We often talk about the things that we learn in business, the lessons that we get, and the people we get the lessons from. That got me thinking just the other day about how I also think there are some lessons that we can learn not from people, but in fact, from animals. It got…
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Mark Creedon is Director of Metropole's Business Accelerator Mastermind and business coach to some of Australia's leading entrepreneurs - each who call him their "unreasonable friend"
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Thousands of Australians made the switch from employee to business owner in the past 12 months, according to new research by Finder. When lockdowns first started in March 2020, just 1 in 8 (13%) Aussie workers felt somewhat or very insecure in their job, according to Finder research. In April 2020, that number jumped to…
So little success comes down to raw talent. If I was to develop a success formula, I would say it’s hard work plus persistence plus positive habits – done over and over again. Sticking to a routine is vital for success. They’re the habits that push us to the top because they make us more…
Want to know how to become a millionaire? Well…Jaime Tardy interviewed more than 120 millionaires to learn the “secrets” for how to become a millionaire and published her findings in a book, The Eventual Millionaire, which explains the most important insights from those interviews. Today’s I’d like to share 5 of the many ‘secrets’ she…
Success is no accident. The most successful people in life – whether in business, family life, music, or on the sports field – may not always seem like they have much in common. How are The Beatles similar to Steve Jobs? Or Warren Buffett and Shane Warne? But when their traits, habits, and work ethics…
When I was about six or seven I wanted to play the drums. My parents went out and bought me a small snare drum along with a pair of drum sticks and brushes (I still can’t use brushes, but that’s another story). I remember the day my father brought the drum home, it was shiny…
Have you got the skills to make it as an entrepreneur? We all want the wealth and contentment that comes with great success, but the truth is, it takes a certain kind of person, with a certain skill set, to make it as an innovator. I’m not a believer in fate defining your fortune. We…
Recently I was considering the concept of limited resource thinking. It is often the case that a business may be held back by the owners having limited resource thinking. What exactly does this mean? A business owner may think they are unable to grow or expand because they have limited resources. Those resources may refer…
Remember when people made phone calls? Whenever you needed to know something, you just picked up the phone and called them. These days, we’re all chained to our laptops, emailing each other day and night. Did you get the report? What do you think about this approach? Email is a wonderful tool, but like social…
While intelligence can be a lottery based on your genes as well as your upbringing, that doesn’t mean we can’t all become smarter. I’m sure we all know of people from our childhoods who ended up running successful businesses, when at school they didn’t seem that different from the rest of us. Sure, education would…