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Carol on We're not getting it
Hurrah Someone at last talking sense. Watch cash flow - cash is king, be prepared for profit margins in the short term to be lower than the past, focus on delivering more functionality at a better p
Amber on We're not getting it
I'm with you guys on this one, the work is out there, you just have to go looking for it, not like in the past when work came to your door - the competition is strong, assuming your business practice
Chris on We're not getting it
Totally agree Mike
Ben on We're not getting it
I like Tom Peters ideas - well done on going to his seminar, pity about the disappointment. I want to tell you about a radical recession driven change I have made. GIVE AWAY WORK. Simple - I have a we
bede on Weathering the Storm - Jul 08
Don't agree with point number 6!
Eddie on Tale of Two Cities - Sept 08
I think that is one thing they understand in Dunedin, have similar experience, added value for being a student town.When you deal with the owners, you will get your service naturally as most people in
Alan on The Thing About Vision - Aug 08
Good sound advise. The road to wealth is not an easy one. Realistic planing and vision plus committment and financial planning are needed Just to "go" for it is the start to failure
Anthea on Put Yourself First - Sept 08
I have been there, hope I am not there again. It took a close staff member to die last month with no warning (41 years of age) it has made me re identify what is important and realise it is only ours
Doug on Put Yourself First - Sept 08
This sounds like a downward spiral indeed. Sometimes it helps to have a system to help get out of the spiral, eg Wednesdays are for me. I won't be in the office. And make it happen. When our kids
Danny on Put Yourself First - Sept 08
Some good points here and things that I have been guilty of in the past and oh sometimes the present too. Danny Sunkel www.dannysunkel.com

Weathering the Storm - Jul 08

Let's not mince words.  Things are tough out there.  For many, sales are not falling, they're plummeting.  Right at the moment we're being hit by an economic storm every bit as violent and destructive as the weather bomb that has swept over the country a couple of times in recent weeks.

A long-time client and I were talking about his coping strategy yesterday.  I didn't need to give him advice, he had it in a nutshell:

  • believe absolutely that you'll come through
  • focus intensely
  • be decisive - no decision is worse than a wrong decision in knife-edge situations
  • act quickly
  • banish nostalgia -   the past tells you nothing
  • don't drink too much
  • stay fit
Mike Ashby 31 July 2008

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Comment by: bede ashby at 12:59PM 16/10/2008
Don't agree with point number 6!

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