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    How To Improve Your Leadership Skills

    Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

    How To Improve Your Leadership Skills… A Little Bit Of Humour Helps

    5 Leadership Tips

    My heart raced, my mouth went dry. There, before my eyes, staring lifeless at me from the ground, was a skull ! I jumped back only to be faced with How to be a great Bossmy workmen giggling nervously at a prank that they had pulled off to perfection! Suddenly, not being sure of whether I had appreciated the joke or not, their laughter was replaced by nervous smiles as they anxiously awaited my reaction.

    To their relief I burst into laughter, feeling somewhat relieved that the skull that I had unearthed was in fact a joke and not the remains of a real human being. They all began to laugh again, grateful that I had a sense of humour too.

    Why do I mention this incident?  Well, running numerous small businesses means that humour needs to play an important part of ensuring that I continue to thoroughly enjoy what I do and developing good leadership skills.  It also helps to portray me as a human being, rather than merely being a boss or a good leader.

    Below are 5 Tips that I feel are key to achieving good leadership skills:

    1. Lead By Example
    In order to earn respect from your team you need to set a good example. This includes being punctual, being polite to others and ensuring that your own work ethic and standards are evident for others to see and to follow. This will also follow through to your customers.

    2. Care For Your Team
    Take time to find out about your team’s health, family members and their interests in order for them to feel that you relate to them as individuals as well as being 5 Tips On leaderships skillswork colleagues. Try to find out their aspirations and goals and help to inspire them to achieve those goals by motivating them and providing coaching and training to help them to develop their skills further. I remember all to clearly when we employed 66 employees some of whom turned to me as their ‘Agony Aunt’ because of the interest I took in their family and social lives!

    3. Be Visible
    Good leadership skills and qualities involve taking time to speak to your team every day and offering praise for work carried out well. You should also be approachable and a good listener, as a happy workforce is a productive workforce !

    4. Empower your Team
    Good leadership skills and qualities include showing confidence in the ability of the people that work for you. Take time to delegate effectively and empower your staff to be able to take on extra responsibilities that will result in you having more free time to concentrate on developing new business ideas.

    5. Connect With Your Team
    Try to connect with your team by showing more of your “human” side. This can be achieved by enjoying social nights out such as attending a quiz night in a local pub for example. The more your team get to know you as a person, the more they will come to respect and trust you. This will result in them wanting to work harder for you which will create better results for your business.

    how to improve your leadership skillsRemember, nobody is born a leader. We are all born the same, namely ignorant and afraid. It is how we choose to develop ourselves that will determine who becomes a good leader.

    However, as well as acquiring the necessary leadership skills, it is important to continue sharing a sense of humour within the workplace as it helps to create a happy, relaxed, productive and committed workforce. Everyone enjoys having fun. I play like playing jokes on my team members and they enjoy doing so on me. Work shouldn’t always be to serious or miserable. We spend a lot of time in work, so developing leadership skills is an important factor towards ensuring that your business, your work and social life are as enjoyable as they could possibly be.

    Have FUN !
    ROY DERRICK

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    How to Make Money From Your Home and Boost Your Income

    Saturday, April 21st, 2012

    How to Make Money From Your Home and Boost Your Personal Income

    There are lots ways to make money from your home and boost your income some simple and quick whilst others can take more time. It’s always a good idea to get into the habit of discovering new ways to add to your income and or boost your earnings from people who can help you. how to make money from your home

    No matter how hard we all try to ensure that our income supersedes our expenditure and keep our money afloat, any extra income that we can create will be handy. Making money from your home can range from starting a part time home based business to finding simple ways to save money

    Whether you work for an employer or work for yourself running a small business, it is extremely important to keep on top of your finances. My wife and I do this on a regular basis, or so we thought !

    Just recently we tested a few simple new techniques on the Internet that resulted in creating an extra $40 a week to our income. It might not sound like a huge amount of money but boosting your income by this amount certainly helps and when you consider that if you can achieve this on a regular baBoost Your Income With Entrepreneurs Roy and Julie Derricksis your income can certainly grow and help pay for some extra luxuries.  As we all know pennies make pounds, cents make dollars… I’m sure you get the idea.

