Category: Entrepreneurs, Work
Posted on 28th March 2011
What is a professional? A professional is someone who shows up for work every day, come rain or shine or whatever else is happening in his or her life. A professional is someone who, no matter how good they are at what they do, knows always that there is so much more that they need…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Values in Business, Work
Posted on 20th December 2010
I have just been watching the final of The Apprentice, the television series which attempts to give viewers an idea of what being an entrepreneur in business is really like. If you don’t work in the business world, you would likely be horrified by what you see. But if you do work in the business world, while you…
Category: Publishing
Posted on 26th August 2010
In an ideal world, an author would write a book and a publisher would make it available to its audience within a few weeks. This ideal world exists if you self-publish. Or, if your book is so topical that it has to be an instant publication – or it won’t be worth publishing at all. But for most…
Category: Future Trends, Women's Issues, Work
Posted on 25th June 2010
I was lucky enough to hear Avivah Wittenberg-Cox give a terrific presentation on the rise of women as consumers in London this week. Avivah correctly pointed out that there is huge world focus on targeting the consumer in the emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Far East. But the real truth is much…
Category: Entrepreneurs
Posted on 22nd March 2010
When you have your own business, the most important thing you need to be aware of – no matter whether you are a sole practitioner or run a company – is what your financial situation is on a daily basis. If you know what you owe, what is owed to you and what is in your…