empowerment

Is your lack of creativity sabotaging your success?

February 15, 2011

We can all enhance the creativity we possess; while some behaviours and circumstances can encourage the production of ideas, others can stifle or stop idea generation all together. Sometimes it’s our belief that we’re not creative that can limit our creativity.  Negative thinking and self criticism hamper a positive belief in our own abilities. Your [...]

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How often do you fail in business?

February 8, 2011

I belong to a mastermind group and each week we meet to discuss different topics related to business. We are all small business owners so we have a lot in common. I love being part of a mastermind group as we regularly have opportunities to use the group as our very own brains trust and [...]

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Stumbling block or stepping-stone – a lesson in small business resilience

January 25, 2011

I read a really great quote on Twitter the other day. And it got me thinking about the importance of being resilient – in life and business. It said: “the difference between a stumbling block and a stepping-stone is how you use them” – author unknown. The quote struck a chord with me for two [...]

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