    Every week we test and implement a simple technique to our online businesses to help boost our incomes. Making money from your home can be easy if you know how… even around an existing job! Something we would gladly help you to do.

    Another way is to look at your weekly expenditure by checking and keeping on top of your finances to see what savings can be made that will in turn help boost your income, other wise it could end up costing you dearly just as I recently discovered !

    Just last week we received our quarterly electric bill…  making Julie and I go in shock… it had doubled !!!  Yes doubled.  We couldn’t believe it let alone understand why. After we had finished blaming each, the children and anyone else we could think of  (LOL) we started to investigate the real reason and hey presto within 10 minutes I found the problem.ways to make and save money from your home

    Our re-cycled water system was stuck in the open mode causing the pump to stay switched on and using over 20 units of electric a day. For some reason, we had fallen out of the habit of checking our electrical consumption that resulted in experiencing a very expensive lesson.

    Never take things for granted or expect your circumstances to change without YOU taking some action towards improving or boosting your income. If you want to learn how to make money from your home or boost your income start looking for ways to do just that TODAY otherwise you could end up being be sorry.

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    ROY DERRICK

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    How To Make The Right Decision

    Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

    Making The Right Decisions For You

    Making decisions can sometimes be difficult and very often the bigger the decision, the bigger the risk can be, which can make us scared and feeling overwhelmed. making big decisions

    Growth, personal development and change is all part of our lives whether we like it or not. Some people deal with making decisions easily whereas others find that having to make a career, business or major decision without knowing which direction to take is to scary, so much so that it can make them ill just thinking about making a decision.

    It can be very difficult knowing what is the right decision to make or whether to play safe. During my late teens I desperately wanted to start my own business but everyone around me put be off. For years I mulled over the idea but again the security of a well paid job made it a difficult decision to make. I clearly remember when my dear grandmother was lying in a coma dying of cancer, but could still hear what the family around her was saying about me deciding to start my own business. All of a sudden she called out and said ‘don’t do it Roy’.  The shock and mental pressure this put on me was as you can imagine horrendous. However, I went ahead with my instincts and took action.

    If you’re standing at the edge of a river wishing you could be at the other side, looking down into the river is not the best place to focus on, instead you should focus on actually being on the other side of the river enjoying the benefits it has to offer and working out the best and easiest way of getting there.  

    Some of the biggest decisions most people are faced with include: how to make the right decision

    Choosing a career
    Getting married
    Changing jobs
    Having children
    Getting divorced
    Starting a business
    Moving house
    Emigrating
    Whether to have children
    Choosing a pension or an investments scheme
    Dealing with family issues

    Why is making decisions so hard?

    • There are many reasons that can affect your way of thinking towards deciding what is the right for you. Sometimes it is because the stakes are high and that people feel they can no longer turn back in case they look silly or like a failure
    • We feel that by making the decision could upset someone close to you.
    • Fear of being judged and blamed if it doesn’t go according to plan
    • Lack of experience or the fear of asking someone else for advice
    • Or it can be because we feel under pressure to decide quickly

    What is important to remember is to try and be very clear about what you want and what the best way is towards reaching your goal ratMaking the Right Decisionsher than what other people think is best for you. That’s not to say you should not listen to other people because they may well have some good advice to share with you. 

    Coaching or having a mentor will help

    Taking a philosophical approach can help you make big decisions. Life is about the journey; it’s not just the destination. The older we get, the easier it is because we gain experience towards making big decisions and the thought process that is needed.

     7 Tips to help you make the right decision.

    1.  Give yourself plenty of time to carefully think things through. Write things down so you can review them over and over again.
    2.  Carefully consider what the long term out come is likely to be and all of the pro’s and con’s
    3.  Seek advice from people who you respect and trust or someone who has been through a similar decision
    4.  Seek the advice from a coach or mentor to help you think things through and plan ahead. 7 tips on how to make the right decision
    5.  Being scared is natural which is why having a mentor to assist you will make will enable the whole process much easier.
    6.  Trust your instincts and intuition but make sure that you have carefully consider every aspect
    7.  Avoid thinking you know best. Remember that you are learning and may need all the help you can get

    Everything  happens for a reason, what may appear to be a negative is simply a positive opportunity to learn from any mistake. No one really knows if making a decision is going to be 100% the right one. Just remember that there are so many resources available to help you and there are always lots of different ways to achieve the same end result.

