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How to Master Business in just 10 Minutes

John Quinn — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:44:55 +0000

Usually when I read an article headline like that one, I think "this is sleazy".

However I thought I'd risk it in this case because what I have to say today is really important and I want to get this information over to as many people as possible, and like it or not, headlines that promise miracles work!

It maybe is a sad indictment on the state of the world that everybody wants a quick fix but in this case it's actually true.

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The Zen of Business Mastery

John Quinn — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:58:48 +0000

Have you ever started a new project in your business only to have a niggling doubt in the back of your mind that you aren't doing the right thing or that you've maybe missed out a key step or component?

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Beating the Entrepreneurial Myth

John Quinn — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:03:12 +0000

Most small businesses come about because a technician (say a carpenter, plumber, dentist, graphic designer) gets an idea that instead of continuing to do what they do for someone else, they will start their own business and keep all of the lovely cash that was previously lining the pockets of their employer while they were paid the same salary regardless of how much value they brought to the business.

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Running the wrong race.

John Quinn — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:00:46 +0000

Insight is great stuff to have, but it’s sometimes difficult to find when you are up close to an issue.

A few years ago an ex colleague of mine who had been loosely involved with the travel and tourism industry told me he was buying into a new business venture: a high street travel agency. My heart started beating very fast; my first reaction was to ask: are you sure?

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12 things you won’t learn at business school

John Quinn — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:42:10 +0000

Every year there is a new flood of MBA graduates from all of the best business schools on the planet and some of the not so good ones too.

Unfortunately, even although their bank account says that yes, they've paid for the schooling alright and yes there is a nice scroll saying they have their MBA hanging on the wall, the vast majority of MBA or business school graduates are just like most of the rest of society:

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What the Best Online MBA Programs won’t teach you about Leadership

John Quinn — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:31:45 +0000

Leadership seems tricky, so it is skipped over by many of even the best online MBA programs. In this article John discusses why that might be and offers an alternative that really gets to grips with teaching Leadership to MBA students.

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Top 100 Business Schools avoid this critical business theory

John Quinn — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:33:37 +0000

The Top 100 Business Schools avoid this piece of critical thinking in their MBA programs, dismissing it as too soft and somewhat less than tangible. Try telling that to Nordstrom. 10 Minute MBA creator John Quinn explains why entrepreneurs and business leaders need to develop their own version of his Theory of Everything

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5 reasons not to get an MBA

John Quinn — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:45:53 +0000

In my view there are a lot more than 5 reasons not to get an MBA, but this article is encouraging none the less. Let's face it MBA's are like Belly Buttons...everybody has one! It's more important to discover how you're going to differentiate yourself in the world. One way to do that is just to get started and do your own thing.

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Giving is the new selling

John Quinn — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:19:28 +0000

There's no getting away from it, to be successful in business, you're going to need to sell stuff every day in life. But many great business ideas never see the light of day because their owner hates the thought of selling. I'm here to tell you that giving is the new selling, so it's time for you to step up, be yourself and watch the money roll in.

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The magic profit spell you won’t learn in Business School

John Quinn — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:06:40 +0000

A touchy subject this, but unfortunately there are many key things about being successful in business that you won't learn in Business School. One of the worst omissions in my view is that of the power of small changes and how these compound to make big improvements to business over remarkably short timescales. One such idea is the one I call my magic profit spell, which shows you how to take specific components of any business and make them unrecognisably better by changing things almost imperceptibly.

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