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How to Milk a Good Risk That Pays You Well

Rational thinking is the way to milk a risk that pays well, on the good the risks brings you, on the contrary to good things the risks bring you and all of the objective trimmings that go with it. However, to use risk productively, you must look at all situations with cold objectivity, logic and honesty. In light of that, this will be an easy to read and apply article with enough words to give it good, useful meat and potatoes advice. Sure, inert advice tells you to take the wildest risks possible. Good, workable advice tells you to take the risk with the most sure return on investment. The good, workable advice is the advice this article will give. Let us face it, only genuine losers take too much risk, especially irrational long shot type lottery style risks when we really look at objective business thinking. Winners only take rational risks that do have good returns on investment in the long run and sometimes long run and short run combined.

I am not always saying that everything is cut and dried easily measurable, but, I am saying indeed that things are progressing when they are working rationally, not perfectly, but rationally. Think about it, only those who do not succeed in any genuine way expect consistent perfection, those who do win, seek rationally workable success and not consistent perfection in any situation. I did not say the word “almost” either, for that only counts in hang grenades and horseshoe throwing games. What counts is what rationally counts as success and that requires a certain amount of “imperfection” and risk. In fact, the ultimate imperfection is the concept of risk, so get “perfect” out of your mind and achieve the kind of success I am talking about. The only concept of perfection that genuinely counts in fact is when you do succeed and come in “in the black” or get past the gauntlet of failure. That is the secret, that is the goal. Nothing succeeds like success. read more »

Practical Career Change Advice – Don’t Wait at the Stop Light!

Are you suffering from “Red Light Thinking”? Not sure? Here are five questions to help you determine if you do:

1. Do you constantly plan and prepare to leave your job but never take action?

2. Are you waiting for the perfect time to change careers?

3. Do you get a good idea and pencil it “to be done” later?

4. Are you overwhelmed by all your ideas to create your dream life and just put them on the shelf?

5. Are you waiting to be laid off to start working on your life? read more »

Turn your employees into entrepreneurs

How can you make your life as a business owner or manager easier?

Imagine what your business would be like if your workforce continually amazed you by developing innovative and creative solutions to every-day problems.

Are your employees are your greatest asset? Are you maximizing their potential?

Quite often we allow people to get ‘stuck in a rut’ at work. The everyday grind becomes monotonous. People lose interest, disengage and morale lowers. This ultimately results in an unstable organisation that is underperforming.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a superb framework for helping to understand what motivates people. It shows us areas of importance for your employees and how moving up these needs can increase motivation and impact on the bottom line. read more »