Archive for the year 2022
I was recently chatting with someone I guide with her career.
She was concerned about not having the experience or expertise to land the kind of opportunities she wanted.
The ideas you see below are a combination of a couple…
Your present will become your past.
Living fully in the present helps avoid regrets about missing the moments.
To do it live in the moment, choose experiences over just living and choose proactive action over passive consumption and zombie-like living.…
Hiring good employees is one of the most important things an entrepreneur does.
But without right onboarding even good employees leave.
Here is how to do it right.
1/ Give them an onboarding period of 30-90 days where they settle…
1/ People don’t want better, they want something different. So instead of telling them you have better ideas which may sound demeaning to them, tell them you have a different idea.
2/ Clients won’t trust you to solve their problems…
1/ All shortcuts are bad.
2/ Work now, enjoy later.
3/ Only big bets are worth it.
4/ You can figure everything out.
5/ Saving money will make you rich.
6/ You need to ditch lattes to save money.
7/…
Here are three simple ways to increase revenue per customer and profitability:
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Offer more than 2 options and no more than 3 options for whatever you sell. Make the options that you want to sell the middle option. Keep…
Learn
Do the work
Show the work
Ask for what you deserve
Absorb what market tells you
Cherish the success, audit the failure
Keep what is good, and fix what does not work
Again do the work, show it and…
1/ Good writing comes from living an interesting life.
2/ Your best investment is the investment in yourself.
3/ We like stability but growth comes from seeking change.
4/ Build credibility to sell easily. without it you won’t sell much.…
There are two ways of growing a business.
1. Like the rookie entrepreneur
2. Like the seasoned entrepreneur
Let’s learn more about each of these.
1. Like the Rookie Entrepreneur
This is how most entrepreneurs operate.
They try to do…
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Short-term clients may pay you for output.
But long-term clients will always pay you for value.
So to attract long-term clients, always focus on creating value.
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To improve your client win rate, increase the speed of ROI for…
The early days of being a first-time entrepreneur are like being on a roller coaster.
You are holding on to your seat to ensure you don’t jump out of it.
But there is a difference between the two scenarios.
When…
1/ Overwork
The human body is not made for slacking but it does not do well when overworked. Learn to get more done in a limited time. And, create space for leisure in your days. This way you’ll be happy…
A big productivity hack is to keep your consumption and creation time separate.
This allows for guilt-free consumption.
Consume to entertain yourself and gather and generate ideas for your creation.
This helps when you are stuck and don’t have many…
1/ What can I do to increase the quality of my life?
2/ Am I doing something I’ll regret on the deathbed?
3/ Am I doing right by people who matter in my life?
4/ What sucks my energy, and…
Distractions are all around us, ready to suck us in.
Here is what I do to stay clear of them:
1/ Single Task
I single-task and try not to move to the next task before finishing the one I am…