Discover how M19 associate Jim Cunliffe has been working closely with Young Enterprise plus details of a special University of Brighton event this Spring I have been working with Young Enterprise for the last few years, and I'm always keen to attract new business advisors to get involved with the programme. On Thursday 27th April, the Brighton Area Young Enterprise Company Programme finals are taking place at The University Of Brighton, and I would love you to come along and see what the kids have been doing this year. There will be around 10 groups of kids, from schools in the Brighton area, showcasing the businesses they have setup. This is the most incredible thing to see, how the guys have grown over the short time and some of the innovative and wonderful products and services they bring to market. Join me for the evening, you won't regret it. You may even want to get involved. That's the idea. You'll need to register your attendance (here). It's free and numbers are limited, so only register if you are definitely available. Jim Cunliffe
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Many business initiative books teach not to focus too much on TV news. But surely we need to for good business decisions? How do we differentiate? What is obvious to experience is the constant deluge and angling of reports, as it's easy to get caught up in rolling reports on the TV and hourly bulletins on the radio, plus not to mention your newsfeeds on social media. It seems that rarely do we have time to stop and appreciate that there are an abundance of inspiring things in process or taking place like in the video above initiated by astronaut Chris Hadfield.
For not only is repeat news a waste of time and a downer, a lot of it is deliberately gauged to hit news cycles and maximise the impact of somebody's agenda. A lot of it is inconsequential to our day, filling it with noise we can easily switch off to focus on our projects. This week I think I got my final reminder that the provision of news information has got to a point of desperation and oversaturation when it was announced, no, debated even that the actor Tom Hiddleston's 'brand' might be damaged. And I won't even waste your time with a link. Why is this important? Or news? Or news to you? Whether you regard this so-called reportage as a mild form of lunacy, as I do, or at best, interesting hype reflecting the reach of modern media, the one thing that we can agree on is that it's not your enterprise they're talking about. Plus, it's your ongoing positive mindset constant news is taking from, being most certainly a waste of your time and imagination. So, in response to this, if you are feeling oppressed or excluded by national and world events I invite you to think about the amount of repeated news you're being exposed to and whether you find it directly useful to your enterprise or sector. One effective way forward is to say, focus on only financial news, or have timed bulletins sent to you by email alert or SMS. In the meantime take heart from the good news in the video above: hopefully this will provide some creative inspiration for you. Check out this interview where motivational speaker Mel Robbins talks about "being ready" to pounce As a personal recommendation I encourage you to take the time to watch the short clip at the very least (it's just a bit more than a minute long), but I also strongly recommend watching the whole 50 minute episode of "Impact Theory" on YouTube.
YES: we are brought up in an environment that encourages being careful about any decisions we might wish to make.
And yet again, every decision we do NOT take, or take too late, or with too little conviction, may just be a missed chance. Biologically, we may wish for things to stay the way they are because that makes us feel secure. But it also keeps us from exploring new - and maybe better - options when they present themselves to us... and act on them. |