18, 2014
“A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness isn’t being a bully. It’s having a backbone.” ~ Robert Kiyosaki Have you ever had the situation where people just don’t get it? No matter how hard you try and explain it, try and get […]
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November 17, 2014
All eyes were on the world’s top leaders last weekend. None more so than Barack Obama, simply due to his incredible influence and charisma. He has rock star qualities and you can’t help but be drawn to him, and that to me is a sign of a great leader. You may be drawn to him […]
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October 08, 2014
Written by Jenny Brown – JBS Financial Strategists. If I told you to imagine your retirement, what would it look like? The time and money to travel the world, the ability to spend more time with family, restoring that old 1960 Shelby GT500 or maybe you just want to stop and smell the roses. Now […]
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October 06, 2014
“I’m not the boss because I’m always right. I’m always right because I am the boss.” ~ Unknown We’ve all had them. A bad boss! I have seen the good, the bad and the plain ugly of leadership. And lots of the ugly! Looking back, some of the instances I have seen, it does make […]
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September 29, 2014
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” ~ Aristotle Over the generations, and certainly now in our technological time, some of us have become really, really good at being critics. It’s really easy to point out what people are doing wrong, fashion faux pas, poor public speaking and poor performance. We’ve practically made […]
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September 29, 2014
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus”. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr The leadership evolution is an interesting one. Leadership styles have evolved as more research is conducted; more insight is gained into what works and what doesn’t, as people get savvier and more intelligent and as times […]
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September 24, 2014
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” ~ Michelangelo We are all guilty of flying under the radar at some stage of our lives. Many of us are taught this at an early age. […]
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September 24, 2014
“To effectively communicate, we must realise that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” ~ Tony Robbins Last weeks blog “Has Technology Killed Leadership” received quite a lot of feedback. I wasn’t surprised that it was mostly in […]
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September 14, 2014
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Theodore Roosevelt Some of us have an insatiable hunger for technology. As soon as new iPhone’s are released there are advanced orders and people queuing at the Apple stores from about 3am in the morning prior to […]
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September 08, 2014
“Marketing used to be about what you say. Now, marketing is what you do. What you make. How you act. The choices you make when you are sure no one is looking.” ~ Seth Godin Seth has been an inspiration and a mentor to me for many years. I love the way he thinks. I […]
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