Documents tagged 'Time'

MeetingsManagement MeetingsWhy are they a waste of time? The 80/20 rule and 5 steps to success

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

How often have you sat in a meeting thinking This is such a waste of time. I have so many others things to do. I wish I could be somewhere else Sound familiar? Im sure we all have had these thoughts at one time or another and maybe for some of us, it has been very recent! My...

Top 10 Tips On How To Stay On The Straight And Narrow

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

Do you ever wonder where the hours have gone? I sometimes do. There are times when I find it all too easy to be, as the song says, busy doing nothing. Well, not exactly nothing, but not exactly the activities that are the most important; the ones that would serve me and my business most...

Impressing Your Customers Is Easy With 3 Guaranteed Tactics

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

Customer satisfaction isn’t one single act, but a group of actions that work together to make their experience a pleasant and satisfying experience. You’ve probably eaten at a restaurant where the food was wonderful, but the service slow and unprofessional. Somebody was doing a good...

Choosing To Apply For A 0% Intro Rate Credit Card

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

If youre of age and with a permanent source of income, maybe its time to own a credit card. If you havent ever considered owning a credit card, maybe its time to do so. There are a lot of good things that could be made possible simply by owning a credit card. First, credit cards could...

Mortgage Tips for First Time Buyers

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

A home is the single most expensive thing most people will ever purchase. In addition, paying off a home loan can take as long as forty years and will involve paying an amount of interest that exceeds the cost of the house itself. In short, buying a house is not something to be done...

How a loan can help you get a car

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

If you have ever looked with longing upon the cars in the dealerships, you may have wished you could be able to afford that great, shiny new car. You figure, it might be nice to cruise the countryside in a car like that. Youll be the envy of your family and friends. But perhaps you feel...

People are Financially Divided into Four Groups

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

According to Robert Kiyosaki, author of the worldwide bestselling Rich Dad Poor Dad book, people are financially divided into four groups. The first two groups are classified as active income people. They are called active because they have to exchange time for money. If they stop...

Looking to Increase Employee Performance? Motivation is Critical.

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

Whats an organization to do when all of its honest and genuine efforts to motivate Sally and Sam to come to work on time, work safely, deliver efficient services, and act as if they were happy to be a part of the team, fail? There is no shortage of pop-psych books and motivational...

The Fine Line Between Persistence and Stalking!

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

In sales, there’s a fine line between persistence and stalking. In my experience, with the exception of prospects who are already in the sales cycle, that line is usually drawn at about once every 6 weeks. So given that you only have once every 6 weeks to make a direct impression on...

Traps for young (and old) Entrepreneurs.

Author: Zechariah

Published: 22/11/2008

Its common knowledge that most small businesses fail within 5 years. These statistics are mindblowingly depressing for people looking to start up a new venture. So what goes wrong? No-one starts out with the intention of creating something that isnt sustainable. In fact most people would...