You Can’t Bullshit Your Way to Brilliance There’s a lot of B-S talked in self-development circles about “faking it until you make it”. The theory goes that you have to pretend you are already successful, and then you will become successful. So we end up with legions of back-bedroom entrepreneurs all going on as …
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Andrew Horder
Founder of TheBusyFool.com, Andrew has been working with business owners for many years, helping them find and maintain their Focus - those activities and opportunities that they love, and will produce their success. Andrew's first book, The Busy Fool's a to Z of Loving Work is available from Amazon http://www.thebusyfool.com/amazon-azlw -
Bullshit to Brilliance
Posted April 1, 2013 By Andrew Horder in A Better World, Business Strategy Coaching, Loving your Work With | No Comments -
Disconnect for better focus
Posted February 24, 2013 By Andrew Horder in Clarity & Focus With | No CommentsLast week I offered to drive Daniela up to Bedfordshire to teach her “Energetic Facelift” class. The plan was, I’d take my laptop with me and use my phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, and work in the gallery of the converted barn for the 4 hours of the course. I could have taken part, I …
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How to love your work
Posted February 14, 2013 By Andrew Horder in Loving your Work With | No CommentsOver the couple of years since I wrote The A to Z of Loving Work, I have developed a theory of the three elements you need to balance in your work, if you are going to truly love it – achieving what I call Whole Work. This video explains it better than any words could: …
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The 4 E’s of Excellence
Posted January 27, 2013 By Andrew Horder in Business Strategy Coaching, Clarity & Focus With | No CommentsBusinesses have a tendency to focus on one or other of the three E’s: Economy – doing things as cheaply as possible, avoiding spending more than is necessary Efficiency – doing things as smoothly as possible, eliminating processes and activities that do not lead closer to the finished product. Effectiveness – doing things as well …
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Hours or Outcomes – what are you paid for?
Posted January 16, 2013 By Andrew Horder in Clarity & Focus, Loving your Work, Motivation & Management, Time Management With | No CommentsDevious, conniving, underhand good-for-nothing, or … … highly entrepreneurial, talented, effective top coder? So, we hear today that “Bob” has been outsourcing his work to a Chinese firm for just 1/5 of his salary, keeping the other 80% for himself, and spending most of his own time diddling about on the web. Leave aside for …
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Are you a bit of a S.H.I.T?
Posted December 17, 2012 By Andrew Horder in Business Strategy Coaching, Loving your Work, Sales and adding value With | No CommentsSales reluctance will kill your business But it’s worse than that. One of my mentors has a great routine he plays with those who are a little bit prissy about selling themselves. It goes something like this: “Your service really helps people doesn’t it?” “Yes, of course!” “And your unique knowledge, skills and experience … …
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It’s all in your head! (#RealWorldWoo No10)
Posted December 4, 2012 By Andrew Horder in A Better World, Clarity & Focus With | No CommentsIn the Dalai Lama’s meditations on pessimism, he comments on how some young people get disillusioned with material success and take a spiritual path. He reminds us that their are good and bad in the world, and that our world is largely the production of our own imagination. OK – so that’s about as far …
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The gift of good business (#RealWorldWoo No9)
Posted November 28, 2012 By Andrew Horder in A Better World With | No CommentsIn his meditations on community, the Dalai Lama believes that it is good when a community is based on voluntary work. He goes on to say that being in a community is like being part of a big family that serves all our needs. How this relates to the real world and to business is …
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Better than it looks? (#RealWorldWoo No8)
Posted November 22, 2012 By Andrew Horder in A Better World, Loving your Work With | No CommentsToday’s meditation from the Dalai Lama comes from the section on writing and journalism. He reflects that while journalists really should report on people following the fundamental principles of life, it isn’t all that surprising that people read about terrible things instead. He reasons that deep down we are shocked about murders and other violence, …
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When the fat lady sings (#RealWorldWoo No7)
Posted November 20, 2012 By Andrew Horder in A Better World With | No CommentsI must confess to being a bit nervous about today’s topic, coming as it does from the Dalai Lama’s meditations on dying. It seems a bit shallow to take such a serious subject and relate it to business. And yet, business is an important part of life, and businesses come to an end, just as …
