Encouraging Creativity on Your Team
Practical Big Picture Thinking
3 Ways to Retain Valuable Team Members
Is Education Important for an Entrepreneur
Tips for Being Focused and Productive
Humility is the Key to Great Leadership
Working From Home During the Coronavirus Lockdown
3 Steps to Overcome Fear of Rejection
Being an Entrepreneur is About Actions Not Ideas
How to Create a Learning Culture in Your Business
Is Your Alarm Clock Holding You Back?
The Three Entrepreneurial Principles That Will Future-proof Your Mindset
How Not to Make Money as an Entrepreneur
3 Ways to Achieve Greater Self-Confidence
Is College Important for an Entrepreneur?
Creativity is a Mindset for Maximum Success
How Failure Could Be the Best Thing for Your Career
The biggest source of great ideas that we have as entrepreneurs is not ourselves, no matter how smart and creative we are. If you’re hiring the right people, then your team is a massive, potentially untapped, mine of creativity. All you need to do is know how to access that mine. Bringing your team...
In the world of entrepreneurship, you’ll often hear people talk about the ‘big picture’. Usually, they’ll be telling you that they see it. But do they really see it? If so, what is it they are seeing, and how do you know when you are seeing it? Ask these questions and you might get a […]
Finding the right team to work with in your business can be tough. It could take months of recruitment and interviewing to find that really good fit. So it’s unfortunate that many people end the process there, and leave those people to fend for themselves. As entrepreneurs, we should be providing all the support...
A common question that comes up when discussing successful business strategies, is that of education. Many young entrepreneurs worry that they haven’t received enough formal education to really understand the business world. Others will tell you how they left high school with no qualifications and still...
We’d all like to spend less time working, and more time enjoying life. So why do we let so much of our time at work get wasted by irrelevancies and distractions? Staying focused is important. If you could work for four hours a day, and get the same amount done as you do in ten […]
Humility isn’t exactly on trend. If you talk to young modern entrepreneurs, you’ll commonly hear the idea that to be successful you need a bit of an ego. Especially in those who haven’t yet achieved great success. It’s easy to look at successful people and confuse confidence with arrogance....
With the ongoing coronavirus situation in the world, many entrepreneurs are finding themselves adapting to a new way of working. Going from working full-time in an office to working from home all or even some of the time can be a big change. For some, it may be par for the course but for many […]
Talk to any fledgling entrepreneur and they’ll tell you the same things. They want to be successful. They have big dreams. They want to be a millionaire in a year. They want their company to be the next Apple, the next Google, the next McDonalds. But many of these entrepreneurs have no real grasp of […]
Rejection is painful. On a personal level, a business level, or in any aspect of our lives. It’s so painful that most people choose not to risk it in the first place. However, for an entrepreneur, rejection is guaranteed. Not everyone will want to buy your product or believe in your vision. Not everyone...
A common thing you’ll hear from those who strive to become an entrepreneur is a lot of talk about their ‘big ideas’. They will tell you that they are overflowing with innovation and new concepts. They either have the next big product in their workshop at the moment, or they have it in their head. ...
One of the most common reasons that employees leave companies is a lack of career growth. Over a third of employees who quit their jobs did so because they weren’t learning new skills or improving performance. So if you’re running a company, and you want your people to commit for the long-term, you need...
If like Justin Cobb, you regularly read business publications, you would be forgiven for thinking that the only way to be successful is to jump out of bed at 3 am and start checking your emails. The internet especially is full of articles promising increased success, wealth and knowledge if you just...
