One of the things I found hardest as an inexperienced business blog writer was to start a new post and finish it — to be honest, I didn’t really enjoy blog writing! Writing and publishing to a schedule can be quite a challenge for a busy person. If you recognise this, then please don’t beat yourself […]
The other day, I was on Twitter reading the bios of some new people I’m following. One woman’s first words were “Phenomenal xxx talent” which stopped me in my tracks. Ouch! I thought her unfortunate choice of words made her sound insincere as well as desperate to stand out. A ‘look at me’ message can be […]
Richard Branson wrote a great article recently about ‘The art of asking for advice’. In it he mentions a talk he once gave in Greece during which a man in the audience asked at least half the questions that came up that day, really taking on board the answers. It turned out that this man […]
One of the most important business lessons I have learnt over the years and have subsequently tried to impart to my clients and Inner Circle club members, is to have total clarity of your target market and what you have to offer. I have very bad memories of fumbling in the dark in the early […]