The Three Month Vacation Podcast Sean D'Souza
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Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of "outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?" Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.
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Re-run 3 Why We Stall—And How To Pull Out of the Mess
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Rerun 2: Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer
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Rerun 1: Why We Struggle With Writing Well (And How Your Brain Is Trying to Drive You Crazy)
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Why Negotiation Consistently Fails In Real-World Scenarios: 3 Overlooked Stages of Negotiation
When you read a book about negotiation, it seems like you should be able to get exactly what you want. However, when you go out into the real world, your negotiating turns to custard. Others don't seem to agree with your terms, and you're left hanging. Often this problem arises because of a simple set of stages that we ignore. In this podcast, we look at those three stages and see how they boost our negotiating power, without us doing anything extraordinary.
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Why Creating a Series Gets Greater Client Involvement
When we create information, we tend to think of a single book, a single article—and may I say—a single podcast. That system works fine, but there's a method that is far superior. It's called a series. Here's why a series works so much better and how to go about creating a series of series.
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The Five "Psychological Stages" of Entrepreneurship—And One That's More Scary Than The Rest
We don't always realise it, but we go through precise psychological stages when we are becoming entrepreneurs. The biggest problem is that one stage is more deadly than all the other stages put together. It's the stage where we lose control because we are driven by outside forces. How do we know which stage we are in? And how do we prepare ourselves for the stage that is going to seriously rock the boat?
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Nuggets of information delivered in an easy to listen to style from a teacher who has learned through experience. Although aimed at the small business professional, there is plenty here for the long time corporate employee. Sean gets straight to the pertinent points and his delivery makes it easy for them to stick. I assure you, a small investment in time with Sean will make a difference to what you do next in your working life.
Psychotactics- Three month vacation podcasts.
Excellent! Perhaps one of the most valuable podcasts on small businesses.
Looking forward to vacation time!
Cheri.