As an Owner or Manager ...

you want to be inspired in the following situations

A short story presenting a new perspective on common norms and how awareness is necessary to avoid falling for the average, sabotaging our efforts in achieving success.more

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An 8 point self evaluation check list to help you be at ease, running your business? A story about two businessmen and work life balance. One who found calmness and another who is totally unaware he is suffering executive stress.more

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Jimmy warned us, being calm at work could only happen if there weren't people interrupting him. A 4 min audio about a simple mind game for coping with work stress. Learn how to motivate yourself.more

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I asked Kathy what she meant. She explained that high-level positions were so much more demanding. People have to cope with a much wider range of issues. They had to be good at systems and people. "It's as if they need to be psychologists and managers, What we need is a set of character assessment questions for the initial selection," she said.more

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What will be different when you return to work after a heart attack, or any life changing event for that matter? What inspires you? A deeper understanding explained in a 6 min audio about the short comings of goal setting for self motivation. It's about being calm and deliberate advocating for your idea.more

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Jason gets frustrated with work. His black and white personality means he gets angry. He's paying them to work not to be texting at work. This 6 min audio is on how to accept people, so we can be calm. A framework for understanding how to to avoid becoming angry.more

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Working to hard? Not getting the important work done? Jenny was always looking tired and stressed. A 12 min audio explaining the 10 70 20 rule, for prioritising, to help you with effective time management, remain focused. For life work balance, to have fun in your business.more

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Kevin was David facing Goliath, multi national business wanting to partner with him. He was nervous, even though he'd dreamed of this opportunity for the 23 years. This 4 min audio is about making one more phone call to ask for help before giving up. How to be more confident by asking for support.more

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Mitch thought the accounts dept was full of difficult people, until he understood what he needs to do to be more influential. This 10 min audio is about how to influence people to do what you want. Simple understanding if being calm effective leader, or you want to change beliefs or be self motivated.more

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Jim didn't know how he would deliver on the promise. He thought he was working with difficult clients but in reality he didn't know how to create the space to deliver high value. An 6 min audio about the pause that follows a powerful question. Good understanding for dealing with manipulative people.more

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When stupid mistakes are made it's easy to see what caused it, or so we think. But often we are quite wrong. This 9 min audio by Rex's business coach about how to have more patience with people, so it becomes easy for them to be self motivated. It's about changing beliefs so an employee can set up the machine correctly.more

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So working late is when you get things done? You'd like to do it in the morning, but there's always too many interruptions and you can't get going in the morning anyway. This 8 min audio presents a different perspective. It questions the effectiveness of being a night owl. It's about sleep patterns and changing beliefs.more

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A story about Clarke who owns a growing business that's causing him lots of stress. It's about our internal dialogue, understanding our ego and what we can do about it. A transcript of the 8 min audiomore

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People were feeling flat. The question for Malcolm was "How to improve morale?" The answer is in the way we run meetings. "I'm thinking of canning the meetings." he said. It was a call for help so I agreed to attend the next team meeting. Within 10 minutes I knew what the problem was, because nobody said a word except Malcolm. --- Videomore

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Over Christmas is the perfect time to reflect and plan. If you are not meeting with the success you deserve the chances are, it’s because your reflection is shallow or your planning is not effective. Most people plan a holiday better than their lives, so the Reflection and Planning Kit is a complete guide to help you and it is FREEmore

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If at the end of a day you think, "Where did the day go? I haven't done what I needed to do." you will benefit from using the Unique Ability Filtermore

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Strategic thinking is not something we do. It's not just about taking time out to think about the big picture, a retreat with the team it's a mindset. Great leaders think strategically all the time, even in the thickest of detail and day to day stuff.more

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Wouldn't be great if a could be emotionally detached, but know exactly what is going on with people at work. Can we be connected and detached? This audio tells a story is about Donald reflecting far away from the action whilst visiting his son. A detachment definition is linked to this page.more

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Sally and Jack were feeling flat. It had been a beautiful weekend but they had made zero sales. They said sales were down for the whole month. In a 4 min audio Donald Jessep, explains how to avoid the mood roller coaster in sales. Donald introduces the concept of The Wormmore

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Sam was expecting to deliver a 2 minute speech at an awards ceremony. It was big event. The Mayor, government ministers ... a 6 step process for crafting a short speechmore

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In a 2 minute live audio clip Donald Jessep talks to Wayne, a client about why offering greater comfort in the form of a payrise, bonus or commission scheme doesn't provide enduring sales motivation unless a leader also believes in the team member. Believing in someone means caring about their future and expects them to continually step up and gain greater clarity for themselvesmore

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I suspect the DJ may have done more harm than good as people were waking up. --- videomore

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