Entries by Ann Hawkins

Are you trying to sell broccoli when most people want chocolate?

What are you *really* selling?” Someone I was mentoring in Drive, the Collaborative Network said they’d been told “You’re trying to sell broccoli when all people want is chocolate”. It shook their confidence and made them wonder if they needed to change what they were doing. I thought the remark missed the point. Chocolate is […]

The stupid simple secret to making money

There is no secret to making money – stupid or otherwise. I can’t claim credit for any of this … its been said by many people many times but ignored by many more! The stupid simple secret to making money is: Solve a problem for a specific group of people who have money to pay […]

How’s your Teflon Coating?

Self-esteem is something that can be worked on, improved and enhanced. It underpins so much of how we see and engage with the world. It’s like a Teflon coating that creates a barrier from the external elements that can harm us. This came up in a chat with a client when we were looking at […]