Connecting with LinkedIn Groups

    LinkedIn is a great resource for business owners and employees alike. And the lifeblood of LinkedIn are the groups. With our friends from Integrated Alliances The Profit Wizard has a LinkedIn Groups resource for you.   I really can’t say enough about how groups bring LinkedIn to life for me. There are a [...]

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Mastery is Not Enough!

Most business owners are very good at what they do. They take pride in their work, and they have their own business because it is something they are passionate about. These are good qualities, but they become a liability when these same business owners delude themselves to believing that Mastery is all they need to [...]

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Challenging 2013

Are you clear on what you have learned in 2012, and what you want to challenge 2013 to give up for you? In this candid video I share some of his lessons, and some of the goals that I will be pursuing this year.

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7 Steps to Adding Incentives to Your Business [infographic]

In this post I am going to show you how you can use an effective tool to improve your business no matter how big or small it is. And I will show you mistakes that some of the biggest companies make so you know what to avoid. Why incentives? Using incentives for influencing staff to [...]

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A Post from Chris’ Cat

  I want to be fed! But I guess Chris has taken off to Auckland again for work. Every now and again he leaves me to fend for myself overnight. Sure he leaves some extra dry crunchy food in my bowl, but I still don’t like him staying out all night. Fortunately he left his [...]

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Adwords Express – A Boon for Local Business Owners?

I have often talked about the importance of Google Places for small business owners. -Basically if you have a local business where you want people to come and see you, or you go out and service local clients then you need to have your business on Google Places. Well Google has come up with a [...]

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TEDx Auckland 2012 -Part Two

  This is my experience of the afternoon at TEDx Auckland, my experience of the morning is outlined in the previous post.   Session 3 After lunch we got to hear from a band called Five Mile Town performing their song The Lucky Ones. I enjoyed it, but not being the musical sort I will [...]

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TEDx Auckland 2012 -Part One

This is my take on the first half (morning) of TEDx Auckland 2012.

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Artistry & Mastery: The Missing Ingredients

Have you ever awoken with that hole in your soul? That sort of empty feeling that needs to be kept at bay by busy work, or else it threatens to engulf you entirely. It is hard to identify and even harder to ignore, and it makes you question. What am I doing here? Why am [...]

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Who Benefits from Charity or Mentoring?

   Often when I see a specific example I ask myself: What is happening here? Who is benefiting?   I would like you to take a moment to watch the embedded video of Ivanka Trump and what was requested of her through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and then I will suggest what I think is going [...]

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