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How To Write A Book

The actual process of writing a book isn’t the same as creating one. Creating ideas for a book is the easy part, finding a way to get those ideas onto ‘paper’ in a cohesive, interesting and engaging format is a bit harder. The hardest part? Actually getting it done.

Tim Ferriss recommends writing “2 crappy pages a day” … the theory is that it gets you into a habit of writing every day, even if it is only 2 crappy pages. This works for me, but once you’ve made some headway, I find that to really forge ahead, you need to ...Read More →

The Power of Nice

It’s the simple things in life that count. Like being nice. When given a choice between working with people you like and people who can ‘do the job’, nice wins every time. How you treat people says far more about you than it does about them. When faced with a challenging situation, do you talk to the other person as an equal or do you talk down to them to try to gain ‘power’? If you do, you’ve lost already.

Do you try to see things from another perspective or use your position to assert ‘authority’? If you do, you ...Read More →

Key To Success? Do ONE Thing.

We try to do too much, so we end up doing far less than we could. What is the ONE thing that would make the biggest difference to your life, health, business or family right NOW?

Focus on that ONE thing. Make a plan to get from here to there and don’t get distracted by anything else. Once you’ve achieved that ONE thing, move onto the next. And repeat.

How To Get Karma Points

Too often people are on the lookout for what they can get from a person or situation. Where’s the contact? How much money could I earn from this? How can this person progress my career? Is this person going to be useful to me?

No matter how virtuous we might like to think we are, we’ve all done this at some point and some of us more than others.

Sure, you might get a one off financial reward for thinking like this. You might make a contact who opens a door for you. But it won’t last.

Karma Points are ...Read More →

Why It’s Important To Take Time Out

I hadn’t had a proper holiday all year, but I can safely say my 2 weeks in Barbados just made up for that!

We stayed in an incredible private villa on Sandy Lanes, swam with turtles, snorkelled with tropical fish and were lucky enough to see baby turtles hatch and release them into the wild. But the best bit? Taking time out to be with those I love and reconnect with what is truly important.

I recharged my batteries, started planning my business goals for 2013 and wrote a big chunk of my next book.

I also decided to do ...Read More →