Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader

In the book of John L. Mason (An Enemy Called Average) - he quoted Harvey Ullman: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes consistently more valuable regardless of physical capacity."

Reading books is one way of learning. It saves us from committing the same mistakes that others may have already experienced. Though we are most likely to learn (and never forget) our own mistakes, we don't have to take all the risks - we can always learn from others.

A list of some popular business books are listed at bizdrivenlife.net. Click on this link...

As per Derek Bok: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.."

Blogging and Business

Many blogs have surfaced which not only talks about personal things, but also about business.

Blogging has become a preferred medium by businessmen in marketing and in positioning themselves as experts in their respective fields.

Is an MBA a requisite for entrepreneurs?

taken from bizdrivenlife.net:

"Is an MBA necessary? If you are like me, a bizdriven person, one of whose goal is to make my dreams come true in the form of my business, then it is. If you want to excel in the field, be one of the top 5 percent of the business, you will. If you want to grow twice, thrice or 10 times your size now, you will. " - Wilson Ng

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4 Principles in Aligning Cost Mgt

The four principles of aligning cost management and top-line growth :

Principle 1. Use ambitious sales and earnings growth targets to motivate the need for, and commitment to, growth-oriented cost management.
Principle 2. Tailor cost-reduction targets to the existing cost position and strategy of each business.
Principle 3. Differentiate between "good" and "bad" costs.
Principle 4. Create the right conditions for ongoing cost management.

The author was Matteo Peccei - senior manager in the London office of Marakon Associates, a leading international strategy consultancy. He can be contacted at mpeccei@marakon.com

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“The Truth Behind Entrepreneurial Myths”

7 Myths as explained by Robert Warlow:
1. You don't have a personal life.
2. You Have To Be Cunning and Ruthless To Be a Successful Entrepreneur
3. You Won’t Have To Work As Hard
4. You Have To Have an Original Idea
5. You Will Be Your Own Boss
6. You Need A lot Of Money To Get a Business Off The Ground
7. You Only Have To Do What You Want To Do

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Business Talk and Business Solutions

Check out small biz/entrepreneurship website,
have placed the website address in this article (below),
lots of pinoy business talk here - a forum on entrepreneurship, philippine business environment, software business solutions, business news, buy & sell, getting funding & capital, job opportunities, and more...

click on link here: http://www.ngkhai.net/esprint

it is easy to participate in the website talk,
we just have to register for free,
then we can post our very own self-made articles,
we can ask questions on anything - especially on business topics,
we can also make comments on those articles posted in the website,
and most of all, we can get in touch with other pinoys
who loves to talk about business, PINOY style!

Pinoy Business Talk

Anything and Everything about business talk - it is biz talk, pinoy style...