Why is the choice between being an entrepreneur or working for a corporation? Are there no corporations that provide opportunities for entrepreneurs? ᔥ http://bit.ly/ZaFbV6 Technorati Tags: entrepreneurship, corporation

There are two types of qualification. One is those that are bestowed on you externally by universities and colleges, professional bodies or schools.  They confirm that you know or can do something to a standard.  They are necessary but are only part of the picture when thinking about qualifications.  External qualifications cannot replace our own personal sense of feeling qualified for what we do. In

"She's such a nice person." "Isn't that nice." "What a nice guy." Mr Decker my English teacher always told me that nice is not a very nice adjective. I think he said it was a bit soft, weak or anaemic. Like all good lessons, it has taken me 30 years for this to hit home in the real world of people and relationships. What is mostly 'nice' in people is not always real. It is often the veneer on top.

Whether a company or an individual, our past often impacts how we respond today.  This is why so many small businesses fail to make the leap to medium businesses and medium business struggle to become really big. Growth demands change. Growth demands letting go of old ways so as to create new.  Likewise, as people with baggage, we often learn a way to respond to a feeling which works well initially

Will I find this career fulfilling? Is this the right person to marry? Should we do the deal or not? These are all good questions, but limited.  Shifting them from closed questions to open questions ramps up their power many times.  What elements will make my career fulfilling? What will being married to this person be like? How does this deal fit into our overall strategy? If the answers to our

Yes you do. Well ok unless you're reading this alone while holed up in your retreat a hundred miles from civilisation.  The moment two or more people get together we do politics. You know those conversations. Where words, dressed up beautifully, are laced with toxic venom for the people who aren't with us. Even if we are just listening, we are giving credibility to the politicians. We do not need

Was Woody Allen right in wishing to start life in an old age home, then commence work with a gold watch and finish it when he's young enough to enjoy his retirement which involves becoming a kid, playing a lot and eventually ending life with an orgasm? Maybe all those years spent as a kid thinking about what I would be when I grew up was the wrong time of my life to be asking those question. Perhaps

Garry Kasparov the famous chess grand master was once asked how many moves ahead he was able to see. He answered that he could not necessarily “see” the game many moves ahead.  In fact he said, “a player looking eight moves ahead [faces] as many possible games as there are stars in the galaxy.” (ᔥ collision detection)  And he concluded that grand masters are really only concerned with

Considering the number of books offering business, managerial, leadership, strategic, self help and other forms of advice, it is a wonder how we managed before they were around. Funnily enough these books can be useful, just don't follow them too closely.  Read what they say, listen to the theories and the proposals for what you should do or think, and who and how you should be. But then build your

Many people worry about pricing themselves too high and not closing the deal. Being turned down for being too expensive is in fact a positive experience for your brand. Thinking about the things you cannot afford will give you a sense of what it feels like to be on the other side of you when you are turned down for being too expensive. [You may need to read the previous sentence twice] I would rather