There are so many other business lessons I think can be learned from Dolly Parton. Whether you love her or hate her you can’t deny that she has had great success and endured in a business where so many disappear.

I made notes of other great lessons I picked up while reading Dolly Parton’s biography and I thought I’d share the rest of them in this conclusion:

Never regret the bad times because they can teach you the greatest lessons and inspire some of your most important achievements – “Storms make trees …

Some people are all about action, while others are all about mindset and looking at the “inside”. Today’s SWBN Bitesize looks at the importance of releasing some of those ingrained beliefs we have about ourselves and money.
But it’s not just about the thinking. Thinking alone will not make you successful.

What do you want to be different? Re-program your thinking, open up your opportunities and put them into action.

Over the next week or so of SWBN Bitesize podcast, we’ll explore some of the principles that will improve your business (and your life) whatever your goals are.
The first is very simple: Take Action!

So, it’s time to be courageous. There’s no time like NOW!

I was reminiscing with a friend on New Year’s Eve about what we were doing 10 years earlier. In my case I was on-air on a local radio station welcoming in the new millennium. It seemed only yesterday and yet so much has happened in those 10 years.
You should never let the past control your future, but looking back can help you to overcome future obstacles:

When you think “I can’t do this” remember all the things you have ALREADY done. If you can achieve X, then managing Y won’t seem …

This SWBN Bitesize podcasts looks at why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work, and what that can teach you about setting your own personal and business goals for 2010.

In tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve podcast I’ll offer my own predictions for 2010.