    If the first decsion doesn’t work, just try the next and the next until it does. Don’t give up, that’s the easy way out.

    Please feel free to share your comments.

    Many thanks
    ROY DERRICK

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    Can Taking Massive Action Really Change Your Life?

    Thursday, March 1st, 2012

    Taking Massive Action Will Change Your life For The Better

    Are you an action taker? Are you responsive? Do you like taking massive action in  your day to day activities, or are you simply someone who moans and groans about everything? Take Massive Action

    Most people are aware that success is directly linked to the amount of action one is willing to take.  So if that’s true, then I suppose the question is why isn’t everyone taking massive action every single day to improve their lives and income potential?

    What if I told you that taking massive action could change your life today?

    What if I told you, that by taking action is really all down to you? You hold the trump card…..

    Taking action is a choice! We either do or we don’t….

    Action is just one trait that all successful people possess, but they still have to tie together all the other traits that successful individuals learn and get to master from day to day. It does take time……

    For example . . . .

    What’s your way of thinking…… your mindset?

    It takes a positive frame of mind and a firm belief that you can succeed to make it actually happen.  If we surround ourselves with negative things we generally end up thinking negatively…. But it we surround ourselves with positive things, read educational books then our mindset will become more positive and believe me without even realising you will start to attract more positive things to your life. Try it….. its just like watching a great movie or watching your children laugh … it ends up making you feel and think differently.

    What about the network around you?

    I’m talking about your closest friends and inner circle.  Do they have the success that you desire?  I once heard that if you want to be a millionaire, you need to have at least oneTake Massive Action millionaire in your circle of friends ( or someone who is heading in that direction).  Whatever you want to become, you need to surround yourself with like-minded people. Once you do you will quickly learn how other successful people developed and created a better quality of life for them selves… you can even achieve this online by interacting with successful people on forums or by finding a successful mentor to help you along your journey.

    Take A Look at your day to day habits . . .

    Are you easily distracted and find it difficult to get your mojo going?  Or, do you watch the days slip into weeks, months, or even  years?  Taking some action every day towards changing your habits will eventually give you the results you’re looking for.  I can’t stress this enough.  Take massive action towards achieving your goals will eventually make your dreams come true.

    Changing habits isn’t that difficult…. If you put your hand on a hot stove you certainly wouldn’t do it gain, would you ? You have instantly changed what you have done to prevent a negative thing occurring again, so do the same with your other negative habits.  Change what you do and you will start to attract better and more positive things in to your life.  Taking Action in your day to day life is essential!

    Do you recognize a good idea?Take Action Today

    How many woulda, coulda, shoulda moments have you experienced?.  We’ve all done it….. Get rid of any regrets and move forward.  We don’t make mistakes, we simply turn them into more constructive and positive actions. Be aware of the good ideas when they come your way and like I have said time and time again….. put them to good use by taking action!   Act upon them,…..

    Don’t confuse thinking with doing!

    Thinking about taking action doesn’t get it done.  We can all sit around and think about how we want our life to be like but until we actually DO something about it nothing will change.

    Can taking massive action really change your life?

    You bet it can…… so for heavens sake……. Go for it !  DO IT

    We have an exciting and free presentation that illustrates how taking massive action can change your life. It’s well worth viewing so  Click on this link to see how  your life can change within days.

    If you do what is recommend in the presentation and actually take the necessary action, I promise you ….. your life will definitely change for the better.

    No if’s no but’s….. Click on this link to see how     GOOD LUCK

    Kind regards

    ROY DERRICK

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    Getting New Business Ideas Off To A Flying Start

    Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

    Get Your New Business  Off The Ground

    Did you know that a rocket uses more than 90% of its fuel to take off? In much the same way it will take 90% of effort on your part to launch any new business ideas that you may have.

    With us now facing one of the worst global downturns since the Second World War resulting in higher numbers of people being made redundant or having pay freezes, it is not surprising that more and more people are now considering starting their own business and are thinking hard of find new business ideas

    Ironically the opportunities for find a new business idea and starting a successful business in a recession are huge. Indeed, famous companies like Apple, Microsoft and Face Book were all started in a recession.

