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Are you driven?

July 25, 2010 – 7:48 pm

No, I don’t mean are you so successful you have a chauffeur!  I mean are you driven to succeed?  Do you feel some force behind you, propelling you forward, driving you to perform?  Is there something that just won’t let you rest until you’ve got everything you set out to achieve?
Many entrepreneurs are like that [...]

Opportunity + Preparation = Success

April 24, 2008 – 8:21 pm

Have you ever noticed how success just seems to happen to some people – you know, the lucky ones who seem to have everything go right for them? The type who opportunities actually seek out, like they have some kind of money magnet in their heads. The type who breeze up, wave their magic wand, [...]

Action Quote #3

April 15, 2008 – 8:17 pm

A while back I said I’d be sharing my favourite quotes on action with you, so here’s another one, from Thomas Jefferson this time:
“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
For me that reminds me that all the “lucky” people – the ones who [...]

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Action Quote #2

March 9, 2008 – 8:13 pm

On Friday I started a series of blogs on action quotes, in which I will share my favourite quotes that I use to get me moving when I find myself stuck or putting things off.

Today’s is from British Prime Minister and statesman Benjamin Disreali:
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without [...]

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Action quotes – do they help?

March 7, 2008 – 7:48 pm

I’m a very analytical type – too analytical many say. I spend a lot of time analysing things – products, markets, financial statements, forecasts – if it changes, I’ll analyse it! It’s what I do well, and it’s what I enjoy.
So from time to time, I have to remind myself to actually do stuff – [...]

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BE your own boss …

February 3, 2008 – 7:44 pm

So, a month ago you sacked your boss. You’ve worked your notice, and today is the first day of your new life with no-one to answer to – master of your own destiny.
Most of us have been there – working for a poor boss, and dreading going to work each day. No clear targets, no [...]

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