At bob We Use “One-Liners” To Help Business Owners Why? Because they are useful and easy to remember! Business Owners Board is famous for it’s one-liners – not just our own, but many of our guest speakers share their ones as well. This one is from John Wood, Founder if Lifestyle Villages where he tells… [Read more…]
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The Indispensable Person?
Is there an “indispensable person” in your business and what has that to do with a bucket of water? Worse still, as the business owner are you the indispensable person? An indispensable person in a business can be a major risk and also a bottleneck! They are the kind of person who has some expertise… [Read more…]
BOB One Liners – It’s Perfect
At bob We Use “One-Liners” To Help Business Owners Why? Because they are useful and easy to remember! Business Owners Board is famous for it’s one-liners – not just our own, but many of our guest speakers share their ones as well. This one is from John Wood, Founder if Lifestyle Villages where he tells… [Read more…]
John Wood’s Presentation To Business Owners Board
In December we had over 40 people at the John Wood Presentation for our Business Owners Board special end of year meeting. John has been finalist in Young Entrepreneur of the Year, plus built up National Lifestyle Villages before selling his interest recently. The audience was riveted by his talk and you could have heard… [Read more…]
No-one On Their Death Bed …
“No-one on their death bed ever wished they had spent more time at the office / in the business.” This is a fairly well known quote by the late Stephen Covey, author of “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People” and many other great personal development books. If you have never read this book, we… [Read more…]
Ethics in Business – Case Study – What would you do?
Sometimes in our Business Owners Board mentoring group meetings we work through a case study and discuss what each member would do. This particular case study calls for us to think about ethics in business! (Figures and identities of the companies and individuals have not been disclosed, but it is a real life case study,… [Read more…]
Greatest Motivational Speech
I guess we have all had speeches or events that have inspired us. But this one set new heights and levels of motivation. In 2001, my business at the time was turning over approximately $1m and only had two customers. We were struggling in our newly formed business. We approached a potential client company who… [Read more…]
What’s In A Name? Update – Oct 2018
A deadline is approaching, but has been extended – still, don’t miss out! If your business has a ‘trading name’ and the goodwill of your business associated with it – IT WILL DISAPPEAR FROM 1 NOVEMBER THIS YEAR in 2023! That’s right! Trading names will no longer be recognised and will be removed from the… [Read more…]
Save Your Plasma For The Living
Business owners, are you guilty of being a rescuer? Do you try to pump life into your staff, clients, peers and friends? James (Jim) Rohn was a favourite motivational speaker of ours and I had the good fortune to meet him on a number of occasions. He gave us all some great life and business… [Read more…]
Bigger Is Not Always Better
If your only goal is to have a bigger business, because you think bigger is better – think again. This is a great little story about a Mexican villager to get you thinking about “What is the purpose of my business? Do I have a plan?” The American investment banker was at the pier of… [Read more…]