A Message from Anthony Turner
Hi everyone - my passion and purpose is ‘helping people achieve their best’ both in life and business.
I commenced my business career in the corporate arena where I worked my way through a variety of Sales, Management, Marketing and General Management roles, often with State, National and/or International responsibilities.
Whilst recovering from personal traumas I came to realize how the use of my business and management skills combined with life skills I had learnt from personal development programs enabled me to effectively transform my own life.
As a result, I created my own life skills and business development consultancy (Transform Your Business) which specializes in helping individuals and/or businesses achieve their best.
In my work I both use and teach many easy to learn, simple to use, highly cost effective and ethical business/marketing tools drawn from my own ‘real life’ experience and from the significant training I received in Personal Development, General Management, Marketing, Strategic Planning and OH&S.
I now hold qualifications in Management, Training & Assessment, am a registered business coach/mentor with ICF, SBMS, CoachNetwork & a ROQUE facilitator, am a Workshop/Seminar leader for Small Business Victoria and the author of Dream to Reality…connecting Heart & Business.
Find out more about me and what I do with this video - http://www.youtube.com/transformyrbizWebsite URL: http://www.transformyourbusiness.com.au
Most business owners, particularly small business owners, share a common lack of time. Rarely do they have the opportunity to go searching for tools that may save them precious time and increase their productivity.
This brief article outlines five key technology based tools we've found and use in our own business. We know they will save you a lot of time, increase your productivity and provide you with quality output - they’ve done it for us.
Working Hard? Getting nowhere fast? Get off the hamster wheel you call your business...
A recent client described this well when he said ‘I’m the thermostat, I set the mood of everyone – whether good or bad’
Most small business owners are the latter (the Thermostat) and obviously have to be, but the real question is WHAT temperature are you setting AND is it the one you truly desire for your self, your staff and/or your customers?
Chances are you do it every day. No, I’m not talking about parents or grandparents of or those who have had 3 year olds and who fully understand how demanding a 3 year old can be.
What I am talking about is the wounded 3 year old many carry around inside who often dictates what is safe and what is not for our welfare in adult life.
Yeast is a small but absolutely essential ingredient for turning dough into a loaf of bread. However, if you’ve ever attempted to make bread and left out the yeast you will know firsthand why your loaf fails to rise and therefore fails to reach its true potential.
You might well be asking – what has this got to do with business?
If you’re one of the estimated 1.6 million registered small business owners in Australia (or thinking of becoming one)… the chances are you have a BIG dream that you want to turn into REALITY.
Over the last few years of talking with 100’s of coaches, business owners and health practitioners, I have become acutely aware of 3 common reasons why more than 90% fail to achieve their dreams of being successful in their business or Practice.
Since Black Saturday early this year (Victorian Bushfires 7 February 2009) I've had both the honour and privilege of working directly with people and businesses affected by the tragic bushfires. I am truly inspired by the courage and strength I see exhibited daily and it is from them I draw, and to whom I dedicate, this article.
Sitting at my desk looking at bare trees, leaves rotting on the ground and feeling the chill night air, reminded me of how the Seasons slowly blend from one to another in a never ending cycle of birth, growth, maturity and death and how business follows these patterns of life and how ‘Seasons’ played and continue to play an important part in my business.
This common saying has its origins in the fact that the age of a horse is determined by its teeth - so looking in a horse’s mouth to determine its age is considered extremely rude if the horse is a gift.
Anthony M Turner
