Allow Your Business To Grow By Finding Your Flow
This message is about being grateful. I recently completed Martin Seligman’s VIA Survey of Character Strengths again and realised that “Gratitude” moved up to my number five strength. Previously it did not feature at all! Read the short blog I posted after doing the test, if this test sounds like something you could benefit from. [...]
On this first Sunday evening of December 2011, I’m asking myself how I can start doing more of what I’m good at and stop doing all the other stuff I feel I need to do… I get into my flow when I do what I love doing and what I know I do well; and [...]
Seda (the Small Enterprise Development Agency) is looking for business stars! They recently launched Seda Small Business Stars, a national business plan competition with a unique focus on entrepreneurial education. Over R4 million worth of prizes are on offer, including laptops and software for all winners, as well as a R50,000 cash prize for the overall [...]
Optimal experiences at work are within our grasp! This is what the science of positive psychology shows us today and which individuals can learn from in transforming their lives. But, you may ask, how do we translate these insights into practical business tactics? Along comes Ken Blanchard, best-selling co-author of “The One Minute Manager” and half a ton other books [...]
In December, Christoff Oosthuysen of Flow Finders International will participate in a new short course presented by the Graduate School of Business and Shawco, at the University of Cape Town. He will introduce course participants to Purpose-Based Business Planning and support them in the practical use of the Flow Canvas 1-Page Business Planning Tool to [...]
Two recent Gallup Management Journal articles provide some interesting insights into research on how you can create the conditions for more happiness in your life. It boils down to this: – Live with people/someone who has high wellbeing and it will boost your chances of having high wellbeing. – Donating money rather than buying material [...]
Gallup Management Journal recently interviewed Alex Pentland, professor of media, arts, and sciences at MIT and the author of Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World. One of the issues discussed was why VCs rather invest in business where they have a personal connection and which they can regularly visit. Here is an expert of [...]
Customers are the lifeblood of business: without customers to buy your products or services, you wouldn’t even have a business to begin with. What can you do to consistently attract the right customers? Before I answer that question, remember every business is going to do their best to attract new customers, but growth can only [...]
To have passion for what you do is good for business! Or is it? Recent psychological research suggests that some forms of passion may be detrimental, writes Scott Barry Kaufman of New York University in a Harvard Business Review article. He refers to two “flavours” of passion: harmonious and obsessive, and how it relates to [...]
"After attending Christoff Oosthuysen's webinar where he showed us how to use the Flow Probability Square, we got so much more clarity on what our sweat spot is. We found a balance between the opportunities we pursue and our internal capacity. As a result our conversion rate tripled!"
