When my lifestyle business took off a few years ago allowing me to quit my full time job, I decided that I wanted to celebrate the fact in style. So I booked a two week luxury vacation in Cuba. For 14 long days I sat in the sun, swam in the pool and drank cocktails on the beach. Then just three weeks after returning home I headed off to Costa Rica for a month of … [Read more...]
Training the Trainer: The Benefits of Doing a Training and Assessment Course
Just because someone is highly skilled in a particular field and or industry does not mean that they are good at teaching others or sharing their skills. It can often be the opposite case. Training and assessment skills are actually an area of their own and any professional even non-professional person who wishes to do so well, should obtain these following benefits from … [Read more...]
Still Knocking On Doors? Find Your Passion in Entrepreneurship & Create Your Own
It was ingrained into my head at a very early age that true success (and therefore wealth) is derived almost exclusively from hard work. It was told to me over and over again that there's just no other way to go about it. The rich are just lucky and that's all there is to it. In order to make a good living, you have to find work somewhere and be diligent. Eventually you'll be … [Read more...]
How to Know if Your Business Idea’s Any Good
You're ready to start your own business. You've got a killer idea, and you can't stand one more day in your office (or, let's face it, on your parents' couch). How do you know that the idea is a good one? What if you work your butt off and when you make your grand reveal, people don't like it? Or worse, what if they don't care? These questions roar through the heads of … [Read more...]
Words Mean Everything
What's in a word? Whether we know it or not, the language we use has a powerful effect on our well-being. It impacts everything from healthcare to warfare. Words Create Health Consider the work done by Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer. She asked why when cancer goes away we call it a "remission" but when a cold goes away we call it a "cure". Both illnesses may come back, … [Read more...]