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by Willem Gous | Mar 3, 2018 | Business ownership, Small business
5 lies small business owners tell themselves [Video included] I have been a small business owner since 1999 and working with other small business owners I can tell you with absolute authority that we lie to ourselves. We BS ourselves into failure sometimes. If you...
by Willem Gous | Mar 1, 2018 | Business ownership, Life Design - Designing your life and business together, Small business
3 things small business owners can learn from my favorite quotes [Video included] I found that few people stop and think about the quotes they read. Stop for a moment and think how the quote is relevant to your life and your small business and get real value from it....
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by Willem Gous | Mar 1, 2018 | Business ownership, Life Design - Designing your life and business together, Small business
3 things I wish I had known about owning a small business [Video included] My life, business and cash flow would have been better had I known these 3 things about owning a small business. Work never ends Work for a small business owner never ends. I tried working 8...
by Willem Gous | Feb 19, 2018 | Business ownership, Self Development
SONA 2018 Small business will not grow the economy, but it can South Africa got a new president last week and the country is in a very positive mood. Well done to our new president committing to small businesses in last week’s state of the nation address. This is a...
by Willem Gous | Jan 28, 2018 | Business ownership, Life Design - Designing your life and business together, Self Development, Setting Goals
Good habits form just as easy as bad habits Your habits determine your eventual success. Read any story about success and you will see consistency, habits of success, doing the right thing every day for a long time. However, we are held back by habits that work...
by Willem Gous | Jan 24, 2018 | Business ownership, Self Development
Your perceptions, precede your actions. My perception of a situation, a person, a product or even service will always guide my actions or inaction towards it. Your perceptions always precede your actions, and your actions determine your results. Thus, if you are not...
by Willem Gous | Jan 22, 2018 | Business ownership, Self Development
Eventually you will be wrong. Treat it as a compliment. You will be wrong eventually, it is the normal cycle of growth. There is nothing wrong with it and nothing you should fear either. I do not hold the same beliefs and views today that I held 20, 10, 5 or even 1...
