Andrew O’Brien: How to Build a Lifestyle Business
Andrew O’Brien talks about how he went from running as a hobby to turning it into a global lifestyle business. This is episode 025 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: How to Build A Global Lifestyle Business Today we’re talking about how to run a global business – literally. In particular how a couple […]
Weaknesses: Four Strategies to Overcome Yours
Strengths and Weaknesses Previously, we talked about finding out about our strengths as the key to happiness and success. We also touched on working on our weaknesses. At least, I shared my weakness in not completing things and what I was going to do about it. Today, I wanted to go a little deeper and […]
Weakness: What’s Yours?
Your Weakness Superman has Kryptonite. Batman has the Joker. Achilles had his heal. We all have a chief weakness. We all have an arch enemy. We all have something that stops us from getting what we want. Previously, I wrote about my strengths. It’s important to work in your strengths. This is where you’ll find […]
Content Marketing: How Much Should I Give Away?
Finding a Recipe I don’t cook from recipes very often. Probably only once every two or three weeks. And, whilst I do have a handful of cookbooks, I don’t tend to use them anymore. I’m more likely to simply type something into the Google machine and see what comes back. Often, I’ll specifically look to […]
Strengths Finder: What are you great at?
Strengths Finder Want to be happy? And, boost your wellbeing? And, be more satisfied with your life? Graeme Cowan suggests in his new book Back from the Brink, that we can achieve all of this if we simply work in our strengths. So, what are you great at? Whilst this post is all about me, […]
Eight Classic Ways to Structure Your Ebook
How to Structure Your Ebook A lot of what has been written about creating ebooks and books focusses on the usual things of Topics, Planning, Writing, Editing, Publishing, Selling and Promoting. This is all useful stuff. And, it’s all pretty standard stuff. One of the big misses from this list is a key design element […]
Rework by Jason Fried: Book Review
Rework How You Get Things Done I’ve just re-read Re-work and thought a re-view would be useful. Sorry, couldn’t re-sist. Oops. I first read this book a few years ago. And, to be honest I raced through it without taking it to heart. I fell for the trap that Seth Godin was talking about called […]
What Are Your Customers Buying?
Hot Melbourne It’s been really hot the past few days in Melbourne. And, I don’t mean 30C, I mean stinking hot… 40C+. I work from home and I don’t have air-conditioning. I do have a trusty fan and a cold shower. And, sometimes that’s not enough. Anyway, I decided it was too hot to work […]
Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In Book Review
Who is Sheryl Sandberg? Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Her TED Talk, Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders, has been viewed by more then 3,000,000 people. She serves on several boards, has a BA and MBA from Harvard and is married with two children. Previously, Sheryl Sandberg was Vice President […]
Mobile Friendly Website: 8 Reasons You Need One
Mobile Friendly If you’re like most people you probably carry your mobile phone everywhere you go. And, even when you’re at home it’s usually within reaching distance. Your smartphone and tablet are increasingly how we go online. In the good old days we only had to design our website for the desktop. Today, you need […]