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How to turn your passion into a business "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."  -Albert Einstein We are passionate about so many things but more often than not just having passion is never enough to make it in business as many have found out the hard after millions may have gone down the drain. This article is going to help you discover your sweet spot. Often defined as where your passion meets skill with enough people willing and able to pay for what you are offering. What is Passion? When I talk about passion, I am talking about that thing whatever it may be that you love to do, something you are even willing to do for free. I believe that Passion is innate, its somewhere on your inside wired into your DNA.  It is called different things by different people: your assignment, your purpose, the question life has given you to answer etc. Passion is not enough to be successful in business, you need much more. ...

3 Ways of Hiring Effectively “Hiring should always be part of your long-term strategy, not a quick fix to an immediate problem.”   ―  Steven J. Bowen, Except for those that start their own businesses after working in formal organisations most entrepreneurs or small business owners like to do things in an informal or ad-hoc manner. This approach usually backfires, particularly as regards recruitment. You are stuck with a family member or close friend that is not productive and difficult to fire! Recruitment or hiring has an element of science to it. To be successful you must develop a strategy to help you find the right people all the time. Essential effective recruitment or hiring involves at least 3 distinct processes: 1.       Job Profiling 2.      Advertising and Interview 3.      Onboarding A good place to start is for you to list out all the jobs that will...

CHAPTER ONE: CROSSROADS You are dissatisfied. You know there is more to life than what you are currently experiencing. It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you are, or even how much you are making; you believe there must be more to life and there is. But why do you feel this way? Perhaps you are a white collar worker who has been passed over for promotion several times, or a graduate tired of interviews, maybe you are unhappy with the type of work, you are doing and you feel caged or you are undergoing a conflict of values with your current employer. Nevertheless, you have reached a crossroads in your life and you stand at the fork of the road wondering which way to go. You could take the path you are familiar with, it’s the safe path. You wake up in the morning, put on a   suit or dress, manoeuvre the city traffic and arrive at the office at the designated time. You then go on to spend the next eight to ten hours at your desk or in meetings. You do this...