1. Editor's Column
(Column/Editor's Column)

... and let people go, the opportunity is lost. Inside the heads of all those people are potential business ideas, waiting to be realized. Myself, I keep myself busy. I look at business areas that are working ...

2. Letting Money Get In Your Way
(Articles/Personal Development)

... They have no idea how to manage things and within a year give up and close things down. You work in a division of a larger parent that is losing money. The division is expected to generate more revenue ...

3. Kayaking Alouette Lake 2008
(Column/Editor's Column)

... GPS, and I have started the fun activity of geocaching. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is ...

4. Targeted Customer Appreciation
(Articles/Business Topics)

... type of customer you want to have the most of, and they come back more often. Develop a more intimate business relationship with your ideal customers and you can lock them in. Define ...

5. Mind Map Software
(Articles/Personal Development)

... can map out the logic of something and do what-if experiments and see the results. I tried mapping out some processes and brainstorming some ideas in it. Duncan How To Write An Appreciation ...

6. Blame Avoidance & Redirection Techniques
(Articles/Personal Development)

...  Make good use of excuses. Have a look here for some ideas. Do not wait until the fecal matter hits the fan to look for an umbrella, have an alibi prepared in advance, and perhaps a backup one too. ...

7. Clarity
(Articles/Personal Development)

Clarity is important. You can be smart and know so much, but you need to be able to communicate your thoughts and ideas to others. If you don't have clarity, it is like a beautiful picture that noone ...

8. Every Day
(Articles/Business Topics)

I notice from the logs that a lot of people get here by searching for "customer appreciation day ideas". I imagine all these business owners around the world, deciding to hold a customer appreciation ...

9. The Modern Manager?
(Articles/Business Topics)

... this idea that in order to make a good impression, you needed to avoid the simple words and use big ones to appear clever. News Flash - The purpose of communication is to pass information in ...

10. New Year 2007
(Articles/Personal Development)

... smoking. It hurts. Ideally the best thing is to not start, but once you are hooked on something, you need to accept you have a problem and seek professional help. Next comes getting out of debt. Lots ...

11. Do You Realize You Have a Learning Style?
(Articles/Personal Development)

... in the process! About the author: Charlie Badenhop is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from Charlie's thought-provoking ideas ...

12. Business Game - What Kind of Business?
(Articles/Game)

The Kind of Business You Want You have an idea of the kind of business you want. Great! You are making progress. Is it: A retail outlet of some kind Service based Product based ...

13. Business Game - No Money / No Ideas
(Articles/Game)

No Money and No Ideas It is not the end of the world. Perhaps you need to look around for some ideas. Look and see what businesses already exist. Check out your library for books with titles ...

14. Business Game - Financing
(Articles/Game)

It Will Need Financing If you have a good idea, you may be able to find funding for your business. There are various government funds, plus venture capitalists. If you want someone else ...

15. Business Game - Interests and Skills
(Articles/Game)

Your Interests And Skills Good idea! Start with your interests and skills. What you love to do and are good at may have business potential. If you can find a way to earn a living ...

16. Business Game - Mission Statement
(Articles/Game)

Mission Statement Good idea. It is important to have a sense of purpose. Start with your own personal mission, and then expand out to the mission of your business. You should choose a business ...

17. Business Game - Think Carefully
(Articles/Game)

Think Very Carefully Good idea! Starting a business is not to be taken lightly. There are lots of things to think about. There are lots of things to plan for. They say that people don't plan so ...

18. Business Game - Business Course
(Articles/Game)

Take a Business Course Good idea. Take courses, read books, learn all that you can. There is a lot of good material out there. Taking courses will provide you with skills and knowledge that can ...

19. Business Game - No Money
(Articles/Game)

... money without money, then you can't make money with money either." Select from the following: I have an idea for a business with low startup cost I have an idea for a business, but it ...

20. Business Game - Business Cards
(Articles/Game)

Business Cards You rush off to the printers to get business cards and stationery, and realize that you have no idea what you would call your business  you have no idea ...