business motivation

I recently came across a newsletter I wrote on the 24th of January 2008.  The opening paragraph read: “So far 2008 has had an interesting start.  We’ve faced Eskom blackouts, turmoil in the financial markets, fear of world recession, floods [...]

Wow, can you believe that 2020 is almost behind us? It has been an extreme year for many of us, but we have pulled through. In 2020, many businesses started popping up, due to numerous people being retrenched from their [...]

Many of us are familiar with the Latin saying “Carpe diem”, which directly translates to “seize the day” and the implication behind this ancient text is to enjoy each day of our lives to the fullest, because our time on [...]

The beginning of a new year brings renewed energy, focus, and determination, especially if you have just returned from a relaxing and enjoyable year-end break. It is critical to set adequate time aside to plan for the year ahead before [...]

With 2021 just around the corner, it is the perfect time to start thinking about the goals that we would like to achieve for the upcoming year, and what we are going to do to ensure we successfully achieve these [...]

As we enter the final month of 2020 many of us can look back on this year and agree that it has brought about many challenges that none of us would have thought of or planned for at the start [...]

Christmas season is around the corner and before we know it someone will bring up the dreaded topic of New Year’s resolutions. Normally these resolutions are centered on the topics of health, fitness, and hobbies. Many of us who are [...]

Each day brings us a crushing wave of demands: a barrage of texts, emails, interruptions, meetings, phone calls, tweets, and blogs. Not to mention the high-pressure challenges of running and managing your business, which can be overwhelming and exhausting. These [...]

Mahatma Gandhi said: “A man who works regularly, in a systematic fashion, never feels overworked or tired. He knows his limits and is able to do in fair time, all that he undertakes. It is not hard work that kills [...]

In South Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many businesses coming to a total standstill, yet, I launched mine right at the beginning of it. That was certainly not the plan, but two days after coming back from international business [...]

Peter Drucker once said, “Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” We could not say it better ourselves. Understanding why time management is important, will change the way you look at your [...]

Let’s be honest: 2020 has been a pretty crappy year.  Really weird things have happened all across the world.  Whilst you’re still trying to get your head around one issue cropping up another five others have already happened somewhere else.  [...]

“If the client does not buy your sales approach, they aren’t going to buy what you sell.” – Unlocking the Sales Game, by Ari Galper  If I were to ask you what image you have of a sales person, you’d probably [...]

We have just entered the first week in Level 1 of a long Lockdown as well as the fourth quarter of 2020 and it is a reality that our economy is facing many headwinds. Business owners have had to face [...]

One of the benefits of being a business owner is that your business can run with or without you. Currently, are you working IN your business doing the day-to-day operations of your business or, are you working ON your business [...]

Money is colour blind, gender-neutral and a simple measurement of an exchange of value.  Like it or not, it is the ingredient that keeps score and collectively makes up the critical element of finance in any business. Business is therefore [...]