March 2010
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Insights from the “Cat in the Hat”
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” Dr Seuss If you don’t like green eggs and ham just say so! Otherwise you will end up eating something you don’t like just to make others happy. Being authentically real means that you
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Inspirational Quotes
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with success unexpected in common hours”. Henry David Thoreau This quote is one of my personal favourites and one I use when the going gets tough. It encourages me to keep on
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Setting Expectations
In my experience from having worked in a number of legal practices in NZ one of the most important tasks that a professional adviser must do right at the outset is to set proper expectations not only for the client but also for himself/herself for the completion of the task at hand. You should consider
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“To be or not to be..”
That famous Shakesperian line “to be or not to be that is the question” contains within it a a very profound truth. We are all human “beings” yet we seemed obssessed with “doing”. Maybe we should call ourselves “human doings”. Me thinks its “much a do about nothing”! Seriously though – we are advised that
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It’s all about leverage!
The shortest way to create growth in any business is to harness the power of leverage. Imagine a see-saw – on one side is your business and it’s potential growth value and on the other side is you. In the middle is the fulcrum which is the centre point of balance. In simple terms how
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Makes you think…………
“If a person has no place to go, they don’t go anywhere”. B Feldman “Being busy is a form of laziness”. Tim Ferris “Work expands to fill the time allotted to it”. Parkinson’s Law
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The Extra Degree….212 degrees
“The 212° concept is one of the most powerful communication concepts that I’ve ever experienced. At 211 degrees…water is hot. At 212 degrees…it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. And, it’s that one extra degree that… Makes all the difference. And, of course, so many times, in business
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Bad Habits
“Sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny” anonymous Habits have a powerful influence over us and are sometimes responsible for keeping us heading in directions we don’t want to go in. They are like well trodden paths that
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Inspirational Quote
“The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing”. Michael E. Gerber
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To Resource, or Not To Resource?
How often do you hear the comment from business owners – “I’m so busy that I don’t have time to………………..” I had just such a comment made to me this week by a client as an excuse why he wouldn’t be turning up to our regular coaching session. My response to him was “That’s great