I get to meet and hang out with a bunch of people who are teetering on the edge of the entrepreneurial dream.
They know that they want the freedom, wealth and happiness that small business success can bring. Some of them are keen to build an empire!
They also have read books that drill in the “be passionate about what you do” message.
Problem is, these people still end up utterly stuck and frustrated. Sound like someone you know (perhaps really well)?
Things going pear-shaped or “the $#*% hitting the fan” are a reality of being in business.
The way we deal with those crisis situations speaks volumes on our character. It is one of the big psychological differences that widens the gulf between successful and struggling entrepreneurs.
This super short article is guaranteed to give you a powerful,”take away” tool for transforming disaster scenarios.
I was recently invited to give a talk on the basics of leadership – at a closed door corporate event which one of my clients hosted for their retail management staff.
It was out in the mountains – I got to fly back to the city while the managers face three days of leadership/team metaphor… a.k.a. Gruelling physical challenge.
The very cool, diverse group of people helped me figure out (and apply real world examples to) the following psychological criteria for exceptional leadership.
Best of all, it’s a acronym (who needs another numbered list anyway?):
As a Master Practitioner of NLP I get to meet a lot of people who have jumped on board the self-development/human-potential movement. More often than not, these people are big believers in “the power of positive thinking”.
What they don’t know is that, at a psychological level, positive thinking and affirmations can cause major damage to your thinking and ability to get motivated. Ultimately, positivity can damage your results – in life and business.
Read on to find out the one technique that eliminates this problem – it’s roughly thirty times more effective than positivity…
