Are you too good to be great? Are you too comfortable in your present good life to stress out and reach greatness? Because as great leaders have said, ‘the enemy of the best is the good.’ Many of you become comfortable when you get a small job, and think the world has come to an end. You sit, eat and sleep. You forget to stress out, always improving to reach greatness. Ask yourself; when it comes to the resources and opportunities you have, how much do you allocate from within and externally? The effort you put within is all about…

Traditionally, we have been taught that we need a mission and vision. However, a vision doesn’t help us improve. It invites us to remain stagnant. We end up dreaming out of the context. Somebody begins dreaming they want to own an aeroplane. Yes, it is very good to be stressed. But what does it help to dream owning an aeroplane yet in your family you don’t have a history of owing even a bicycle! It is good to dream big, but do so within context. To dream, envision within context, personal challenges and environment. Your dreams will have specific practicalities…

What is change? Are you changing for better or for worse? Remember, you shouldn’t fear change. Change is inevitable. When you are changing, where is the effort and driver for change coming from? Effective change comes from within the system not outside. If change came outside the system, you become the frog which kept on feeling that it is warm yet it was in a saucepan full of water being boiled. The pan was on fire and heating. The heat kept increasing until the frog was roasted alive. The change was coming from out, and the frog did not react…

You should dream while awake. Not asleep. That way you avoid being too theoretical. Following many interactions I have had with many people, their biggest challenge is not setting too high goals, it is setting very low goals. They easily achieve and tick them off. Much as it might be good to celebrate the small milestones, you might end up celebrating when your goals are actually mediocre. The most important thing is to set high goals and then try to be stressed. Let your goals stretch you to go an extra mile. If you are always easily achieving your goals,…

If you are an entrepreneur or an executive, the most question you are going to be asking is; “do you focus on growth or profits?” Most of the time, executives are spending a lot of time trying to focus at the bottom line. Do you put more resources to increase the bottom line or grow the business? Of course, it depends on the type of the organization you are in and your growth imperatives. One of the best schools of thought says first put money on the table. You can always get advisers to guide you on how to spend…

What kind of business are you in? How do you bring money on the table? Remember, regardless of your business, high turnover and sales revenue is the lifeline to your business success. Cash flow to your business is like blood circulation in your body!   Once again: as a business leader; how do you bring money on the table?   The WayOfTheGuerrilla marketing and sales training is to help unlock your business to sell more on a shoe string budget. Whatever business you are in, it is really a “marketing business.” As A Strategy and Risk expert, I have been…