    However, before committing to starting your own business you will need to first of all ask yourself whether you will be suited to becoming your own boss. You will need to research what will be involved with running your own business to see if you have got what it takes to cope with…no guaranteed income, lots of hard work at the beginning, no spare time for family and the stress of controlling your own financial destiny and so on.

    If you decide that you have what it takes then the following points will help you to succeed:

    Write a business plan
    Writing a good business plan can make the difference between your business succeeding or failing. Not only will it detail your objectives and goals but it will also help to convince potential lenders to have the confidence in your idea to lend you money on the strength of your proposals.

    Many banks, if they feel confident with your business plans, will sometimes also offer what is known as a facility, which is an amount of money reserved for you that can be taken as and when you want. The advantage of this is that you will then only pay interest on the money that you have actually used which can be a massive help financially when you are starting off in business.

    Research Your Business Idea
    Carry out thorough research on your business idea. Find out what your competitors are offering and think how you can offer better. starting a new business
    Examine who you think your target audience are? Young, old, the lifestyle they have and why will they want to buy from you rather than your competitors?

    Keep start up costs down
    Try to keep your business start up costs low in order to keep as much spare cash as possible as a cash flow for your business.
    For example do you need to go to the expense of having office premises or could you just as easily run a business from home operating from a spare room in your house?
    Talk to H M Revenue and Customs who will be able to offer valuable advice about tax issues that may be able to also help you to save money.

    Good Bookkeeping
    Make sure that you have a good bookkeeping system .Good bookkeeping can keep track of your business progress from the onset. Make sure that you keep all receipts and invoices, even ones from before setting up your business if they relate to your business.

    It is also beneficial to make sure that you monitor your cash flow weekly and that you stick to your budgets.

    Make sure that loved ones are “onboard”
    Starting a new business can involve working long hours at the beginning with having to make sacrifices along the way. Before you start a business from home make sure that those closest to you are fully aware of what will be involved with your venture…Working long hours especially in the first year, no extra cash for a while and a part of the home becoming an office ,to name but a few.

    There will be enough pressure in the first few months of starting a new business, without the stress of falling out with loved ones too. Business Ideas

    Let your customers know that you exist
    In order to get the all important customers for your business you will need to find the best ways to market your business.
    This will be largely dependent on what type of business that you start. If, for example you are starting a plumbing company, advertising in local press or sending out flyers will be an effective form of marketing for your business. Whereas if you are starting an online business you will need to ensure that you have good SEO in order for potential customers to know that you exist and to find your website.

    You will need to test various methods of marketing and be prepared to be flexible to change if certain forms of marketing do not work well for your business.

    Have an alternative means of income
    When starting your own business it is better to work it part time around your current job before taking the step to lose a regular income. This will give you valuable time to test the success of your business idea while making extra money at the same time.

    If you have been made unemployed and cannot work around a current job, it is advisable to keep some money aside to cover your outgoings while you are waiting for any business profits. It can take anything between 6-12 months before there will be any profits from your business which will mean  needing an alternative means of income  for that period of time. Even when you have succeeded to create a profitable business it is better not to take too much income for as long as possible in case your business suffers a temporary slump in sales.

    Sadly there is no fool safe way to know how to run your own business, but the most important factors to take into account are to work hard and to allow time for your business to grow. It will not happen overnight but if you carry out thorough research and market your business well and ensure that you stick to your budget and regularly monitor your finances, you will eventually create a successful business.

    Just remember actually setting up your business is what will require the most effort and hard work on your part. Once you have put in the effort, like the rocket that successfully completes its mission, you too will reap the rewards from the eventual success of your business.  

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    How To Earn More Money To Retire Early

    Monday, December 12th, 2011

    Earning More Money During Retirement Can Help Make Ends Meet !

    When you think of your retirement what do visualise? Travelling the world visiting exotic countries, spending time chilling out playing golf or merely having more quality time to spend with your family.

