How do you get new ideas?
David Richmond is an accountant, he is also on the board of the Bendigo Business Council. He asked “Jim you keep renewing your membership year after year, what keeps you coming back.” I thought
Is your best employee really your best worker?
For people to be productive they need to be able to think clearly and make confident decisions. People who have been victimised, humiliated, undermined or threatened, are unable to be confident, and frequently their
Competing with the big boys
We were buying a pool fence, and like everyone else I checked around the prices. It was clear that the local hardware shop (Abbott Supply) was a little cheaper and closer (less trouble for
The Magic Key to a Strong, Healthy, Profitable Business
You are probably reading this email on an IBM-Microsoft type computer. Why not an Amiga computer? (remember them?) Back in the early 90’s Amiga had a operating system equivalent to windows 95. When I
What is it you don’t know that you don’t know about running a business?…
A lesson from Rubik’s Cube. The 70’s, Rubik’s cube was all the rage. I remember the first people who could solve these being on TV and interviewed on the radio, some could even solve
Marketing 101 What’s your point of Difference?
Consider this example: What is the price difference between a Holden and a Mercedes– Double? More? If people just bought on price Mercedes would never sell a single car! So why buy a Mercedes,