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All good things must come to an end. And sometimes things that aren’t going well have to come to an end too. Running a business is a lot of hard work. Sometimes you can find success and sometimes you aren’t so lucky. But whatever happens, you may one day want to exit your business. Some people choose to write an exit plan so that they know exactly when and how they want to move on. Others don’t plan so far ahead and just wait to see what happens so they can make a decision in the future. If you’ve decided it’s time to move on, you need to consider what’s next.  Read more...

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If you want to be a respected leader, it helps if you are regarded as an expert in your field; someone who really knows what they are doing. When you are an expert, you gain respect, and when you are respected it is much easier to get people to follow you.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at what you can do to become an expert in your field and be the leader you know you can be:

1. Practice, practice, practice

According to Malcolm Gladwell, it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in pretty much anything you can think of. Whether this figure is accurate or not, it is true that the more you do something, the better you get at it. So, if you want to be an expert in your field, you need to put the work in and practice, practice, practice.   Read more...