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Casual Articles - Interview with Best-selling Entrepreneurial Authors Barbara Winters and Nick Williams
So you want to be an entrepreneur. Do you have a business idea that is tailored to your success? What I mean is, do you have the credentials to ensure your business will succeed? When starting a new business, it is imperative that you have the tools to succeed.Perhaps you’ve obtained your masters in accounting and want to open a CPA firm. Years of experience in a specific field may qualify you to start your own business. What ever the case may be, you need a plan. What is your vision? What are your goals and objectives?Prior to starting your business, it is wise for you to research the pros and cons that other professionals in your potential field experience. Understanding your market is essential in achieving success. If you have work experience in the industry you are considering, you have had the opportunity to evaluate what
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own ne
Assessing Six Sigma is not end-of-the-process post implementation, although an analysis of a failed Six Sigma project points out the lack of commitment by upper management and lack of attention to the cultural and business investment required for accomplishing and sustaining new tiers of performance. It is in this context that assessment of Six Sigma becomes necessary, especially when new attempts by companies on improvement projects, reveal that the journey will be long and hard.Assessing The Different Implementation Stages of Six SigmaThe key to the success of Six Sigma implementation lies in assessing the status quo at various stages. Assessments reveal the deviations the implementation efforts have taken from the intended line of progress. As the deployment of Six Sigma is signified by emphasis on accomplishing benchmarks i
As a newly self-employed journalist / writer and life coach, I found Barbara Winter’s book, “Making a Living Without a Job” invaluable so when I got a chance to interview her and Nick Williams in London, I was delighted. Barbara advocates having Multiple Profit Centres so her approach is ideal for writers, coaches and other entrepreneurs as we often build our incomes by developing several strings for our bows.
Barbara co-founded the Dreambuilders Community with her friend Nick Williams. They are bringing entrepreneurs together so we can support and inspire each other. Between them, they have several decades of entrepreneurial experience.
Nick Williams has inspired countless entrepreneurs with his bestsellers including "The Work We Were Born To Do”. Nick is also founder of Heart at Work London and a trustee Director of Alternatives.
Barbara remembers first becoming self-employed, “I couldn’t find any kind of guidance for the sort of business I wanted so it was very trial and error. I didn’t know anybody else creating a one-person business so I was a real slow upstart.”
Nick says, “I always enjoyed working with people. I enjoyed helping people and being in service to people. So I began to think maybe that was what I was going to do but there was a lot of fear because I had to change my life and I didn’t know how I was going to do it. So I think a lot of my teaching comes out of my experience and compassion.”
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own net
I’m the founder of Cleret, maker of the coolest looking squeegees on the planet.It all started in 1986 when I let this big burly contractor talk me into putting fancy clear glass shower doors in my brand new bath - BIG MISTAKE!After bathing, there were all these unsightly water spots on my new glass shower doors and puddles everywhere. And then it started to mildew and turn green and stink. My bath looked horrible, and it looked (and was) dirty all the time. To combat this, I began to wipe down my bath after each shower with my bath towel. But by the end of the week I had a mountain of towels piled nearly to the ceiling in corner of my bath. Ugh!I was at a loss as to what to do. Then one day it hit me: a squeegee…in the shower! A couple of quick swipes right after bathing and it was bye, bye ugly water spots and grung
Barbara co-founded the Dreambuilders Community with her friend Nick Williams. They are bringing entrepreneurs together so we can support and inspire each other. Between them, they have several decades of entrepreneurial experience.
Nick Williams has inspired countless entrepreneurs with his bestsellers including "The Work We Were Born To Do”. Nick is also founder of Heart at Work London and a trustee Director of Alternatives.
Barbara remembers first becoming self-employed, “I couldn’t find any kind of guidance for the sort of business I wanted so it was very trial and error. I didn’t know anybody else creating a one-person business so I was a real slow upstart.”
Nick says, “I always enjoyed working with people. I enjoyed helping people and being in service to people. So I began to think maybe that was what I was going to do but there was a lot of fear because I had to change my life and I didn’t know how I was going to do it. So I think a lot of my teaching comes out of my experience and compassion.”
