You’re feeling swamped. You don’t know if you can get all of your work done. You have a million people demanding your time. Sound familiar? I write a lot about the importance of mental toughness, hard work and resilience. But just as important as stamina and a strong work ethic is realizing when something’s got…
With a new year upon us – let’s make 2024 the best year ever. Sometimes the route to happiness depends more on what you don’t do. Happiness–in your property investments, business life and your personal life–is often a matter of subtraction, not addition according to an article on Inc.com. The author Jeff Haden asks you to consider,…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my many years of business, it’s that change is the one constant. Just when you think things are settled, something will happen to upset the apple cart. Investors and entrepreneurs may think this is only happening to them, and that it’s their bad luck. It’s not. It’s the…
Ever had one of those days when you roll out of bed the wrong way and nothing seems to go right from that point on? We all have. Getting a jump on the day, and starting it in the right way, can make all the difference between a productive workday and one you spend in…
We all fail at times – even the most successful people. I know I seem to have had more than my share of failures along the way. One of my biggest lessons along the way was to learn to take responsibility for my failures and not blame others. Another lesson was to pick myself up,…
The world is supposedly divided into the haves and the have-nots. The reality is, like Yoda once said, it is the dos and the do-nots. What I mean by that is that success has as much to do with mindset as it has to do with anything else. The most successful people have common traits…
Everyone has a different idea of what success looks like. For many, it’s financial, while for others it’s success in personal relationships (although both feed into each other, that’s a blog post for another time). You may even have an idea of what a successful person looks like, and from that you have put together…
Are you waiting for things to change? Maybe you’re waiting for things to change so you can be happy or you’re waiting for things to change so you can finally take action on some of your ambitions. Maybe you want your business or professional practice to step up to the next level or you’re waiting…
We all know that persevering is the key to success. In fact, it’s been the take-home message of many of my success blogs. I write a lot about the importance of digging in when the chips are down, of persevering when you feel like downing tools and going home. They’re important traits and many successful…
Are you an entrepreneur? We’re in the golden age of the entrepreneur, and there has never been a better time to start a company or launch a product. After the success of disruptors like Uber and Airbnb, there’s no shortage of people keen to create their own companies that will change the way we work…
