How often do we make things more complicated than they need to be? Just this morning I read a comment made by an author who stated that the single most important thing to do in building a business is to clarify what your company does. Nothing fancy, just plain simple English. Short and sweet. When […]
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Wherever I go I nearly always have a deck of playing cards with me. Why? Because a few years ago I spent 2 hours each night practicing magic. The hard work paid off and I became quite good. But one thing did surprise me – it wasn’t the elaborate tricks that amazed most people but
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It’s strange what we remember. One memory that stands out in my mind is my father taking me to a store in London to purchase a new camera with exchangeable lenses. The store was long and narrow with a counter that stretched almost the length of the shop. Behind the counter on the wall there
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Last year a new restaurant opened up just down the street, they did a fabulous job with the decor, were very welcoming and had the potential to be a hit in the area. Only one problem – hmmm…how should I put it? They sucked. So despite sinking an estimated $25,000 into the place, they closed
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Each day we wake up, get ready for the day, then head out the door to face whatever challenges we have. As we spend quite a sizable amount of time at the office it comes as no surprise that many of our challenges are work related but as we all know a whole range of
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The other day I got a call from a friend of mine who’s American, but he lives here in Japan. We talked for a bit about business, then somehow we got on the topic of our families and I mentioned how tough it is for many people living away from their families. He agreed and
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Last week I decided to take one day off from writing here. It had been about a month since I hadn’t written anything but I wanted to test something out. You see, accessing the power of computers I’m able to see where in the world my readers come from and how long they’ve spend on
why is it people don’t invest in themselves? Read More »
My wife is often asked by people – how did you learn English? People wonder if she studied abroad, or if she was born overseas. No and no. She went old school – she studied. There were nights when she cried and days when she wanted to give up. But she didn’t. She listened, read,
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Many people liked the story I found on Facebook entitled, A Glass of Milk – Paid in Full so I decided to share another one that I came across. Here at www.isucceedbook.com I like to talk about the unlimited possibilities that exist for each of us. And yet, there are times despite our best efforts
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Children learn pretty early on that owning up to their mistakes can land them in a whole heap of trouble. As such children learn to lie or simply pretend that nothing happened. Being an only child my parents often looked at me when something was found broken in our house. It became so ingrained in
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