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15 Books, 11 apps, 6 tips, 3 podcasts, 2 blogs & 1 video that every entrepreneur should know

Do you work hard or do you work smart? If you're a true entrepreneur (and that definition includes you if you're a dynamic employee), then you know there's really only one choice. You've got to do both. Hard work plus high productivity is the holy grail of...

How to chair a meeting

"If I had a choice about going to a meeting at the studio and changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy" - Tim Burton (film director) It's the big meeting; the day of reckoning, and there are big decisions to be made. Everyone is coming - the Chairman, shareholders,...

7 words & phrases to stop using in business

"Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence" - Pythagoras Words are great. Words define what we stand for. In business how we communicate will determine how well we work with each other within the business and how strongly that business will engage with our...

The Greatest Star Trek Crew Ever

"Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms" Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek Creator) Star Trek is life. If...

5 Tips on how to give a moving eulogy

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living" - Cicero Giving a eulogy is an awesome responsibility. A loved one has died. Friends and family are in a state of grief, and this is the last moment before burial or cremation and final goodbyes. At times...