Monthly Archives: June 2007

Daily Dose of Success #5: A bit of a cheat…

Jonathan is working very hard at the moment to achieve his version of success. His dream to be a professional illustrator is within grasping distance. He's been illustrating away like a busy little beaver and creating some very unique looking work. He is on the verge of success... What's his definition of success? Being ...

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A Smile Is Free

...a smile costs nothing. But it's so important to how one feels about a place. One thing we've found interesting as we've travelled in the past few months is the difference in friendliness of the people in the countries we've been to (we call it the "friendliness factor"). We've realised that this friendliness factor is a very ...

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Lesson Learned: Making Assumptions

Lesson learned already this week (and it's only Tuesday)...don't fool yourself into thinking you know what others 'know', 'feel' and 'think'. It causes big problems. The problem with you or anyone else making assumptions about what you or others think, intend or know is that more often than not you are way off the mark. I ...

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Daily Dose of Success #4: Living the dream

I received this email yesterday...more people on the path to their version of success: Hi Lea Hope you’re well! I’ve been enjoying keeping up with you guys via your blogs, sounds like Grenada is amazing! I heard it’s VERY laid back. Things are going well here and I felt compelled (hope you don’t mind!) to update ...

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A public apology to a good friend

I got an email today that shocked me. It was from someone I consider a good friend, who said that I had recently greatly offended her with a couple of my emails. Totally unaware of the offence I had caused - the emails were meant as harmless banter - the email accused me of putting ...

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The Client Rollercoaster

Are you one of those business owners who rides the client roller coaster? Somebody who goes through those quiet periods without many (or any) clients at all, decides it's high time you did some marketing, puts time & effort into it, gets some clients, then forgets all about the marketing and doesn't bother until the next ...

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Daily Dose of Success #3: Definitions of Success

What does success mean to you? In business, is it - as Seth Godin states - as simple as keeping your promises? Or is it... "...To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; ...

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Do blogs really work?

Somebody who just doesn't know how I feel about blogs, recently asked me "Does a blog really work?" I guess it depends what 'work' means...but what they really meant was do blogs really help you get more clients & customers? In a word...absolutely! A number of my clients have decided to call & ask about working with me, ...

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Daily dose of Success #2: How To Succeed in 2007

"How to Succeed in 2007" This article from one of my favourite magazines - "Business 2.0" - is a great resource with tips on... How to build the next Google How to stay a step ahead How to be a great leader How to make a comeback How to do well by doing good And Richard Branson once again shows ...

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