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The 3 Decisions You Can’t Keep Putting Off

The 3 Decisions You Can’t Keep Putting Off

SMEs face three urgent challenges that will shape their future. Most are still stalling.

Van Halen and your dirty glasses

Van Halen and your dirty glasses

Details matter in business, because they show and prove.

The Reactivist

The Reactivist

React proactively, make decisions quickly, and solve problems efficiently.

You don’t need to know everything

You don’t need to know everything

The challenge isn’t having more information but choosing less, and choosing better.

The productivity trap

The productivity trap

If you want better results, focus on doing less of the right things instead of doing more of the wrong things.

Your business, your choice

Your business, your choice

You can choose whether it is growing your business, dropping it, or all the alternatives in between.

Make the company work for you and your family

Make the company work for you and your family

Metaphorically and literally, your position (and that of your family) must be above the company. Always.

How to make investment decisions when they are not obvious

How to make investment decisions when they are not obvious

When making investment decisions, you should objectify subjectivity and trust your instincts.

Winners are the exception, not the rule

Winners are the exception, not the rule

Do you know how many winners there are in a tennis match? And how many errors (both forced or unforced)?

Improving is a process, not an event

Improving is a process, not an event

You build success by focusing not on getting us much as you can but on integrating the few you value the most.

Surround yourself with success to be successful

Surround yourself with success to be successful

Success energises you as anything else does in business

Make innovation work

Make innovation work

Proactive Innovation is about individual risk acceptance, environmental support, and responsiveness.

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