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BANK of Dave – Bank on Dave – Burnley Savings and Loans. They are now titles that for many are as familiar to people as their own faces when they look in a mirror. In fact anybody who has not heard of mini-bus salesman David Fishwick and his one-man quest to transform the banking industry…… Continue Reading
PLEASURE and pain. We’ve all experienced both. Sometimes you have to go through one to fully understand the other. Passing a driving test after failing the first. Getting a job having been turned down for others. Making it around the London Marathon course having been forced to give up through exhaustion the year before. It…… Continue Reading
CHOOSE your thoughts with care, and choose your beliefs with great care, because they dictate your frame of mind to take action, or inaction. Every day this week, focus on what you want, not what you don’t want. Surround yourself with positive people (that’s people who think constructively, not destructively). Surround yourself with negative, energy…… 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
CHOOSE your thoughts with care, and choose your beliefs with great care, because they dictate your frame of mind to take action, or inaction. Every day this week, focus on what you want, not what you don’t want. Surround yourself with positive people (that’s people who think constructively, not destructively). Surround yourself with negative, energy…… Continue Reading
MOST of us have goals. Scoring them at random is not normally the best practice, though. Try and find a natural progression in the order that you put them in. If you have a big challenge, try and break it up into smaller goals and chip away at the greater target. That way you have…… Continue Reading
KNOWLEDGE is no longer power. Relationships, leadership and teamwork are today’s power. There is so much knowledge and information going around, and we have such ease of access to so much more, that holding onto your bit of unique information won’t make any difference. (Extract from The Naked Coach)… Continue Reading
ACCLAIMED author Barbrara Taylor Bradford did not have Sarah Dawson in mind when she wrote her debut blockbuster novel in the late 1970s but there is little doubt the Manheim’s UK and International HR Director is A Woman of Substance. Where Sarah and Emma Harte, the main character in the book, differ of course is…… Continue Reading
HELPING change young lives. There couldn’t really be a more powerful slogan than that and The Prince’s Trust is a youth charity that does just what it says on the tin. It is an organisation that motivates, encourages and gives confidence to those aged between 14 and 30 who have struggled at school, have been…… Continue Reading
WHEN it comes to spending valuable business time on social networking sites, don’t be a Twit. Of course, the Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn revolution is here to stay and is a fantastic way to interact and spread the word about the services you can offer. Like everything, though, they should be used in moderation. Some experts reckon 15…… Continue Reading