Love your business but…hate your business?! Some days are just rubbish, aren’t they? You can be honest, we’re all friends here. Some days you question why on earth you decided to go into business for yourself and all the responsibility and crisis management that goes with it. Don’t despair. Like any good relationship, it won’t…
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If you’re just starting out you may like to know the current rate of businesses failures. It’s a pretty common question. If we’re good planners, we like to know what our ‘odds’ are. But let’s just pause there. What exactly is business failure? And why do we think others’ experiences will have any effect on…
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95% of the time, the answer to do I need a website? is a resounding YES. A website is the modern day business card and business premises. A business gains valuable credibility by having a website that shows a potential customer exactly what their business is about and how they do what they do. It’s…
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Even today I was caught out pottering around tidying my office rather than making cold calls, like I know I should be doing. Why? Because anything remotely scary, uninteresting, or tedious repels us. If the world will not end then we will find something else (anything else) to do instead of what we must do.…
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We all make hundreds of decisions daily in our lives, some being more noticeable than others. But if you have difficulty choosing a coffee or a restaurant meal, you may be asking yourself how on earth will I make tough decisions in my new business? Kick emotion The more emotionally attached we are to the…
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