Tag Archives: business
Be independent, start a business
Everyone has a skill or idea that they could turn into a business opportunity. Liberty, creativity and wisdom are three values I promote often in this blog, which I feel contribute significantly to the prosperity of the individual, society and the environment. One of the best ways to let these three values run wild and …
Vision and Mission Statements
Defining who you are and what your purpose is in life helps focus your resources and choices. Trying to get to sleep my mind had other priorities, I was invited to an unwanted creativity brainstorming event as my mind wanted to know what my vision and mission statements were for my business. A vision statement …
The importance of good communications
Bad communications break relationships and cause misunderstandings. It is rare I make a second blog post in any one day but an issue that annoys me motivated me to talk about communications. One of the major causes of relationship breakdown and conflict in human interaction is due to poor communication. As a business owner I …
The difference between consumer and stakeholder
Would you rather have a stake in the environment or merely consume it? If a bank loaned me money the relationship would be that of a consumer. The bank has no interest in my business, only on making a fast profit at my expense. The bank will require that I pay back its loan plus …
Global weather turns hostile
2013 likely will be worse than 2012 for extremes of weather. A few days ago I was bouncing around Colchester happy as a bee as the mild spring brought pleasant weather after the floods of rain during December. The winter in Britain depresses me for its cold and darkness, so I have been liking the …
Blogging is a conversation
Alex Jones ♦ January 7, 2013 ♦ 24 Comments
I always reply to comments on my blog. Blogging in my opinion is a conversation between the writer and the reader. As part of the conversation readers will sometimes be motivated to comment to the blog post. To keep this conversation going I consider that all comments should be replied to. My policy is to …
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