http://seminar.com.au Townsville Business Coach & Business Builder Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:03:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/ http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:58:13 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=678 “The Sex Food So Potent That Priests Were Forbidden To Eat It…” What is the common first step for every campaign for  getting your target market to read {or listen/watch} your message to them? What is it that made you open this post after reading just the headline? How will you feel if you never, [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/ready-set-change-10-words-to-make-you-move-to-success/ http://seminar.com.au/ready-set-change-10-words-to-make-you-move-to-success/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:45:30 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=657 One of my new favourite quotes came to me again this morning… It came while I was allowing myself to dawdle amongst what felt like a ton of “stuff” that was “having” to be “done”. W. Edwards Deming said “It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.” Bastard.  Survival is not mandatory. A [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/ready-set-change-10-words-to-make-you-move-to-success/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/another-great-quote-his-finest-hour/ http://seminar.com.au/another-great-quote-his-finest-hour/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:54:27 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=583 Winston Churchill “…To every man there comes, that special moment when he will be tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to him. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for that work which could have been his finest hour.”]]> http://seminar.com.au/another-great-quote-his-finest-hour/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/great-quote-his-place-will-never-be-with-those-cold-and-timid-souls/ http://seminar.com.au/great-quote-his-place-will-never-be-with-those-cold-and-timid-souls/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:48:38 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=580 Theodore Roosevelt {Read this aloud} “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/great-quote-his-place-will-never-be-with-those-cold-and-timid-souls/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/prime-time-for-success/ http://seminar.com.au/prime-time-for-success/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:01:35 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=571 Prime Time for Success Part 1 Here in the tropics of North Queensland it is the “wet” season.    And it has reminded me to keep my “thinking powder” dry.   Back in the last century (and the one before) it was essential for armies to keep their gunpowder dry.  And it was prudent to [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/prime-time-for-success/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/the-secret-to-escaping-struggle-of-work-part-1/ http://seminar.com.au/the-secret-to-escaping-struggle-of-work-part-1/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:32:44 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=563 How Does A Great Insight Come From a Macaw, A Pug, Walter Russell and a TV Dog Whisperer? You have probably already noticed that often the most profound insights come from a series of almost unrelated events.   And that often these events can happen even within a day? This week was a fairly “normal” [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/the-secret-to-escaping-struggle-of-work-part-1/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/ http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:17:40 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=475 [flashvideo file=http://seminar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Leonardo-and-Albert.mp4 /] What Would Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein Say if They Saw The Current Business or Marketing Plan of The Average Townsville Business? Answer:  If they had their business hats on – they would ask to see your cashflows before they considered your marketing. Is there  much point making a profit with [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/every-second-4-new-people-are-born/ http://seminar.com.au/every-second-4-new-people-are-born/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 22:16:21 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=207 Our current world population is “about” 6.8 billion. Projections are that within 25 years, at the current rates, there will be 10 billion people on the earth. If we do some ‘back of a napkin’ maths, this means an additional 3.2 billion people in say 25 years, give or take a month or two.  25 [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/every-second-4-new-people-are-born/feed/ 1 http://seminar.com.au/trimtab-this-part-2-your-probable-constraint-in-your-business-your-life-or/ http://seminar.com.au/trimtab-this-part-2-your-probable-constraint-in-your-business-your-life-or/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:25:48 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=193 Some time ago an excellent Social Media Coach (Ben Croft) pointed out that my blogs tend to come in waves.  It seems this is not ideal for subscribers – who may not want several posts in a few days – and I briefly considered used a plug-in that drip feeds my articles.  Then I realized [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/trimtab-this-part-2-your-probable-constraint-in-your-business-your-life-or/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/moses-did-not-deliver-the-10-suggestions/ http://seminar.com.au/moses-did-not-deliver-the-10-suggestions/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:21:29 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=138 I had a nice chuckle when reading a very different time management system, and came across this simple fact. Moses did not deliver the “10 Suggestions” or  the “10 Good Ideas”.  It was COMMANDMENTS. They were positioned as RULES, not general guidelines.  So in our businesses and in our lives – the message is that [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/moses-did-not-deliver-the-10-suggestions/feed/ 0