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Motivating Quotes about Business

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• "A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship." - Unknown

• "Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion." - Jack Welsh

• "In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later." - Harold Geneen

Robert Kiyosaki on Why New Businesses Fail

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I came across these points in Success Magazine and decided to share. I hope they help you find a reasonable balance especially as far as understanding pitfalls to avoid in business building.

What sinks new businesses? 6 reasons given by Robert Kiyosaki:

• Our schools train students to be employees who look for jobs rather than train entrepreneurs who create jobs and businesses.

• The skills to be a good employee are NOT the same skills required to be a good entrepreneur.

• Many entrepreneurs fail to build a business. Instead, they work hard building a job that they own. They become self-employed rather than business owners.

• Many entrepreneurs work longer hours and are paid less per hour then their employees. Hence, many quit out of exhausion.

• Many new entrepreneurs start without enough real-life experience and without enough capital.

• Many entrepreneurs have a great product or service, but don't have the business skills to build a successful business around their product or service.

Anticipating these challenges means not being taken by surprise; finding solutions is what brings growth.

11 Reasons why people might not support your business

Every venture needs consumers, but getting them is not always smooth sailing. Ever wondered why those we know (friends and family) are sometimes the last to pay us attention when we ask for support? If you just started in business or have been in the game for a while, please pay close attention to the following reasons why people would rather not support your business and some possible "solutions":

• They don’t take you seriously: This commonly happens at the beginning of a new venture. Your friends have never seen you in this ‘role’ before, and so fail to take "this" quite seriously. At the back of their minds, they might be thinking it's just a matter of time before you ‘wake-up’, smell the coffee and this whole thing will never be heard of again!  

By you sticking to your business, those who initially said "NO" often eventually take a second look, especially when they start to see growth and success.

An Everyday On-line Dilemma: Speak out or be silent?

"Leadership is about taking off in the worst conditions." Photo by wildphotons

With such tremendous advancements in social media and overall internet use, we now tend to interact with people more than we use to or would even like to sometimes. This is good and not so good in some ways ... especially in instances where our experiences, expectations and lifestyles are on totally different tangents and levels.

As far as my online presence goes, I have been blogging for a little over 2 years and I consider myself somewhat of a late bloomer when it comes to active use of Facebook, Twitter ... I still haven't figured out Google+ and I am yet to get my Linkedin account where it ought to be. I also belong to several forums and groups.

The Transforming Power of your Thoughts

A Dunia Magazine article

by Anze Mofor

If you feed your mind with negative thoughts, you will harvest negative results; if you feed it with positive thoughts, you will harvest positive results. There is no way you can plant apple seeds and harvest orange fruits. However, if you plant apple seeds and water them with salty water, they will die. If you water with fresh water and allow them to have enough sunlight, they will grow healthy and bear healthy fruits.

Listening today: ANGEL OF THE MORNING

You can say I am a romantic at heart, the truth is I am very much inspired by music of different genres. Depending on where I am in my business and even in my personal life, it is not uncommon for me to spend several hours listening to music. Music helps me think, strategize and helps my creative juices flow. It is calming. In music, I am able to retreat to a quiet place from whence I draw strength and inspiration. Listening to music could very much be one of the most powerful forces in my life. 

ANGEL OF THE MORNING by Juice Newton, I first listened to many, many years ago and it has always been in my music collection. I love the melody, the lyrics speak of a powerful love story; one in which she holds herself accountable in her decision to spend time with the one she loves and is ready to face the consequences later. The lesson: sometimes in life, you just have to take risks, go with your heart and take the heat of your decisions = holding yourself accountable.

7 Ways to Shop Smart this Holiday Season

Being money smart is important for everyone of us. I thought you'd find these tips useful ... I sure do and I am putting them to use this season. Enjoy

A Dunia Magazine article

By Sharon Arrey, MBA Finance & Accounting

With the holiday season here, I have been thinking of ways to shop smart, get great gift items without exhausting my budget.  The National Retail Federation reports that this holiday season, retailers are targeting serious bargain hunters. Their research shows that consumers in the U.S. plan to spend an average of $682.74 on holiday related shopping this year compared to $707.01 last year (a 3.3% drop from last year).