Business values
In a world where making a profit often rules above all else, it is important for solo business owners to spend time defining their business values and business ethics. These values can then shape the way your business operates. This section includes articles on business integrity, the idealism trap and business goodwill. We also explore whether money equals happiness. Money is the prevailing way to keep score in business, but is it really the best way of measuring success? Check out our step-by-step course to solo success.
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Business values
We’ve forgotten our manners when it comes to business etiquette
Is it just me? Or does it seem like being punctual for meetings, saying thank you and paying bills on time are becoming ‘old fashioned’?
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Business values
Why you need to give yourself permission to let go of difficult clients
Having a client who didn’t quite fit my business — and my life — started to weigh on my Mind, writes Cynthia Marinakos.
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Business values
If you want to make change. Go deep.
Change is seldom easy, can be very painful and is often inescapable. But what do we do when we simply have to embrace behavioural change? Leadership coach, Craig O'Brien has a solution that he's tried and tested and he's very happy to share.
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Business values
Let’s show corporations what trust really means
When it comes to doing business, just how trustworthy are you? Right now I’m feeling extremely let down by all the greed and unethical behaviour in business. So, what can soloists do about it?
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Attracting new business
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Business values
25 lies told by freelancers and clients
Liars are everywhere, but they’re hard to spot, even if their pants are on fire. Never fear, I’ve researched the top 25 business lies told by freelancers and clients. Actually, there are only 14, but 25 will bait more readers.
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Why you should stop pretending everything’s okay
If you’re tired of pretending that everything is tickety boo in your business, join the club. Here’s why honesty in business is important.
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Business struggling? Maybe it’s your mindset
Are you your business' own worst enemy? Here’s how to identify if you’re holding yourself back, and three ways to fix it.
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How being a better business human can help you win the business battle
Many would have you believe ruthlessness and a mad desire to crush your competition is the answer to winning at business. But what if there was another way to have a better business?
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Business values
Are your freebies financing other people’s dreams?
When a prospective client works hard to convince me to take them on, and then asks me to work for free ‘while they get things off the ground’ – alarm bells go off.
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Business values
7 steps to getting paid to do what you love
If you’ve been blessed with doing something you really love then, hooray! You’re in the ideal space. If not, these seven things will help you get there!
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Business values
50 Entrepreneurs share priceless advice
Discover what made Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, and Sergey Brin successful. Get priceless business advice from the top 50 entrepreneurs of our generation.
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Business values
5 business lessons learned from Tony Robbins
What business lessons can solopreneurs learn from Tony Robbins, the American motivational speaker, personal finance instructor, life coach and self-help author? Unsurprisingly … a lot!
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Business values
Discovering your purpose and why it matters
Simon Sinek famously said “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” So how do you go about figuring out your ‘why’ … and why is it even important to do so?
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Business values
Become the guru in your field
Are you in business simply to make a profit? Or would you like your life work to have more far-reaching effects that that?
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Business values
The MBA of Myself
When business people seek to reinvent themselves, a new qualification is the first step. But what if the way to reinvent yourself lies within you?
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Business values
Settle in. This could take a decade … or two.
As I sat across the table from a marketing manager to discuss a new project, I realised I’d been here 10 years earlier! It was the fourth company, the fourth website, the fourth brief, but the same four people at the table. Am I stuck in Groundhog day?
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Business values
Business lessons from a trip to India
It can be easy to get caught up feeling sorry for people who face big challenges daily. But that’s doing a disservice to the great strength of spirit that lies in their hearts.
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The customer is always right (but there’s a twist)
In our business life, our job is to ensure we’re putting a smile on the dials of the people we serve. But should we be doing the same for the people who are serving us too?
