Has your career development plan gone as you had envisaged? No? Nor mine! It is 2 the two year anniversary of the Daemon Career Coach business entity, and, never could I have imagined such fun! With this in mind I wish to share a quote with you that I stumbled accross that made me grin: […]
It Is Never Too Late: It really is never to late to be who you might have been.. Since I began working aged 16, as a (very bad!), waitress in a pub in deepest Somerset, I have changed career-context around fifteen times. I am familiar with reinvention. Having moved house 11 times by the age of […]
I like this definition of Unique Selling Proposition Nike If you consider the example of a sportswear manufacturer like Nike, their products do not necessarily display unique features – other manufacturer’s sports shoes, or running shorts, or vests, are made of the same stuff and do the same things. Instead, they have created a unique […]
Unique Selling Proposition Examples: You can really set an example in business by creating an authentic USP. Ever Had that experience with a company who simply don’t do what it says on their tin? Yep! I suspect we have all had times when the delivery was late, or the product was just not up to scratch. […]
The simplest definition that I have read of Unique Selling Proposition Definition is this: “what you have that competitors don’t. Unfortunately for me, that simple sentence triggered all sorts or negative responses in the past. When I was new in my entrepreneurship, the word “competitors” made my heart sink. I knew Bristol had a plethora […]
The Invitation “The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer: For inspiration. Why? Because I can: Enjoy! “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will […]
Where does entrepreneurial spark originate? Well isn’t that just the question! And, I suspect this might just be the point. The fact that it is called a ‘spark’ is reflective of the immediacy of the entrepreneurial urge. For we are dynamic individuals who join the dots and problem solve in the blink of an eye. When asked […]
I love this post exploring the nature of entrepreneurial spirit. What it does for me is to really embed the notion that we entrepreneurs are a bunch of ‘Doers”. If you have plenty of innovative ideas but you merely expound their possibilities verbally you are not an entrepreneur. Talking about great ideas makes you a ‘dreamer’. Dreaming […]
With increasing job uncertainty in the uk, more and more individuals with multidisciplinary skills, are taking to entrepreneur route. Here is a link to some excellent national business start-up support if entrepreneurship appeals to you too. I had a misconception of the personality type of an entrepreneur. Raised by socialist parents who worked in the […]
A businesslike manner is defined by Coliins Dictionary as “dealing with things efficiently and without wasting time”. While this seem pretty clear, what does ‘not wasting time’ mean for you? I held strong notions of keeping my business and my personal lives entirely separate. What is dawning on me is that that, especially in the world […]