Second Income Ideas – could this be the one for you? February 22nd, 2012
Is your current income enough for your needs? Or for the lifestyle you desire?
In this current economic climate more and more people are finding the need to have a second income. There are many openings out there. The 64 thousand dollar question – which one is the right one for you?
You should sit down and make a check list. What are you good at, what are your interests, what investment can you give – both time and financial, what…
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2nd Income Opportunities for Policemen February 14th, 2012
Many police have 2nd jobs. My highly motivated team is looking for both serving policemen and ex police personnel to join them – is it YOU?
Headlines in the Times today report that many police officers have second jobs because they need a second income.
Concerns have been raised about ‘conflict of interest ‘with certain types of jobs and whether allowing police officers to have a second job will create a part time police force. The Police Federation has defended the…
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Work From Home: Is it all it’s cracked up to be? February 7th, 2012
As with all things there are ‘pros and cons’ with working from home.
Much will depend on your character and personality and what may be a ‘positive’ for one person may be a ‘negative’ for another. It is important that you are honest with yourself when looking at your strengths and weaknesses when deciding if working from home is for you.
One obvious advantage if you Work At Home is that you save on expenditure. There will…
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Working From Home – how to manage your time effectively January 31st, 2012
Working from home requires discipline, planning and organisation. How you do this will depend on your personal circumstances and what factors you have to take into consideration.
Discipline
It is all too easy when working from home to allow distractions to encroach into the day’s work plan. Let the answer phone respond to your calls. Don’t check your emails every ten minutes. Program into the day the time when you will respond to those phone messages and emails. Discipline…
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Customer Service vs Price: Which Camp Are You In? January 13th, 2012
If I had to choose I would always go for service – but isn’t it great when you come across a company that wins on both accounts?
It is a rare company that never receives a customer complaint. However good a firm is, sometimes something will go wrong. The strength of any company is how they deal with those complaints.
Which? has just published research on the number of complaints received by energy companies and also on the customer satisfaction with…
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Work Full Time on your Salary and Part Time on your Fortune January 6th, 2012
Those of you familiar with Jim Rohn, the American Entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, will recognise this as one of his of his quotes. More importantly, you will know that he actually acted on that and did make his fortune by initially working on his ‘part time thingy!’ His rags to riches story is truly inspirational.
The great thing about this advice is that it can apply to each and every one of us and I believe there has never…
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Is Direct Selling the way forward in this current economic climate? December 16th, 2011
There is much in the news these days about how we are losing our High Street shops and I am awaiting the report from Mary Portas with interest.
As someone who has owned several High Street shops in the past I know only too well there are several issues making it difficult for High Street owners. Rising rents, high rates, lack of, or expensive parking , the convenience of the supermarket providing everything under the one roof, all contribute to…
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Dare2Change Event! November 18th, 2011
To make things happen, sometimes you have to Dare2Change’.
If you respond to that sentiment you are the kind of person we are looking for.
This is an evening for those of you who are not content to sit back and just let things happen. This is an evening for those of you who are tired of hearing all the doom and gloom that is currently out there but are not content to just sit back and accept it. This is…
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Sports People Make Successful Business People November 14th, 2011
Sports people are Fantastic at our Business
Why?
• You have good communication skills.
• You are disciplined
• You are goal driven
• You recognise the importance of training
• You recognise the value of teamwork
• You love the feeling of success
• You know the hard work it takes to be a ‘ Winner’ but you also know that it’s worth every bit of effort.
What about putting some of these traits into your own business? This is exactly what I have done. My background…
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Are there any Happy Smiley Positive People out there? November 4th, 2011
Which of these lines do you identify with?
‘If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs – you’ll be a man my son’
or
‘If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs – you obviously don’t understand the gravity of the situation!’
The first line is taken from Rudyard Kipling’s well known poem ‘If’ and the second one is obviously a parody on that. It does, however, illustrate the different ways different people…
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