The best business skill

[Richard Lockyer]

If you could be a master at just one thing that you believe would make your business a great success what would that be?

[tanyaacatherine]

Soft skills are better known as Work Skills or Life Skills. Without these skills in place, you would not be able to express or demonstrate your other skills effectively – to get you the place you rightfully deserve in the corporate world.
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Tanyaa
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[Richard Lockyer]

Hi Tanyaa, excellent point.

Could you give more detail on what ou consider these skills to be as i think it may start a great topic of conversation.

[Jack Humphrey]

Networking and communication. It's the lifeblood of a successful online business.

[Richard Lockyer]

Hey Jack, i would say that you are a master of that already but i do agree with you 100%

[Michael Lofton]

Presentation...
... Taking the heart and soul from pertinent professionals in each field and wrapping them into a 'Presentable' package. Or, simply creating and Presenting a beautiful plate of food for dinner.
... how about you Richard, what are your thoughts? (thanks for the post!)
best,
-michael

[Richard Lockyer]

Hi Michael, elegantly put!

I believe that networking is the single most important skill, because it's fun, it's free and very effective but a good meal is a very close second!

So who would YOUR pertinent professionals be then Michael?

Richard

[Michael Lofton]

Oh boy Richard,
... at this point in my life it would probably be the likes of Gandhi or the Dali Lama. Someone who would connect with the pinned-up energy surrounding our attachment to the 'almighty' (material world) dollar. And, how one might learn with inner-peace the ability to grow, yet, stop it with the forever chasing of (gota' have this gota' have that) material rainbows.
... (mmmm, a touch of meta-physics, indeed).
-michael

[Richard Lockyer]

Ghandi great choice.

I do like your thinking on these things.
It is difficult not to be a bit materialistic isn't it no matter how hard you try.

So what are your 5 favourite books then?

Richard

[Michael Lofton]

Man Richard... that's like asking someone to name their best child of many children.
However, realizing that books, like music and movies, are a plenty. And, any day
another could replace the later, here are a few past and present.

Like you, and many on this forum, marketing and copywriting research books
remain on my list. Going back... To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde (Stevenson), 1984 (or is it 2008? - Orwell). Recently... Omnivores Delima
(Pollard) and some fun studies of organization management insights, and how it relates
to Chaos/Quantum/InfinityMath theories for daily life and business applications called,
Leadership and the New Science (Wheatley).

ok, no fair asking a question like this again... ok?
-michael

[Mick Hill]

Leadership is the ultimate skill of a business owner. Our job is not to do the work but inspire people to do it for us.

Cheers,

Mick
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[Richard Lockyer]

Absolutely, leadership is about not doing the work but making sure that it gets done.


Richard

[Abledragon]

Communication in a way that connects with people. Obama has it, McCain doesn't