Words of wisdom

SOMETIMESI pretend to be

NORMAL But it gets BORING…

So I go back to being me

www.tinkerandconk.com

Botty

rule

No.12

“ The first thing that super successful business owners do every morning is the

most important, most critical thing for the success of their business...it’s marketing.”


Scooter –

Move

your ass

“It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to

be nice.”

Facebook/tinkerandconk

Rich Dad

Poor

Dad “The rich don’t work for

money. The rich have money work for them”

Twitter @tinkerandconk

Botty

rule No.6

“Perfection in business is vastly overrated. Good is

good enough.”


The Botty

rules

If you really want to make your business successful, you have to

make getting and keeping customers your number one priority


The

Botty

rules

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Botty

rule

No.14

“You’re growing or shrinking – there is no status quo.”


Clare

www.tinkerandconk.c

om

“There are no stupid questions, just stupid people”


Delivering

Happiness –

Tony Hsieh

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to

lose oneself”


Jane and

Clare

[email protected]

“Nothing changes if nothing changes.”


Winston

Churchill

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every

difficulty.”


Nigel

Botterill

“Good news you’re your own boss. Bad news

you’re your own boss.”


Botty

rule No.21

“You’ve got to stop the sabotage in your

business...”


Lao-tzu

“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be

yourself.”


Emerson,

Journals

1827

“If a man examine carefully his thoughts he will be surprised to

find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always

ahead”


The

Botty

rules“Are you a marketer or are you a doer? It matters. A

lot.”


Botty

rule No.22

“What other people say about you carries about 500 times as much weight as what

you say about yourself – so use testimonials in your marketing”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad The main management skills needed for success are:

1. The management of cash flow2. The management of systems (including yourself and

time with family)3. The management of people


Botty

rule

No.23

“No one ever got rich having a lie-in or watching TV – you’ve got

to work...really hard.”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad “You must know the

difference between an asset and a liability, and

buy assets”

Botty

rule No.4

“ Attitude is everything, attitude is the foundation

of everything.”


Winsto

n

Churchi

ll “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”


Botty

rule No.24

“Thousands of your potential customers, people that live in your area, are on Twitter

and Facebook today, you’d have to be incredibly arrogant or a complete idiot to

not even try to connect with them.”


The

Botty

rules

“If you want super-success in business, you’ve got to get better

at getting more stuff done”


Delivering

Happiness –

Tony Hsieh

“Act weak when strong, act strong when weak. Know when

to bluff”


Botty

rule No.11

“ Most people in your industry or sector are wrong...about

everything.”


Clare and

Jane

[email protected]

“Just F*!king get on with it!


Botty

rule

No.25

“Good offers make you money, not cost you money – so don’t just slash

your margins”


Winston

Churchill

“Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never.”


Winston

Churchill

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”


Botty

rule No.26

“In 2012, only lazy, incompetent business owners don’t know how well each bit of their marketing

works.”


Phil Kieran –

www.madaboutpies.co.uk

“Think outside the box”


Botty

rule No.27

“It’s not your customers’ job to remember to do business with you. It’s your job to

remind them and that’s why your database is your most valuable asset, bar none.”



Botty

rule

No.28

“Speed matters.”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad

“Arrogance. Arrogance is ego plus ignorance”


Botty

rule

No.8

“ High income businesses are just better at implementation.”


Clare –

www.tinkerandconk.c

om

“Sometimes we can’t describe what we are feeling with words. But, in some moments, we can describe with a sound...with a

trance ”


Botty

rule

No.5

“Deadlines get stuff done.”


Botty

rule

No.15

“You can either make money or make excuses, but you can’t do both. They

are mutually incompatible.”


Delivering

Happiness –

Tony Hsieh

“I failed my way to success”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad

“Choose daily. Oh the power of CHOICE...”


Botty

rule No.9

“ Super successful businesses follow up with their prospects

much more than ordinary businesses do.”


Veronica

Pullen

“If I want to achieve anything in life it’s down to me to make it

happen or at least to create the opportunities!”


