Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Hard-Work-It-Really-is-Worth-it.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Hard-Work-It-Really-is-Worth-it.html In Kevin Sheedy’s book Stand Your Ground his old coach, Tom Hafey wrote the Forward. He explained that Kevin realised that sport could offer him so many opportunities but they would only be realised if he worked not just as hard as anyone else but harder. This need to work harder was because Kevin did not have the same natural skills as most of his team mates and opponents. Thanks to my parents’ hard work me and many like me in Australia and other wealthy countries have been given a opportunity to live a wonderful, happy comfortable life. The downside of this great gift is not experiencing the hard work that went into creating it and therefore potentially not valuing it as much as it should be valued http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Natural-Motivation-Surround-yourself-with-the-right-people.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Natural-Motivation-Surround-yourself-with-the-right-people.html The decisions we make will be a result of the information that we have and our perception of the world. Both this information and this perception will be due to the people that have been a part of our lives. However, a lot of us like to consider ourselves as independent beings that make our own decisions. I do not see these two trains of thoughts as being mutually exclusive. By that I mean we do have the power to make independent decisions but that decision will be the outcome of the impact that other people have had on our life. The overall message is to surround yourself with people who will help provide you with the inform http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Recession-Proof-Your-Business-and-Your-Life.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Recession-Proof-Your-Business-and-Your-Life.html There have been many articles in magazines, e zines and newspapers over the past few months that provide tips on how to recession proof your business. These tips, if implemented, will help business weather the storm of a general recession in the economy so that the business can enjoy the subsequent up turn in the economy. My articles traditionally explores the parallels between business and personal life and this article looks at how to employ these recession proofing business initiatives in our personal life's. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-Build-Effective-Spreadsheets.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-Build-Effective-Spreadsheets.html Spreadsheets have become an important business tool. I first experienced them at university in the mid to late 1980s. I remember thinking, for the first time, that computers could really be useful. Since then some of the things that I have used them have been: Business reports Create financial forecast Run horse race sweeps Develop a betting program (unsuccessful) and Calculate average km times in races Spreadsheets are very powerful and can be used for a variety of purposes. However, in business, they are prone to error and an incorrect formula or a spreadsheet designed poorly can result in poor business decisions being made. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/The-Secret-of-Happiness.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/The-Secret-of-Happiness.html Happiness has become a hot scientific topic over the last two decades. Recently the BBC presented a six part series called The Happiness Formula. This series covered topics such as: 1. Think yourself happy 2. The politics of happiness 3. The power of happiness 4. The happiness recipe The scientific tests supporting the series suffered, to some extent, because happiness relies upon the subjective self assessment by an individual of their own happiness rather than an objective measure. However, that suggests that happiness is something that can be objectively measured and that may not be so. Perhaps each of us have our own definition of happiness that are all equally valid. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Balanced-Scorecard-Measuring-the-Important-Stuff.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Balanced-Scorecard-Measuring-the-Important-Stuff.html The Balanced Scorecard was devised by Robert Kaplan and David Norton in the early nineties. It began with the premise that an exclusive reliance on the financial indicators such as profit and loss was causing the managers and owners of businesses to do the wrong things. Subsequently it was seen as a tool to measure the success of implementing strategies or implementing good ideas. The financial indicators are great at telling us how a business has performed in the past what the Balanced Scorecard does is supplement this with measures that indicate how the business will perform in the future. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Renewing-Resolutions.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/Renewing-Resolutions.html A lot of us set goals or resolutions at the start of each year that at some stage will need to be kick started. Also some of us have goals but are unsure what to do to turn them into reality. There are steps you can make that will increase the chance of success. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-develop-a-career-action-plan.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-develop-a-career-action-plan.html The focus of this article is on the development of your career action plan. However, the process can also be easily adapted to other areas of your life. The first and most important step is to make a decision. The decision is whether or not you need a career action plan. Many may not require any action in their career at this stage of their life. For some there are more important areas in their life to which they want to devote their time. The challenge is to make a conscious decision and either accept the current job or put into place actions to achieve your goal job. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-trust-yourself.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-trust-yourself.html “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir Is there a “right” way to live and how do we know when we are successful? Is it based on our personal definition of success or our perception of our local society’s definition? In society there is a definition of success that, in the past, I have grasped to supplement my own limited ideas about what I wanted to do. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-manage-risk-but-dont-stifle-innovation.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2526/How-to-manage-risk-but-dont-stifle-innovation.html Mining is a capital intensive industry and a lot of money is spent to reduce the risk of making wrong decisions on investments and to reduce the risk of investments not delivering what was promised to shareholders. The same principle applies to any sized business. Every business wants to make the right investment decision and increase the likelihood of the business of delivering what is expected. When evaluating a new business good risk management tools and techniques can assist the decision making process and increase the likelihood of business success.