The Art Of Making Progress

Making progress is about knowing what you have and making the most of it… Making progress is about moving in the direction that we want to move, irrespective of the circumstances.. Making progress is about knowing when to stop, step back and re-think about where you are going.. Making progress is about keeping our heads down and keeping at it.. Making progress is about knowing what we can’t influence and what we can and influencing what we can influence. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to change things that are often out of our control, instead of […]

Does Your Business React, Respond or Create?

Bernadette Jiwa wrote a short but insightful post about the difference between responding and reacting to situations. She writes: It was impossible to walk down any high street in June without running into a notice informing you fidget spinners were BACK IN STOCK. The fidget spinner was clearly ‘thething’ of the moment. A month later we’re already beginning to witness its decline. Another fad bites the dust. A fad by definition is transient. It’s success hinges on what people are talking about today and is not backed by a genuine need that will require to be fulfilled tomorrow. It takes […]

The Secret To Building a Successful Business

Premise: Manish Singhal is a founding Partner of pi Ventures. He is a veteran of 24 years in building hardware and software IP-oriented product companies, early stage investing, valuations, deal structuring and strategy advisory across different sectors. He is also a keen mentor of startups and has conducted many workshops in different parts of India to guide entrepreneurs on how to raise funds. On July 19th, Manish took time to answer questions from YourStory readers in their weekly section, ‘Conversations at YourStory’. The Million dollar question: In response to the question: “As a mentor to many, what advice do you have for budding […]

PBTO58: Hunch – Where Insights and Foresights Meet! With Bernadette Jiwa

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/58_PBTO58__Hunch_-_Where_Insights_and_Foresights_Meet_With_Bernadette_Jiwa.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Credits: Opening music credit goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Bernadette Jiwa. She is a best selling author of multiple books and writes one of the most popular marketing and branding blogs – The Story of Telling. Smart Company named as the top business blog in Australia of 2016. Seth Godin listed it as one of the marketing blogs he reads. Why is she on the show: She just released her most recent book – Hunch. The book talks about how we can turn our everyday […]