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own ne
Many CEOs and marketing directors find their time wasted evaluating marketing opportunities instead of acting on them. When every possibility is followed, a meandering trail of hit and miss effectiveness is the result. Despite significant expenditure of time and money, marketing tactics may not produce the desired gains.What is their problem? They are missing a crucial step in the marketing arsenal -- branding. The power of branding is that it is not just for your customers. When done correctly, it also creates a roadmap for you to follow internally, streamlining your planning and decision-making processes for years to come.Outward BrandThis is what many people relate to when thinking of a "brand:" a logo, tagline, style of advertising, product packaging, etc. These are not the brand, but rather the brand elements. To be
Nick Williams has inspired countless entrepreneurs with his bestsellers including "The Work We Were Born To Do”. Nick is also founder of Heart at Work London and a trustee Director of Alternatives.
Barbara remembers first becoming self-employed, “I couldn’t find any kind of guidance for the sort of business I wanted so it was very trial and error. I didn’t know anybody else creating a one-person business so I was a real slow upstart.”
Nick says, “I always enjoyed working with people. I enjoyed helping people and being in service to people. So I began to think maybe that was what I was going to do but there was a lot of fear because I had to change my life and I didn’t know how I was going to do it. So I think a lot of my teaching comes out of my experience and compassion.”
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own ne
One day at the office I was taken quite aback when I attempted to open an Excel spreadsheet I'd created and was prompted with the message: File in Use. Open as a read-only file? File in use? What was that all about? It was, after all, my file. Who else would be using it?The answer to that last question was, of course, anyone. Anyone at all could be using it. I worked in a company with 200+ employees and most of our documents were saved on drives with shared access. My file, essentially, was available to anyone in the entire company, from upper management to the receptionist, on a whim.With large network systems and often multiple branches, many companies these days have shared drives where employees in different regions can access the same files. Often, those companies limit the size of the hard drives on indivi
Nick says, “I always enjoyed working with people. I enjoyed helping people and being in service to people. So I began to think maybe that was what I was going to do but there was a lot of fear because I had to change my life and I didn’t know how I was going to do it. So I think a lot of my teaching comes out of my experience and compassion.”
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own ne
The possibilities involved in refinancing are overwhelming. If you have considered using a refinanced mortgage to do some remodeling you should consider cash-out refinancing. With a cash-out refinance home loan you can refinance your current mortgage for a higher loan amount than your outstanding debt and thus obtain extra cash for whatever purpose you desire. You can easily use the money to make home improvements and thus, you would be using as collateral for the loan the very same property that you’re going to improve.With Cash-out refinancing, you refinance your mortgage for more than you currently owe, then pocket the difference. Cash-out refinance home loans are just like regular refinance home loans, only that you actually refinance for a higher loan amount than your outstanding mortgage making use of the equity you’ve built on
Barbara wants to bring everyone together. She says, “I think we nag about that in the Dreambuilders Community, about building your own network of self-employed people. It’s incredibly important.”
Asked if he ever wanted to give up on his own dreams, Nick says, “I think, ‘What else would I do?’ Do I want to go work in a shop? No. Do I want to serve sandwiches? No. Really, I am totally committed to my life so any setback is just an obstacle to overcome. I get back on track by laughing about it.”
Barbara adds, “Even in the dark times, I never believed it was permanent. With all the challenges, there was always a part of me that knew it was going to work eventually. It was something I still had to discover but I knew I would. And like Nick, I’d think, ‘If I’m not doing this, what will I do?’ And there was nothing else I wanted to do.
Nick says, “Once you get on the path, it’s about committing. You have to just keep committing and saying ‘I’ll make this work.’ So my focus shifted to ‘How can I make this work?’”
From a coaching perspective, this makes complete sense. You decide on your goal, work towards it and check to see if you’re getting the results you want. If you’re not, work out what you can do differently to make sure you get the outcome you’re after.
Nick and Barbara have different versions about their meeting. Nick says, “She stalked me.”
Barbara says, “That’s his version. You know, sometimes you meet people in your life and it’s inevitable and that was it with him. I read his book and by the third chapter, I
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