Monthly Archives: March 2010

Seven Secrets of a Successful Business Conversation


posted in Articles

You may not know you have more control over the outcome of a business conversation than you realise, if you spend some time at an ‘inner’ level before starting the conversation. While traditional management and business information tends to focus on preparing yourself by researching the other person’s background, and knowing what you want, and various ‘sales’ techniques, I’ve found you’re more likely to not only get what you want but also to enjoy yourself in the process if your follow these 7 steps.

1. Decide to take the general attitude that the perfect result for you is available to you; it’s just a matter of determining what ‘perfect result’ means. And it might not be what you think it [read more]

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The 4 W’s That Interfere with Success


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What things are normally thought of that get in the way of success? Not taking action, giving up too soon, letting expenditure get out of control, not working out profit margins properly, mismanagement, unclear vision, lack of ruthlessness, lack of capital, lack of resources — lots of things in fact, but none beginning with W. So what are these 4 W’s?

Wishing

To wish means to have a desire, to long for something. There’s nothing wrong with having a desire, indeed, one element of having a vision is the desire to see it happen. But when it becomes a wish, ie something that is out of your control and may or may not happen, then it often takes on the [read more]

Inside out interview tips


posted in Business Basics, Jane's Blog

Someone emailed this week asking for help about putting themselves in the best frame of mind for an interview. Here’s what I responded with (and watch out for the newsletter this week, as I’ll use these as the basis for an article probably). Although these tips are about a job interview, you can apply them to anything where you’re having a conversation with someone and you want something out of it.

1. First decide to take the general attitude that the perfect job for you is out there; it’s just a matter of finding it. This means that any of the jobs you haven’t yet got haven’t been the perfect one, and it’s simply a matter of continuing until you [read more]

Trusting your business decisions


posted in Heart of RichThinking, Jane's Blog

Have you got a trust wound?

By this I mean do you find it difficult to trust yourself? You might say no, of course I can trust myself, but take a moment to ask yourself the following:

  • Do you worry about what other people think?
  • Do you tend to think that others’ know better than you do, or know more?
  • Do you procrastinate, concerned about whether you will be making a mistake or not?
  • Can you make decisions about what you want to do with your business easily and quickly?
  • Are you willing to back the decisions you do make, and take responsibility for their consequences?

If you answered ‘Yes’ to the first three, or ‘No’ to the last two [read more]

Rumi and change


posted in Inspirational Quotes, Jane's Blog

“To change a person must face the dragon of his appetites with another dragon, the life-energy of the soul”.

Rumi

I’m writing in a journal that has in it the poetry of Rumi, the 13th century Sufi mystic. It’s very beautiful and just as I was writing about needing to change various aspects of my business, I turned over the page and there was this quote! Very apt. Maybe it will be for you too.

For copies of this journal, visit here and enter Rumi in the search function. [read more]