What are you prepared to stop doing today?

  "I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be." - Albert Einstein    What are you prepared to stop doing today?   Success is as much about what we are prepared to walk away from as pursuing the next opportunity.   Create capacity for the things you want to do..

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Yesterday my 10 year old daughter met our Prime Minister, Hon Scott Morrison MP.   She was keen to meet him (but not excited) and happy to shake hands with him and pose for a photo. She also wanted me to print the photo so she could take it to school to show her friends.   At school this morning,..

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Knowledge vs Imagination

  "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." - Albert Einstein     Knowledge is being able to understand a Profit & Loss Statement and that is important.     But, imagine the quality of..

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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing… So is a lot.

  There is no correlation between qualifications and capability.   Hire people with a great attitude, a willingness to learn and the ability to ask good questions - irrespective of their qualifications.   Consider that most of the great breakthroughs in history have been achieved by people under 25 before you reject potential employees because they aren’t qualified or don’t..

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DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

    "For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope." - Albert Einstein     DARE TO BE DIFFERENT SO YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD!   - Different product or service.   - Different packaging or method of delivery.   - Different after sales service or guarantee.   Different avoids apples for apples comparisons..

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