Archive for: November, 2008

9 Things Entrepreneurs Should NOT Do Themselves


Tired of having to take care of everything? Stop it already!

You have a vital duty for your business and you can’t accomplish it if you are doing everything else.

Below are some examples of tasks that you should NOT be taking care of yourself.

Technical work

I’ve mentioned this before. In order to be most effective at building wealth for yourself and your company, you must allow your staff specifically hired for these tasks to do the technical work. [click to continue...]

10 Great Ways to Motivate Your Staff


Clueless on how to motivate your employees? Don’t feel bad, employee motivation can be a difficult concept to fully master.

That is why I have compiled a list of ten great ways to motivate your staff and kick-start your business to extra productivity.

Fulfill the needs of your employees

In order for someone to be motivated, they need to have an unfulfilled need. This can be monetary needs, social needs, a feeling of accomplishment, amongst many others. [click to continue...]

Is Your Business Having an Idea Drought?


Are you out of good ideas? Are you trying to come up with new cost saving strategies or more effective marketing techniques?

If you haven’t already, you need to try the old tried and true technique: Brainstorming.

Here is how brainstorming works: [click to continue...]

Who Needs a Method When You Have Motivation?


Does knowing how to do something necessarily mean you care enough for something to get done?

What if you know nothing about a given project, subject, department or industry, yet you are motivated to learn or succeed in this area? Does this impassioned person stand a greater likelihood of flourishing than the individual who already knows the subject?

In this post, I will describe why being motivated and having passion in a given area is a much more powerful driving force than having the “methods” to getting something done. [click to continue...]

5 Things You Should Learn from a Business Failure


So your business has failed, huh? It seems as if all hope has been sucked down the drain.

What do you do? Learn! Learn from your mistakes so you wont make the same missteps in the future and instead become a better leader and entrepreneur.

Here are some very important points you should take note of after a business failure so you can emerge from the rubble as a stronger and more savvy business owner. [click to continue...]