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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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Stress in the workplace
There is alot of talk these days about rising levels of stress particularly in the work place. Lets face it we are all going to face challenging situations throughout our lives and particularly at work given that we spend most of our waking hours there. There are increasing demands on our time, unreasonable deadlines, difficult
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Inspirational Quotes
“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone” – Robert Allen You can think of your comfort zone as a form of self-imprisonment. It comprises all your rules and beliefs about life (your territory). There is an old story about an elephant that illustrates this point – a circus elephant is trained from a