Yesterday I finally got around to watching this incredible animated video by Dan Pink, author of Drive who explains, in a highly visual and entertaining way, what science knows about incentives and awards and what the business seems to keep ignoring time and time again.
Archive of ‘Business Ideas’ category
Five Ways to Attract Integrity In Business And Banish Flakiness
I don’t often get worked up, but one thing that I value above all other personal and professional values in life is INTEGRITY.
Either people have less of it these days or I’m hanging around with the wrong people. I admit we all have flaws, we all make mistakes and can’t always be true to our word.
5 Reasons To Leave Your Business Behind And Enjoy The Great Outdoors
When you started your business I bet one of your main reasons for doing so was the freedom to create your own schedule and work your own hours.
You wanted a piece of that wonderful entrepreneurial lifestyle of working from the beach, jetting off on an impromptu vacation on your yacht or dropping everything to head away to one of your holiday homes…..
You may not be quite at that stage yet, but are you actually taking advantage of the freedom you have and scheduling regular time out? Are you taking regular holidays or mini retreats or taking a whole day out during the week just because?
Show Me The Money! How To Treat Your Business As An Investment
A few months back I was reading a fascinating article in Entrepreneur.com about how few entrepreneurs start a business with the end in mind. The all important exit strategy seems elusive to many of us yet it is so important to have that end goal in mind.
I was so impressed by the points in the article and the level of advice given, plus the fact that she’d just written a book called Show Me The Money that I just decided to email Chia-Li Chien and tell her so.