Unknown

author

“Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad “Overcome the fear of losing money. It’s how you handle

failure that makes a difference in one’s life”


Botty

rule No.2

“ Who you hang around with matters. A lot.”


Hans Christian

Anderson

“Where words fail...music speaks...”


Euripides

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”


Botty

rule

No.16

“S**t happens-and it always will. How you cope with setbacks will

be the making of you.”


Happy

O’Halloran

, Angela’s

Ashes

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind

is a palace.”


Botty

rule

No.3

“ Residual income is a beautiful thing. It improves every aspect of

your life and business”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad “You must know the

difference between an asset and a liability, and

buy assets”Twitter @tinkerandconk

Botty

rule

“I think big, most people think small, this gives me a distinct

advantage”

No.13


Botty

rule

No.7

“To build a big business, the business owner – that’s you – has to become a

‘marketer’ of their thing, NOT a ‘doer’ of their thing.”


Rev

Sharpton

“There’s nothing that can’t be done if we raise our voice as

one.”


The

Botty

rules

“Be careful who you take advice from.”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad

Don’t say: “I can’t afford it”Think: “How can I afford it?”


Botty rule

No.10“ The internet is here to stay, baby, and

super successful business owners all embrace the Web and use it to help them

grow their profits, BUT 90% of local businesses are doing nowhere near

enough to exploit the potential of the Web.”


Ralph

Waldo

Emerson

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a

trail.”


Clare’s

question

“Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?”


Botty rule

No.29

“The single biggest thing you can do to step change the growth of your business is to learn from someone who’s bloody good and has done

what you want to do.”


Botty

rule No.17

“ In most businesses, 20% of customers will pay more for a premium product or service IF you make it available to them.”


Eleanor

Roosevel

t“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of

their dreams.”


Cree

Indian

Proverb

“Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned and the last fish has been killed will man realise

that he cannot eat money.”


Botty

rule No.1

“ As a business owner, you are 100% responsible for what

happens to your business. It’s all your fault...”


Botty

rule

No.2

“ Who you hang around with matters. A lot.”


Rich Dad

Poor

Dad “Overcome cynicism. It often takes

great courage to not let rumours and talk of doom and gloom affect your doubts and fears. Cynics never win.”


Botty

rule No.19

“ No one will ever care about your business as much as you do.

Don’t forget that-ever!.”


Abraham

Lincoln

“There’s no honourable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war.

Except its ending.”


The Richest

man in

Babylon

“Gold comes gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future

and that of his family.”Which translates:

The more gold (money) you can accumulate, the more readily it comes to you and in increased quantities. The gold which you save

earns more, and it’s earnings earn more.

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLDI


The Richest

man in

Babylon

“Gold labors dilligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds profitable employment for

it, multiplying as the flocks of the field”Which translates:

Gold is a willing worker. It is ever eager to multiply when opportunity presents itself. To every man who has a store of gold

set by, opportunity comes for its most profitable use

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLDII


The Richest

man in

Babylon

“Gold clings to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men

wise in its handling”Which translates:

Gold clings to the cautious owner, as it flees the careless owner. The man who seeks advice of men wise in its handling, soon learns

not to jeopardize his treasure, but to preserve it in safety.

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLDIII


The Richest

man in

Babylon

“Gold slips away from the man who invests it in business or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its

keep”Which translates:

The wise, is who invests his treasures under the advice of men skilled in the ways of gold. The inexperienced owner who trusts his

own judgement, and invests in a business to which he is not familiar, pays with his own treasure.

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLDIV


The Richest

man in

Babylon

“Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who follows the alluring

advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in

investment”Which translates:

Heed the wise man for they know the risks that lurk behind every plan to make great wealth suddenly

THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLDV


Botty

rule No.20

“ Bite-sized goals are good.”


Botty

rule No.18

“ Pay-Per-Click is one of the most powerful and cost effective

marketing tools available to most businesses...”


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