Running a company requires more than just business acumen. The attitude for success and ability to create positive business relations are also a must. Learn how you can become a better communicator, business owner, team leader, and innovator all for the purpose of attaining success.
Today, we’re going to talk about how to be wicked awesome in your mind about how you do business. Maybe you've got a healthy body and a healthy everything else, but sometimes your mindset isn't. The six inches between your ears is the most important measurement.
Concentrating in an Open Plan OfficeWho here has ever tried to concentrate while on the phone in a restaurant? It sucks, but a lot of the open office design plans are kind of heading in the same direction. You're right next to your fellow coworkers and they're there on the phone and you're trying to concentrate. Your thoughts are going a million miles an hour and you're trying to work out how you can get this project and task finished, but all you can hear is them talking to their partner about whatever the argument they had the other night. So many people have concentration issues and I can attest to it myself. When I first started the business, we had a very small office. We had four of us crammed in there and it was like we're on top of each other. Heaven forbid someone drops a fart. We all had to go on a quick smoke or break because we'd be dead. It was quite a small arrangement. But you got to do what you got to do, and so we had to work with that environment.
There's this almighty scale that you have to try and keep in balance wherever you can, and sometimes, they get out of whack. What we're going to be talking about today is risk analysis, but more specifically, your personal risk analysis.
Unless they’ve just started out in business, most people have been to a few conferences in their life. If you're the type of person who goes to lots of them or all of them and you think, ‘I'm going to get something from each of these,’ here’s the truth.
The Hidden Cost of Being Frugal
Just walking around in Mandalay Bay at the moment and the thought really… Vegas is a place for indulgence, where you can enjoy the feeling of spending money. And although I recommend everyone is sensible with their money, being too tight can have its hidden costs.
You've got yourself 50 dollary-dos, and you're trying to work out what you can do with it to improve your productivity. There are so many things that you can do, and we're going to discuss some of those. Shelve the 50 bucks, shuck it back in your wallet just for a moment, and then we'll get to whatever you think you should be spending that money on to start with.
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