What are you looking at?

Jacob Aldridge, 7 months ago

Recent guests at our Brisbane, Australia workshops, along with other observant Queensland locals, would be familiar with a nearby piece of public art that declares "The more I think about it, the bigger it gets". The comment represents the reality that what we focus on is what we create. Believe there's never enough money? Chances are you'll create the evidence to support your belief. Focusing on the abundance of opportunity this year will provide? Then you will go forth and seize that opportunity. So. What are you thinking about right now?  (With thanks to Verge for the artwork's back story)   The Value of Being... Read More

Fat or Fiction

Jacob Aldridge, 7 months ago

Happy New Year all - the first original email for the year!   FAT OR FICTION?   It's easy to measure how much we weigh - and many of us are returning to work with a slightly higher number than when we left.   Measuring bloat in a business is not as easy, though it can be. Understanding your team's capacity for generating revenue allows to you to readily compare their capacity to actual efficiencies.   This week our team has worked with businesses running at 33%, 50% and 70% efficiency. How do you think their priorities for 2010 differ?... Read More

Greatest Hits Volume 3

Jacob Aldridge, 8 months ago

Happy New Year. We know that not every reader of the Shirlaws Business Links has the opportunity to read every edition, or click on the links to all the interesting and practical stories.So over the holiday break, we thought we would send out some of the most popular stories from 2009. This week, we link to the four most engaging newsletters from last year. The joke, as always, is new.A full archive (and your (belated) Christmas gift) can be found at www.shirlawsonline.com/blogsCatch and KISSFrom August 7, this edition still holds the benchmark for the number of readers who opened it, and the... Read More