Entrepreneur Solo

Gone Fishing In The Wrong Pond

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:22:16 +0000

The last five months have been rather hectic in my property businesses, Valencia Property and Houses for Sale in Spain. While the Spanish economy burns around me and I have been asked many times by other agents how are you doing it? How are you so busy and making sales while we are sat around wondering when the next client will walk in through the door? About 80% of Spanish Estate agents have closed down and more are closing on a weekly basis as the harsh reality of a market that has contracted greatly since the boom days of the early 2000's were around. To answer this we need to go back to the Pareto Principle I talked about here and look at the 80/20 rule again.

Workflows and Getting Things Done

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:44:54 +0000

Have you ever started doing some work and then a mail notification comes in and it looks important so you click on it. Or you have just started something important and the phone rings and you have to answer the phone right! Right? Erm no, actually very wrong! It is rare for interruptions to be important, or rather to be as important as we perceive them to be. Interruptions are usually little more than an opportunity to prevaricate a bit and stop doing what we need to be doing. And when I say "need" to be doing that is exactly what I mean, the most important thing at this moment in time.

If You Are Bored Then You Are Boring

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:44:53 +0000

A tongue in cheek post dedicated to my daughter :-) Inspired by a Facebook update status by my student daughter stating that she is bored I realized that if you are bored then you must be boring. I wrote a similar post exactly one year ago on this blog

Planning a Month Ahead Is Sometimes Difficult

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:44:52 +0000

I have been trying to plan August. Between client visits, holiday, a visit to England to take my eldest to University and a whole heap of work things are starting to get a little complicated. The truth is that at times i actually have a problem planning a day or two ahead because of the nature of what I do. New shiny things come up every day that may need my attention and there are always loose ends to tie up on current projects.

More On Procrastination. Is There An App For That?

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:44:51 +0000

Yesterday morning I just couldn't get going. I was in a fug of indecision over what to do. There were so many choices of things I could have done of course, isn't that always true as an entrepreneur?

Why Spain Is Still A Great Place To Live

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:44:50 +0000

With the news coming out of Spain at the moment anyone might be forgiven for thinking that Spain is not a great place to live. Certainly for a lot of people things are hard at the moment in Spain and it doesn't look like there is any chance of a quick economic recovery especially when you consider we probably have the most inept government ever seen on the face of the planet. Without an economic recovery things will continue to be difficult on the jobs front without a shadow of a doubt. However Spain can still be a great place to live for a variety of reasons as long as you have the basics in place

A Short Post About Productivity

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:13:46 +0000

Are you productive in what you do daily? Do you use your downtime in a productive way? I only ask because I wrote a blog post yesterday on my Mac as I arrived 20 minutes early for an appointment a previous appointment didn't take as long as I thought it would.

How To Make The 16 Hour Workday Into The Four Hour Workweek

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:13:45 +0000

For many years working as an estate agent in the Spanish property market a 16 hour day was considered for wimps. 18 hours a day 7 days a week and no holidays was the norm. We were so busy that we literally had no time to build a business and therefore when things slowed down of course the business didn't work too well.

You Are Not Alone

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:13:44 +0000

The Spanish 30DCHome crew had a meeting this weekend. We talked, discussed, brainstormed and more and out of it has come a solid plan which will be presented on Tuesday. Already got a lot of actionable steps to take in the next few days and we feel that the whole could be a lot greater than the sum of its parts.

Flogging A Dead Horse and Picking The Right Path

Entrepreneur Solo — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:13:43 +0000

Just before starting this rant I really want to emphasise something, I am not talking about me here, I am just not. However I will use some of my experience with one particular project (Which shall remain nameless) to tell you when it's time to call it a day. I see so many people flogging a dead horse online these days that sometimes I just want to scream at them "Just give it up" However I do want to emphasise one thing here, this should not be done if you haven't really followed through. Lots of people give up just before they would have struck gold because they haven't really done everything, they just haven't dug deep down into the niche and milked it for everything it might well be worth. Lots of people choose the wrong path.