Author: SpikeHQ

You might have read a lot of the articles and outpourings of grief over a talented young Kiwi entrepreneur who died in Kenya, aged 26 last week. There are many people trying to unpack what happened, why it got to...

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I remember a successful businessman I know telling me he didn’t pay his bills until the very last minute and sometimes not until the other business was asking. However, he expected his customers to pay his bills on time. That...

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This year I started two new hobbies and they changed my life in ways I never would have imagined. How’s that for a click bait headline? The thing is, it’s true. I’ve had to start completely from scratch and be open to feeling stupid and getting hurt from time to time. So, to start. I got over feeling...

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Lou Holtz the American football icon said, "Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." We live in a world of words.  Some words mean a great deal to...

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I love this quote from the Louisville Times (1927), The Human mind is like a parachute. To make it work first it has to open. In my opinion, this might be one of the most important ideas we need to...

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For as long as I can remember I’ve been saying that small businesses are the backbone of any economy. They employ the most people, offer the best paths to expertise and growth for employees, pay the most tax and are...

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Is it just me or are some people just plain f*#@ing rude? They email you with a question. You take the time to answer it to the best of your knowledge because, well they asked. And that answer can take...

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It is said that “ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.” Does that seem easy to you?...

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It’s another Monday where we wait with baited breath for an announcement. You might be thinking that this announcement will decide your future for the next few weeks. And in some ways it will. But don’t let it. You choose...

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Welcome to another lockdown MondayMotivator Did I think we would be out of lockdown? No. This sucks. I’ve been considering, out loud, a move to the South Island. I typed out a few sentences outlining why after this sentence but...

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