Spring Cleaning Your Business – Part 2

In Part 1 we looked at having a self-upgrade as part of your Spring Cleaning. Now let’s turn to the business: Having a Business Upgrade 1. Clear up any hangovers. Clearing up all the stuff hanging over from the past is essential to signal that you are ready to take...

Spring Cleaning Your Business – Part 1

Driving back from a speaking engagement the other week, it was Friday morning, and I had a long drive ahead. The sun was shining, I had music on the CD player, and was feeling relaxed. Spring is definitely here, I thought! Spring represents renewal, rebirth, and the...

Why DID the chicken cross the road?

After one of my “Counting Chickens” talks, I received a card with a cartoon on the front showing a chicken standing contemplating crossing a road. On the opposite side of the road was a sign, “Why do you need a Reason?”… So why DID the chicken cross the road? The...
Sales Dogs

Sales Dogs

-I say, I say, I say… My dog gets no “No’s”. “How does he sell?” -Brilliantly. It’s true. Dogs are great at sales… if you don’t believe me, just look at the TV adverts. Of course, they haven’t done any Negotiation Skills courses, or Advanced Influence Skills 1.01, or...

Playing Your Trump Card

Isn’t it incredible how so many people think they have set a good goal, think they are trying their best to achieve it, work all the hours sent, yet never achieve what they set out to do. Whether it’s on a daily, weekly, monthly or even annual basis. If you find...

Know-Action v No Action

Of all the obstacles to success which I observe, the most damaging is the barrier which exists between knowing what to do, and actually getting on and doing it. Most people know what they need to do every day in order to move their business forward. Yet how many...