Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. Courage, confidence and conviction. Are all attributes which I believe have a direct correlation with success in life. Agility means you rapidly respond to opportunities and adapt to different [...]
Vigilance, diligence, agility and vulnerability. As a business leader, what do these words conjure up for you emotionally? For many of us the last couple of years have been anything but stable. [...]
How often do you review why you're in business? Why you got started in the first place? If you're like many of us, you may well have fallen into business at some [...]
I speak with a lot of business owners who tell me they have a booming business. Turnover between $1M to $5M+ per year. While this looks great on paper, when I ask [...]
A huge risk to growth in business is the number “one”. Dependency on one major client. One key employee. One product. One major supplier. A client is facing this with a supplier. [...]
It’s 6 months into 2021. Hopefully Covid is on the retreat with the vaccine rollout. Business will open up. Which is why you should adapt your sales and business strategy so that [...]
Do you have a solution in search of a problem? You’d be surprised at how often we have businesses espouse some expertise, create a product or service and then look for a [...]
I grew up watching Lost in Space. Just about every episode had Dr Smith getting up to no good and the Robot waving his arms with Danger, Danger, Danger. Which [...]
The new year is rapidly looming. What will it bring? None of us can predict the future. But we can learn from history. Now is a great time to sit back and [...]
Camels. I think they’re pretty ugly and they spit. But that aside they’re one of the most resilient creatures on the planet. They survive in stinking hot deserts all [...]
The Camel and the Unicorn. One has been around for millions of years and will continue to do so. The other is a mythical creature symbolising magic and miraculous growth. Which one [...]
It's almost the end of the year. What you do now will set you up for a great 2021. You either relax and take a break after all your hard [...]
Well, it's November and it's almost the end of the year. It's mission critical time! Why? Because it's the time where you either set yourself up for a great 2021 or you [...]
Simon Sinek popularised the importance of knowing your “Why”. This is especially important when you’re in business. Because when times get tough, as they inevitably do, it’s crucial to know what’s driving [...]
If I were to ask you who your market was, how specific would you be? Would you say, “potentially everyone”, or could you narrow it right down to specific people experiencing specific [...]
What advice would you give to your 11 year old self? I’ve been watching a group of successful people do just that. We’ve been in business 20 years, which got [...]
As we come out of lockdown and enter a new phase, none of us really knows what the new normal will look like. My name’s Rashid Kotwal. Here are some [...]
As we come out of lockdown and enter a new phase, what will that look like for you? Will it be more of the same or have you really thought about what [...]
What a difference a few weeks make! Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to look and more importantly, take action! A mastermind member who deals with commercial real estate investment was in [...]
The Chinese symbol for crisis denotes both danger and opportunity. Both of which we’re experiencing with the pandemic. My name’s Rashid Kotwal. Over the last few weeks I’ve spoken [...]
The Chinese symbol for crisis denotes both danger and opportunity. Both of which we’re experiencing with the pandemic. While a lot of businesses have massively suffered, a significant number have found new [...]
Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. The three hall marks of every successful person be it in business or life in general. And never more pertinent than in times like these. My [...]
Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. The three hall marks of every successful person – be it in business or life in general. And never more useful than in times like these. Agility in business [...]
As a leader do you ever find yourself saying any of this? Nobody can do it as well as I can. If you want it done right, you just have [...]
Leverage! Archimedes famously said, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Ultimately, leverage is about increasing efficiency across the [...]
It would be an understatement to say that the world’s in turmoil. So when confronted with a situation there are different ways we can deal with it. We can apply expansive or [...]
Right now we’re in the middle of the Covid-19 storm. And while we’re all battening down the hatches, at some point the storm will pass. And we need to prepare to be [...]
Right now the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. Fear and uncertainty rules. Having said that, you have a choice. You can retreat, bunker down [...]
Right now the world seems to be going to hell in a hand-basket. Fear and uncertainty rules. As a species, we crave order, structure and leadership. We can’t control everything that’s happening. [...]
Fires, floods, now pestilence with Covid-19. We live in an age of disruption. So it’s not a case of if, but a case of when something unforeseen will come up. [...]
In business there’s only so much you can do alone. Ultimately, your business will only grow if there’s leverage. Which comes from people. Sustained growth and profitability comes from staff who are [...]
Your organisation’s growing rapidly. How do you hire the right people? What should you be looking for? My name’s Rashid Kotwal. There are three predominant ways companies hire people. But [...]
Every business faces risks. Some you can control, others not. Either way you must have plans to mitigate them or risk oblivion. In our recent mastermind session, 20 mid-sized business owners discussed [...]
Does your business provide you with short, medium and long term income? My name’s Rashid Kotwal. When working with growth focused business owners we emphasise it’s crucial to keep the [...]
Success comes through focusing on what’s important and getting it done. One of the most important concepts in business is the Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule. Where 20% of your efforts will [...]
Imagine playing a competitive game with no scoring mechanism. No way of determining a winner or loser. It’s an oxymoron and there’d be no point. So why wouldn’t we apply this to [...]
Every business must re-invent itself periodically. Past success is no guarantee for future growth. In business you’re either growing or dying. There’s no room for complacency. To stay ahead of the S-Curve [...]
According to Hebrew proverbs, Where there is no vision, the people perish. And as the Cheshire Cat said to Alice, if you don’t know where you want to get to, any road [...]
Money, time, status and happiness. Ultimately we’re all striving for one or more of these in life. And arguably one of the most effective ways of achieving these is through business. Why? [...]
It’s coming up to the silly season. Lots of merriment and parties before Christmas. Not a lot gets done. Or does it? Back in the 70’s, 80’s and even early 90’s that [...]