    Many of us dream of retirement and being able to do the things that we don’t have time to do when we are working, but sadly the reality, for many, will be very different. Most of us will now have to work longer and having less pension than would have originally been predicted. Not quite the rosy picture that we have in our dreams of retirement. Earn More money in retirement

    Is there any way that we can achieve our real retirement goals, namely to retire earlier and to be able to pursue our interests and ambitions? Fortunately there still many are ways that we can achieve early retirement but they all involve finding ways to earn more money to supplement our pensions or to reduce and live below your means. Let’s take a look at what choices you have.

    Start Paying A Pension Early
    In order to be able to retire early it is crucial that you start paying a pension as soon as possible as the younger you start paying a pension towards your retirement the sooner you will have sufficient funds to retire early. If possible try to enrol in a company pension but if that is not possible then make sure that you  pay a private pension to a company that invests wisely to ensure that you achieve maximum returns for your pension contributions. Ensure that you increase your pension contributions every year as this will make a big difference to the amount that you will eventually receive on retirement. It is surprising how much extra money you can create towards this even by reducing on other little day to day things like having takeaway meals, smoking and nights out.

    Live Below Your Means
    Planning ahead is crucial. To get started write down a list of your current expenditures and cross out any that are work related e.g. travelling costs or business lunches.
    The general rule of thumb is that if you want to continue to live your current lifestyle after you retire then you will need to have funds in the region of approximately 80% of what you are currently spending as work expenses equate to at least 20% of your expenditure. Therefore if you want to achieve this goal you will need to live quite frugally to save adequate funds for your retirement. You could also consider ways of reducing some costs when you retire such as owning one car rather than two.

    You will need to secure as high a paid job as possible and live BELOW your means rather than to your means. This will often include forgoing expensive houses, holidays, cars and designer clothes. You will need to take into account any expenditure in order to stay focused in achieving your goals. Even   Rockefeller carried a little red book with him to record everything that he spent his money on! This may sound harsh but achieving your dreams doesn’t come cheap and will require some sacrifices along the way if your dreams are to become a reality. Money for retirement

    Earning More Money to Retire on
    If you decide that you prefer not to reduce your expenditure than the only other option you have is to earn more money towards a pension or during your retirement years. The reality is most people don’t even think about this until it is too late. So what are your options?

    Invest In Property
    One  easy way to earn money towards your retirement is to buy and rent out properties. With house prices and interest rates so low there has never been a better time to invest in property. Eventually demand for housing will become so great that house prices are bound to increase again which will provide a nice nest egg fund for your retirement.

    Create A Passive Income
    What is a passive income you might ask? Passive income is an income created by assets namely things that put money in your pockets whether you work or not.

    One great way of creating a recurring income is by starting a business working from home. There are many money making ideas to choose from to make money from home including starting an online business. Once you have successfully made the first sale you will create a passive income by continuing to make more sales especially when you gain the trust of your customers and they start subscribing to your products which results in consistent income going into your bank account every month whether you work or not.

    This passive income will then help to supplement your pension when you retire allowing you to live the life that you want both when you are still working and after you retire. Working from home will give you more freedom of time to spend with friends and family or to pursue your interests. This will be great preparation ready for when you will be able to do this full time after retiring. Retirement Income

    To close, if you want retire early to avoid being stuck on overcrowded trains or queuing in endless traffic jams on your commute to work, then you will need to take drastic action sooner rather than later. To achieve the retirement you dream of rather than the retirement you dread, you will need to find ways to earn more money and to save hard for as long as possible.

    Saving for retirement is paramount to achieving your dream of being able to finish working younger. With the average person living much longer now you will need to be very disciplined and  save very hard if you want to retire early as if you retire at 55 for example then you could need enough money to live on for another 30 years. There are lot’s of opportunities to earn an additional income if need be.

    However, as well as preparing yourself financially for your retirement you will also need to make sure that also have enough interests  to keep you occupied, or  you could end up being very bored when you actually give up work. Therefore make sure that you plan wisely in every way for your retirement. If you are already in retirement but find it hard to make ends meet then there are lots of ways to earn money most of which can be done from home, even around an existing job. You can find some ideas by clicking here.

    For those of you who would like to learn more on how to earn an extra income then you will find this site exciting and extremely helpful on how to do just that.

    Regards
    ROY DERRICK

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