Roger James Hamilton's Blog, page 31
October 19, 2014
Think big but start small !
Do you have a sneaking feeling that you may have a smarter path to success? That one little paradigm shift could lead to 10x the results you’re getting today?
Here’s a story to inspire you (it’s been inspiring me) – of Nick Woodman. He’s a surfer who went from failure to billionaire by taking 3 steps that appear counter-intuitive on the surface, but led to the $9 billion business he has today.
STEP ONE – TAKE A BREAK
When Nick’s first business went bust (an online business called FunBug based on...
October 15, 2014
Best way to start your day
Some people were asking what are the 8 questions to ask each morning. Here’s a video on them (together with this morning’s sunrise in Bali!) -
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Roger James Hamiltonwill be guiding you each week through this new one year video series (divided into the four seasons), He will take you through each level of the Wealth Spectrum, and there will be...
October 14, 2014
Great businesses aren’t ‘things’ – not a road, but an intersection
I remember when I thought business was a ‘thing’. That’s what you get taught in Economics 101 and in Business School. I remember struggling to make my business better – better products, better staff, better profits. Only to find myself working too hard, or dealing with customers unhappy with our systems, or finding everyone trying to juggle more things as the business took on a life of its own.
Everything shifted when I learned that great businesses aren’t ‘things’ – not a road, but an interse...
Great businesses aren’t ‘things’ – not a road, but an intersection.
I remember when I thought business was a ‘thing’. That’s what you get taught in Economics 101 and in Business School. I remember struggling to make my business better – better products, better staff, better profits. Only to find myself working too hard, or dealing with customers unhappy with our systems, or finding everyone trying to juggle more things as the business took on a life of its own.
Everything shifted when I learned that great businesses aren’t ‘things’ – not a road, but an interse...
October 13, 2014
Are you consciously making enough time to do nothing well ?
One of the biggest barriers to success is that we spend too much time trying to do things well, and not enough time doing nothing well.
Filling days with busy-ness, without moments which are 100% yours, is like trying to swim without breathing. All the most successful people I know have a discipline of creating magic moments every day – those moments which are 100% ‘you’ time: Not to review to-do lists or to check your email or phone, or to step out for a coffee – but to do absolutely nothing....
October 9, 2014
Enhance Instead of Expand
We’re moving from a world of ‘more’ to a world of ‘better’ – where quality beats quantity. Where less is more. Where you can earn more working with 50 people who love you than 500 people who ‘like’ you.
For your next stage of growth, focus at enhancing instead of expanding. Do one thing best instead of trying to do ten things well. Cut out the static and noise so the people you care most about (and who care most about you) can hear your music.
October 4, 2014
Keep the Light Shining #umbrellarevolution
I was born in Hong Kong and went to school in Hong Kong. Last night I watched Joshua Wong, the 17 year old leader of the Umbrella Revolution speaking on CNN.
Theresais 17 now, and I remember when I was 17 in HK, heading down to Mongkok to meet friends and watch movies on the same corner the violence took place last night.It’s around this age that many of us get a stronger sense of not only whatwe want to live for, but what we’re prepared to die for.
Of all the photos of the last few weeks, this...
October 1, 2014
The Little Fish that Roared!
In the 1955 satirical book, “The Mouse that Roared”, a tiny European country declared war against USA in the hope they would be bombed by the US and then rebuilt (cheaper than them trying to rebuild themselves!). However, they accidentally won the war and ended up dominating all the biggest countries in the world…
This video is about “The Little Fish that Roared” – How the Merlion (half fish, half lion) began as the symbol of the British East India Company (The world’s 1st public company) and...
September 24, 2014
The Naked Truth
With the recent escalations in attacks and aggression around the world, I think this story on Alfred Nobel is timely. He was the inventor of dynamite and one of Europe’s largest arms manufacturers in the 1800′s. In 1888 the media reported on his brother’s death but mistakenly thought it was Alfred, and the headlines read “The Merchant of Death is Dead”.
Few of us get to read our obituaries whilewe’re still alive. Alfred did, and had a turn of conscience. Deeply perturbed by what he read, he la...
September 3, 2014
How to get into flow and keep moving ?
Why be in flow instead of standing still? When you’re still, you’re static. Static means no movement, but it also means no clarity – like a radio picking up static. When you’re in flow, the static goes and clarity appears: A flowing river is clear. A still pond is muddy.
How to get into flow? The paradox is, flow occurs when the mind is still, not when it’s racing. Too many of us have slow bodies and busy minds…
Confusion comes when our mind is racing and our body is still. Flow comes when our...
