"As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness" - Albert Einstein   The more we learn the more there is to learn.   There is nothing that you will ever experience in business that hasn’t been encountered and overcome by others.   No investment will ever provide a better return than an investment in your own..

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I recently attended a talk by Hawthorn Football Club President and former Victorian Premier, Jeff Kennett.   His view was that leader of any organisation should have a maximum term of 9 years, because after 9 years they have either achieved everything they wanted to or they aren’t going to.   Not a bad point. Difficult to argue with.  ..

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Have you sharpened your axe?

  Learn a very valuable lesson on business and life from a woodcutter.  Follow this link

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Sales – The Lifeblood of Every Business

    Every business needs sales to survive, but to prosper we need a sales process that efficiently and consistently delivers profitable business.   My experience working with 100’s of clients is that sales is an area that can be improved to provide quick and sustained wins.   There is no one in sales that can’t be better at sales...

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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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