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Archive for March, 2003

28 Mar, 2003

Too Late for Iraq Discipline

Posted by: Marc In: Life

This seems to be the approach to Iraq….If your a good citizen in your community and you beat up the bad guy to stop him mugging someone weaker than him, people will cheer, they will even put the boot in themselves. No one will criticize your aggression or stop you. Don’t beat him 12 years [...]

28 Mar, 2003

Neo Conservatists, Making a Mess?

Posted by: Marc In: Life

The Neo conservatists in America and the UK (and John Howard) should have pushed to look at an Iraq regime immediately after the 1st gulf war. Doing in now has given Saddam unprecedented media focus, in the Arab world and exacerbate the pre-existing tendency for Muslims and westerners to polarize against each other. The more [...]

12 Mar, 2003

Trade in Time Not Money

Posted by: Marc In: MoneyManagement| TimeManagement

Generally when you are in business you think about trading in terms of money. The reality however is that it’s time your are trading. You buy time, you sell time. You buy and sell it to do things or build things. For example you need to sell a car. It can be quantified in time [...]

12 Mar, 2003

It All Depends On How You Think

Posted by: Marc In: Quotes

If you think you are beaten - you are, If you think you dare not - you don’t, If you’d like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost certain you won’t, If you think you will lose, you’ve lost, For out in this world you will find, Success begins with a fellow’s will, It’s [...]

12 Mar, 2003

Persistence

Posted by: Marc In: Quotes

Nothing in the world can take the place or persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will [...]

12 Mar, 2003

Attitude

Posted by: Marc In: Quotes

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or [...]

12 Mar, 2003

Prioritising

Posted by: Marc In: TimeManagement

Increasingly I find that prioritising is key to making efficient use of time in business. What’s the one thing nearly all business owners want more off when asked? …Time. You can purchase time by hiring people to do stuff for you. Then those people can hire more people under them so you can do even [...]

12 Mar, 2003

Procrastination. Cure Within.

Posted by: Marc In: TimeManagement

Procrastination is the thief of time…unknown The best way to prevent procrastination is not to try and prevent it, becuase you will not be able to. You have so many things to do in your life its next to impossible to do them all. Simply follow this single rule, 1. Pick a single task that [...]

06 Mar, 2003

Managing Your Finances

Posted by: Marc In: MoneyManagement

There is only three rules in managing your business finances: 1. Don’t get behind 2. Keep improving your system 3. Use the information it gives you !!!



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