Author: Dean Thistleton

In the last issue I wrote about the entrepreneurial attitude to education and how they think differently to most people. They know that to be successful in any field, you have to be prepared to do what others won’t. I wrote about my own Four Strategies for personal growth and described how the first two Reading and a Mastermind have helped me achieve my goals. Let’s discuss the next two strategies. Strategy 3 – A Coach/Mentor If you’re a new start up or looking to scale your business, then having a coach/mentor is part of your apprenticeship as a...

  The majority of business owners believe that when they leave formal education the learning stops. Educated business owners however think differently. They know that to be successful in any field, you have to be prepared to do what others won’t. For us entrepreneurs this means going to work on ourselves, through personal growth and development; which in turn, impacts both personal life and business growth. Apart from the basic maths and English, formal education doesn’t teach us much. We’re taught to memorise or copy what’s in front of us. How much thinking did the teachers actually get us...