Takis Athanassiou's Blog, page 103
June 3, 2015
Your Next Move
I was on the road, again, in a small cafe, reading my notes for my next meeting. In an odd moment, my eyes gaze to the surrounding trying to catch a moment of relax. Unconsciously I start observing the people around me, trying to focus at what I had to do next.
I started to think: what are people doing here? I mean, I was in a small cafe, a place people try to relax, associate with other people, feel new emotions and interact with new people. They have participated in ordinary activities an...
June 1, 2015
e-Learning Is Not Just Systems
The e-Learning business is large business these days! I work in this area for more than 20 years now and, always, something new makes a different impact on how people can learn better and more effectively! I start with the multimedia technologies, trying to experiment with thenew, then multimedia for delivering a short of vocational training experience (yes, there were a time when audio, video, images, etc. are not a standard in a computer)! Later come the Internet age and everything becomes...
May 29, 2015
A Business Kata
In martial arts, I remember that we have done a lot of times, the same, boring movesuntil our instructor was satisfied with our performance. The pattern of those moves, their rhythm, their sequence and their coordination are the result of many years of experience, practice and training! They called kata and their aim is to prepare your body to respond in a predetermined way in a given situation! The excellent performance in a kata provides an indication for better performance in a real situat...
May 25, 2015
Training is a Core Activity
I was returning an urgent call, the other day, by a client, wanted some explanation about the cost of a project. The project he had recently launched, related to the development of a social marketing solution for his company. The contractor has given him a fair price, but he thought he could lower the price more (crisis times you see)!
The thing he insisted the most and he was unable to accept was the training cost! He insisted that the specific training was not at all necessarysince all hi...
May 20, 2015
Habits That Lead Students To The Path Of Success
Success does not come easily. It is something that has to be strived for and a struggle has to be there in order to gain applause and achieve one’s goals. Hence, for students who are still in the process of getting an education, it is extremely important that they realize what some of the rules are that can lead to success and not consider...
May 18, 2015
Moving Is Not Enough
The previous week was very demanding, from abusiness point of view! On top of that, I had to meet a friend of minebecause he was asked me for an appointment! He wanted to discuss some problems he was facing in his job! As a general rule, I try to avoid meetings (of all kinds), especially at the periods of demanding work! But he was a friend (and a client), and I was really interesting in listening to what he had to say!
The topic of our meeting was that he had spent numerous hours trying to...
May 13, 2015
5 Old-school Habits That Are Slowing Your Business Down
This is a guest post by Gary Gould! Gary Gould is the Co-Founder of Compare Cloudware, one of the leading cloudware comparisons websites. Gary wants to help small business owners and start-ups to enter the world of cloud computing that will help them grow, including cloud-based financial tools, project management and CRM.
Running a business is hard work. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re managing a multi-million pound enterprise, you need to be willing to put a lot of blood, sweat an...
May 11, 2015
Entrepreneurship is Not Business
“What makes a good entrepreneur?” was the topic of the discussion! “Who is anentrepreneur“, it was my answer! I was in my mastermind group trying to invigorate the spirit of some of my associates. I was a “First among equals“ (Primus inter pares) in a specific group of people and the one, admittedly, with the lesser skills and abilities among the participants! I am the person who want to know the “ropes and ties” (so to speak) about what’s happening! One of my habits in such gathering is to t...
May 8, 2015
eMail Productivity & Unroll.Me
One of the most important drainages of today’s productivity is your mail inbox. Everybody, we know the feeling of checking mail after mail to check what’s happening! Of course is wrong and, of course, costs you a lot of time and energy.
You should stop checking all the time your email, and you should start developing some good habits to help you do the things are important to you and your business.
One of the best ways to do that is the developing of good habits and the adoption of excellen...
May 6, 2015
5 Leadership Lessons We Learn From Our Kids
Anyone who has children or has spent any time with children knows that there seems to always be a double standard between what we tell them and what we as adults really do. Even if you have no children around you now, you were a child yourself at some point. How many times did you hear one of your parents tell you to “do as I say, not as I do”? Unfortu...
