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I’m often asked by aspiring business people what I believe to be the one key thing they can do to ensure their business success. Without fail I almost always say that I feel making a commitment to becoming a life long learner is the only way to stay at the top of your game.

I often suggest they find someone that inspires them and take them out for coffee or ask them some questions or read their book. Sometimes this scares people a little bit. Their comments to me of “what if the person says they don’t have time, or they won’t answer my questions” is usually met by me saying “well then you’re in no worse place than you started are you?”.

One thing I’ve overwhelmingly found in my quest for knowledge however, is that if you approach them correctly and with respect, the most successful business people are often the most approachable and generous.

I certainly found this to be true with one of my business mentors, John Ilhan, who I was saddened to hear passed away this week at the age of only 42. Not only has Australia lost one of its most innovative entrepreneurial icons – it’s also lost a bloody nice guy.

I met John at an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year event in 2005. I was almost speechless at meeting him, but was even more blown away by the fact that he took about 30 minutes of his time that night to share his thoughts about business with me. He gave me ideas, guidance and encouragement.

His generosity didn’t end there however. John agreed to come down to Tasmania to speak to hundreds of Launceston business people at my request (which I sent fully expecting a no). He spoke on stage for around an hour, shared what he knew, made a sizeable donation to the charity we were supporting and also took another half an hour to speak with me about my business goals and aspirations.

I know from my experiences with John was that he loved his family, that he was an inspirational business person and that he was happy and eager to share what he had learnt. John Ilhan the business person made the pages of BRW and thorough his business he’s left an amazing legacy. If other people’s personal experiences with John are anything like mine, the impact he’s made by generously sharing his knowledge has left just as important a legacy.

By Kirsty Dunphey

Reproduced with permission from the Kirsty Dunphey blog and weekly newsletter: www.kirstydunphey.com

We’ve never felt so strongly about one of a book that we’ve read as we do about this one. Why do so many people fail to make money online even though they do everything their coach or mentor has told them to do?

Why do two people who are in the exact same business niche and have the exact same business and marketing tools available go on to have one fail while the other succeeds?

Why does someone who has been building their business for years suddenly get passed up by a ‘newcomer’ out of nowhere?

Why are some people who seem very successful on the outside not satisfied or happy on the inside?

Are some people just ‘fortunate’ while others aren’t?

What does success really mean?

These and more are all questions we’ve asked ourselves over and over again and these are probably questions you have also asked yourself at some point in time.

And this is why our friend Jeremy decided to create the Mindmap to Riches book series and why you should head over to:

Just take a look at what some of the most successful online marketers of today have to say about it.

“When people ask me what the ’secret’ to my success is I tell them the answer is simple… While having the right tools, resources and contections are important I’d say THE MOST important thing any Entrepreneur needs to have is the ‘Right Mindset’.” ~ Michael Rasmussen

“Now Mindmap to Riches, not only explores the insights of the entrepreneur mindset, but it gives you aclear Vision of the steps (your roadmap) you should follow to put yourself into the successful entrepreneur mindset you want to be, and to stop leaving it up to chance.

Mindmap to Riches could change your life by opening your eyes to this concept.

Before learning the latest SEO or article marketing tips and tricks, you need to understand who you are and where you want you and your business to go and how to design an effective roadmap to get there.

This is what Jeremy’s Mindmap To Riches is all about.” ~ JP Schoeffel

Where will you be one year from now?

We hope you will be financially free, healthy and have lots of free time to spend as you wish.

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By Brian & Jennifer Baulch

Ladies and gentleman, meet Mo, Larry, and Curly Entrepreneur. These fine fellows are here today to help answer the age old question: Why do some entrepreneurs achieve stellar success while others achieve only moderate success while still others fail in business miserably?

To level the playing field let’s pretend that each of our wily entrepreneurs all started their businesses on the exact same day, selling the exact same product at the exact same price. Let’s also pretend that they started their businesses from identical locations, with the exact same resources and funding, and with the exact same opportunities and odds for success.
Even when starting from the same place at the same point in time with the same resources and same opportunities, the results vary widely; some entrepreneurs succeed in an amazing way and others do not.

Why then does one entrepreneur, in this case Curly because he is my favorite Stooge, reach the stars while most Stooges never make it off the ground? Why does Curly get to give the crowd a “Woop, woop, woop!” while accepting the Chamber’s Small Business of the Year Award while Mo and Larry have to work as waiters at the event to help pay their bills?

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An entrepreneur is someone who takes responsibility for a business, manages it and builds it. Sometimes an entrepreneur purchases the business and sometimes they start it. The common definition all entrepreneurs have is they have vision about where that business is going. You can be a small business person and start a restaurant or even a home based business that can be entrepreneurship. If you have a vision for building your restaurant or your home based business and expanding it in some fashion, you’re an entrepreneur. Vision is the basic definition of entrepreneurship.

Please watch the videos below and give us your thoughts if it has inspired you for 2009 or helped you better develop your current business venture or plan.

What is a Small Business and Entrepreneur? 

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Calling can it be connected with God and Faith?