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PREPARATION, preparation, preparation. A title for a new TV programme perhaps? Well, possibly, although more pertinently, this is what you need to concentrate on before making a presentation. Anybody who has stood in front of a gathering having to make a speech will appreciate how daunting it can be. The key is to be yourself.…… Continue Reading
BREAK free from seeking the approval of others. You will never become a well-respected person and brand without detractors, and these people may be very vocal in their opposition to you. You need that; you need these people talking about you, having a go at what you have done, often complete strangers to you, to…… Continue Reading
Time to listen and DO – 180 seconds One of the main reasons you don’t do things is you are scared of what other people will think and say about you. Get this; other people don’t spend that much time talking about you. Sorry if that disappoints you. They are too busy worrying what other…… Continue Reading
RECONNECT with someone, simply for a catch-up, or with a loved one you may have lost touch with. You may regret not doing so in the future, no matter how easy the excuses are for putting it off. Be true to yourself and make the first move. Decide, right now, in the back of your…… Continue Reading
THOSE of a certain age will remember the exploits of Virgil, Scott and Brains in Thunderbirds. Well, business analysts believe that a boost in confidence in the economy and how it will recover could be down to a case of international rescue! Even though there is a hefty percentage of company owners wanting to leave…… Continue Reading
HAVE an open mind – be open to new ideas and love your thoughts that, when you were younger, may have been called ‘childish’ or ‘unrealistic’. Like we adults can talk! (Extract from The Naked Millionaire)… Continue Reading
Time to give up – now, next, or never (your choice) These people chose, never: 7 J.K Rowling wrote Harry Potter after being sacked as a secretary for ‘daydreaming’. She then got rejected by not one, not two, but 12 publishers before Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone was finally accepted by Bloomsbury –…… Continue Reading
MAKE your big idea a killer proposition. Write it out, in language a 10-year-old would understand. Explain the pain (problems overcome) and pleasure (benefits) which will come from your big idea. Combine the two, ie, it needs to appeal to a problem being solved and an opportunity being achieved. Then, the killer part, add the…… Continue Reading
CUSTOMERS hate to be sold to. They love to buy. these are the five things you need to know about them. 1. Make it easy to buy. 2. Put a person on the phone. 3. Know them better than they know themselves – be prepared, look at their website. 4. Be emotional. 5. Be honest.… Continue Reading
BREAK free from seeking the approval of others. You will never become a well-respected person and brand without detractors, and these people may be very vocal in their opposition to you. You need that; you need these people talking about you, having a go at what you have done, often complete strangers to you, to…… Continue Reading