Once a year, we have the opportunity to start over and do things better than we did the year before. As we enter a new decade, most people are excited to craft their New Year resolutions – some more ambitious than others. With a slightly different approach and mindset, Tom Murphy is an advocate for setting […]
Story time: Carrying a powerful advice for 23 years Read More »
Over the past 8 months or so I’ve shared 10 lessons I’ve learned in 10 years of owning Aptus. It’s been a great journey sharing these videos and I sincerely hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I’ve enjoyed sharing. This video is the last of 10, and it shares my philosophy in business
Customer loyalty – Lesson 10 of 10: The basis of my success Read More »
Over 10 years of owning Aptus I’ve learned many lessons however in this blog and video series I’m sharing 10 lessons in 10 years of business. Today I’m sharing lesson 9, which is one of the toughest lessons as a business owner, resilience. Resilience is how we bounce back, how we recover from tough times,
Roofless! Lesson 9 of 10: Resilience Read More »
A major lesson Ive learned in 10 years is the importance of our values as a group when trying to build solidarity and loyalty.
As owners of small businesses, we too easily try to be a jack of all trades, we do too much. I certainly made this mistake in the early days however over the years I’ve seen examples of both good and bad business practices.
BE TRUE TO OUR SKILLSETS: 10 LESSONS LEARNED IN 10 YEARS OF BUSINESS: VIDEO 3 OF 10 Read More »
What does ‘environment’ actually mean? Is it just furniture, decor and artwork? It’s actually more complicated.
WE NEED MORE THAN FREE FOOD & BEAN BAGS: Lesson 2 of 10; The Work Environment Read More »
To celebrate our 10th year in business Tom Murphy shares 10 things he’s learned over 10 years of being a business owner. This is video 1 of 10
Lessons From Ten Years in Business – #1 Take Risks Read More »
Is the employment market at that point again where courtesy is no longer a priority for most people or am I expecting too much? What’s your thoughts?
Should I not give a flying f@#k or is it a pure lack of professionalism? Read More »
In my first two blogs on this topic we raised the question does innate talent exist.
We then discussed how we can apply methods of high performance development regardless of our level of talent. Some people believe we are either born with talent or we aren’t, and unfortunately this commonly leads to the believe if we aren’t born with the talent, why bother pushing for anything more than average performance. This 3 part series is aimed to change this perception as I never want to accept I’m incapable of furthering myself and nor should you.
Does innate talent exist or are we a product of our environment? The debate about nature vs nurture continues however this time I’d like to debate this about how we perform in business. I believe most of us have been told and possibly agree with the theory we are either born with a certain talent or not however is this theory true? I recently read a book called ‘Talent is overrated’, by author Geoff Colvin which challenges this theory and clearly states there is no scientific evidence to prove innate talent exists. After reading this book I’m still unsure if don’t believe innate talent exists however I agree until it’s proven we should discuss the results of studies which prove certain methods do exist to develop an average performer into a high performer.
Vlog 1: Talent is overrated: Introducing the theory Read More »
