How to avoid being boring
Don’t want to be boring? Ask questions. That’s it. Ask questions, listen to the answers and ask some more questions. Its not about you.
Do you need tea and sympathy?
/4 Comments/in Mentoring /by Ann HawkinsFeeling bad? Oh dear, poor you. You’re having a hard time, your business isn’t going well and life is so unfair and you have a lot to deal with. I’m so sorry for you. This sympathy is free, there’s no obligation to return it and it’s offered in all sincerity. I’d offer you some tea […]
You can’t be good at everything
/3 Comments/in Mentoring /by Ann HawkinsI look at a simple paper clip and realize I can’t make one. In fact its rare for any one person to make anything from scratch these days. Artists used to mix their own paints but now most wouldn’t know how to do that. A baker uses ready milled flour and other ingredients that have […]
Are you afraid of failing or afraid of succeeding?
/1 Comment/in Get Inspired /by Ann HawkinsShould you set big fat hairy audacious goals or stick to the reasonable, more easily achieved variety? Many interviews with highly successful people reveal that they set themselves huge goals, fired by a burning desire to achieve something specific and that these goals determine their direction and purpose in life and colour all their decisions […]
Why should you trust your business intuition?
/5 Comments/in Mentoring /by Ann HawkinsIntuition is a big part of business success for many people. In a world where we are deluged by information and opinions, how do we make decisions? Change in the business world is more rapid than ever before and survival requires unique strategies and different processes of decision making. Very often there is no […]