Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.
A mate of mine David Ball (@MrDavidBall) recently linked me to a great cartoon drawing by Stuart McMillen (@Stuart_McMillen) which depicts his frustrations towards moving through the traditional schooling and tertiary education systems in Australia (and the Western World). I personally believe the traditional education system is rubbish so I think this cartoon is excellent, [...]
Below follows some of Will Smith’s wisdom, some of his thoughts on life… Take the time to watch it and soak it in. For those of you who’ve never seen this side of Will Smith, prepare to be amazed (I was). One of my favourites: “The separation of talent and skill is one of the [...]
Successful entrepreneurs try to create something of value from practically nothing. They sense opportunities, marshall resources, take calculated risks and push ideas through to reality. Typically driven by a commitment to a common vision and bold goals, they reward results and have little tolerance for those who worship process and effort. This they try to [...]
A short video reflection diary of the Edgeware Young Entrepreneur’s Camp in January 2009. There’s more camps coming up later this year, so if you’ve never been be sure to check it out! ——— If we haven’t met before, I’d love to meet you! You can find out a little bit about me here and [...]
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. – Eddie Cantor If we haven’t met before, I’d love to meet you! You can find out a little bit about me here and get in [...]
Here’s some pictures I tweeted recently that got a lot of Re-Tweets and feedback, thought you might also enjoy them What are you waiting for? The *perfect* time will NEVER come to risk everything, leave your job and follow your dreams… So make the decision to take that leap of faith and “just do it!”. [...]
I’m a sponge that absorbs my surroundings, an information addict, a visual learner; so when I came across this very simple explanation of the credit crisis I felt that I had to share it with all the others out there who are challenged by theory based examples. It was originally developed by Jonathan Jarvis from [...]
Hectic days are bound to happen, and when they do it’s important to remember what really matters, what will actually make a difference and what tasks are of high-value. You MUST be organised. If you know you’ve got a hectic day approaching, you can count on at least another 3 must-do tasks arising before now [...]
There’s no doubt about it, it’s tough making a buck today. Even hanging on to the money you’ve got is hard enough. But it’s at times like these that we begin to truly appreciate the resources we have at our disposal and how clever we humans can be at utilizing them. It’s a real life [...]