Small business owners and entrepreneurs are paragons of passion, courage, perseverance and wit. If you’re looking for your daily dose of motivation or an inspiring act to get your creative juices flowing, read on.
Over preparing has its pro’s and con’s. Sure you’d cover all the details, but it can make you lose the window of opportunity laid out for you. Sometimes, we only get one chance and we mustn’t waste it. I’m all up for preparing a plan of action, but timing is also integral to the plan’s […]
Great success often comes to the most passionate people. Loving what we do is really important to our success, even in business. Why? Because it is our passion that fuels us to do great things, leading to the path of success.
The only race that you’ll never win is running away from your problems. At first you may think you’ve already gone away with your problem but soon it just creeps up on you. And when you don’t face it and try to solve it, it will never really go away. It will just haunt you. […]
Every time you try to do something, you give it a chance; a chance to succeed. Once you try, you open a door for opportunities to come in. All successful entrepreneurs once started from scratch. They took risks and tried. There is really no sure formula to succeed, because each entrepreneur has a...
Even if you fail numerous times, you shouldn’t give up. Like what the quote says, “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” It doesn’t matter how much you fail, what matters is how many times you stand up. That’s what the quote is implying. Just keep on trying and always do your best. Do more each [&he...
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, it is through our mistakes that we learn and improve. Sir Ken Robinson even said, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Attaining success means making lots of mistakes. These mistakes help us become better ...
Everybody has worries. It is part of our nature as human beings. Our worries often come from being unsure of what the future hold. But we shouldn’t live our life worrying all the time. And like the quote above says, “Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoyin...
It all starts with a dream, with your imagination. Our imagination is limitless. It is what fuels us to succeed. Even the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung believes, “Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth.” Our best works come from our ideas and imagination. It ...
Are you ready to achieve big things? Then better be ready to make big changes as well. There are times when things just aren’t working. For some, such situations even occur more often. What’s the solution? Change some things, change the formula, change your approach.
If you think about it, “Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.” More often than not, you’d just feel worse about the whole thing and won’t be able to use your time wisely. You’d just end up wasting a whole morning or even whole day listing all the things that w...
When you’re just about to plan a goal or a business, it always feels like it is so hard and just really impossible to achieve. But once you’ve started on it, it would feel easier. Isn’t that always the case? The more we think about how hard or impossible our task is the more it […]
Whenever it feels like life is throwing you down, get up and don’t quit. Don’t give up even if you feel like you can no longer go on. Try one more time. As the quote above says, “Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference […]
It’s hard putting up a business. Being an entrepreneur has more challenges than a regular employee, but it can pave way to a lot of beautiful opportunities. We all started as a beginner at some point. But it sure would be helpful to receive advice from other successful entrepreneurs. In this Slid...
Think less, feel more—this is something most of us don’t really practice. We rely more on what we think is right, rather than what we feel is right. Often what we feel is actually what we need to follow. We tend to think too much. This is how most of us operate. We think about […]
“I’m busy”—how many times have we uttered these words? We are never truly busy, it’s just we have different priorities. Others prefer to work first and let their personal life take a back seat. Meanwhile, there are those who keep wishing for their dreams to happen. But what if being busy never st...
Wanting and doing are two different things. But wanting can spark actions. It’s like having the right mindset when it comes to your goals. Reaching for your goals may be tough and may take time, but if set your mind to it, it will happen.
Have you ever tried something that you’re totally afraid of doing? Take, for example, bungee jumping or treetop free falling. A lot of people are afraid of heights and are scared stiff of trying these things out. Whenever they step into that ledge whether tied to a rope or wielding a parach...