Has your CV become your epitaph? Well let’s change that.

The CV is not a biography, but a way to show what you can do for the hiring manager.

For many of us writing and submitting our cv’s is just a daily occurrence, we regularly send our cvs to selected employers we even make such documents readily available to everybody hat cares to view it.

But do you realise that such documents are viewed subjectively by someone in the human resources team with their own bias and subjective outlook on life looking for reasons not to employ you. Some of us find tat or names alone are enough not to employ us it might sound foreign, where. It’s illegal you may say, but that never stopped unfair treatment and discrimination in the past so why would it stop them now. In times of economic hardship the first ones to feel the heat is the foreigner or someone with a foreign are sounding name. When they ask you to fill the Equal opportunity form, please don’t be fooled they use it to discriminate against you as companies become more ethnically cleansed.

Who does the cleansing? Human Resources. How do they cleanse? By your epitaph that you carefully compiled and sent to them, If you are 50 or over a twenty something human resources clerk has no true concept of  your life experiences and what they mean and does not even care.

Now more than ever is the time to become self employed or if you must try this for your next CV.

 List your work history reverse chronologically starting with your current or most recent position. For each position you have held, show the dates you had the position, the place of employment and your title. Flesh out each job you have had with a summary of specific skills, tasks and responsibilities to give an idea of the scope of the position and your duties.

Review the listing or advertisement of the position you are applying for and make a list of the qualities and skills they need. The point is to focus your CV on what you can do to help the company you are applying to achieve its goals, rather than just give information about yourself.

List accomplishments under each job you have had, in bullet point format, tailoring them to the needs of the job you are applying for as much as possible. Be as specific as you can. For a sales job, show increased sales percentages in a past position, or what the amounts were. For a management position, show your expertise by listing successful projects or similar achievements.

Place your name and full contact information at the top of the CV, and be sure to include telephone and email information. List other skills or relevant interests at the end of the CV, such as language or computer skills.

"...a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale (The Wire)

Prez begins to redeem himself in the eyes of his colleagues by taking a fresh approach to the pager information. Wallace spots Brandon, one of Omar's crew, in an arcade and passes the information on to the Barksdale enforcers.

Do you prevaricate and have difficulty making decisions about key issues because you do not want to be seen as impetuous, you could be losing money and missing opportunities; just because you will not communicate with someone. The services and products you have to offer. Information all around us, but yes all we see and hear is noise. What you are looking for maybe is not what you need but sometimes it is disguised and packaged in a way we least expect it to be.

Do you spend hours dreaming, visualising and seeing your business ideas and wishes come into play. But one of the central elements that drove successful entrepreneurs to success was time management. An average individual is able to attain mediocre results from some allotted time; however, a wise entrepreneur makes the most use of that time. He/she is gifted with the ability to utilize time perfectly and to obtain results from every single minute spent.

They realize the value of every moment and work hard to make it worthwhile.

Maximize Time and Money

They Maximized Time and Money and successful entrepreneurs take certain steps that put them on the path to maximum productivity and profits. The following is a measures entrepreneur’s take to ensure sound business operations.

The Using Rather than Fearing Technology: Technology has emerged into every aspect of life. It has helped to make business processes more convenient and swift. Successful entrepreneurs employ technology to their advantage; they exploit the various benefits it offers by incorporating technological advances in every aspect of the business. This helps to reduce costs in the long run and to improve productivity.   Take opportunities more speedily and reason with the clients. There is nothing wrong with visualising your goals but the need to make them happen and turning them into reality is the ultimate goal. If your goals are easily attainable it might be more challenging to adjust them slightly.

Thinking against the clock can sometimes be difficult but you will win in the longer term if you have a clearly defined strategy of perseverance and as with the king safely tucked away you can make it a level playing field. You may have to look again at your strategy from the point of the customer or even changing the product or being more amenable to the client.

"You cannot lose if you do not play." - Marla Daniels, the wire.

Maybe you are afraid of losing that is a justifiable reason not to play or participate in self determined action to help yourself.  Wait a minute may be if I participate and become an entrepreneur I might alleviate some of my poverty and activate my skills and in the process meet people and cause a chain reaction to success.

My friend phoned me again; today he said I got a contract for you. Can you get a dog or know someone with a dog as you had before?  Well I know the requirements to have a working security dog; the main ones are a keeper’s licence, a transportation licence and insurance in case the dog bites anyone. There are numerous lessons to be learned here but the main one is not to let anyone rush you. You do not know where you might end up or with what type of animal. Yet still, it was a brilliant thought and a great opportunity and one of the many projects that I will be working on in my portfolio of entrepreneurial activities. However, I am fully at play here, I have engaged my mind and broadened my horizon; I have to do a full updated research of “man/woman and guard dog”.

Never dismiss anyone or possible opportunity for work if it gives you a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. It is one of the key competences for lifelong learning, helping people in their daily lives, in the work place; it serves as a basis for establishing a social or a commercial activity. Awareness should be raised about the entrepreneurial potential of thought, action and projects.  It is important to underline that entrepreneurial skills also help people adapt to other non-entrepreneurial careers.

In my case a warm fuzzy feeling was felt at the thought of a working K9, working to its full capacity with boundless energy, just waiting for my commands.  Yes a dog, taken care of, groomed, fed, exercised, trained and legally transported in an air conditioned vehicle. How happy he would be when it’s time to play.

The Problems for the Entrepreneur in a Digital Market Place.

Let us not develop into higher forms of servitude; “we shall never never be slaves” so the song goes. The problem is one of creating employment amongst ourselves. We have to use every type of information retrieval and dissemination. We have to use electronic information effectively. Not just the oral tradition by songs and verbal story telling but also the use of digital information.

Where Entrepreneurship is a hot topic, yet there is no agreed definition of entrepreneurship. There is even a debate about whether entrepreneurship can be taught! To be an entrepreneur now is not what it was like 10 years ago; it is far advanced now and has a Considerable way to go.

At the Imperial College London business school they give us an idea of the type of “E” or electronic areas by the Innovation and entrepreneurship  group.

Global development is monitored in the “Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2013 byErkko Autio et al” This text and case study collection is designed to stimulate critical thinking and reflective learning relating to entrepreneurship. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both capture the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 118 of the most important countries in the world. The authors expertly capture the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial actions and entrepreneurial aspirations.

Another study shows us that instead of spending to create knowledge, knowledge has to create wealth. Creating Wealth from Knowledge edited by John Bessant and Tim Venables. This book illustrates that, although innovation has always mattered in economic development, simply increasing expenditure in creating knowledge may not be the answer: we need to look at the whole system through which such knowledge translates to value creation.

The contributors explore the implications of the changing twenty-first century context of networked, global and increasingly open innovation - a world in which knowledge flows become as important as knowledge creation. In so doing, they address four key questions: what is the context within which innovation occurs in the UK? How do new firms form on the basis of knowledge and its deployment? How do established firms access and use knowledge to improve their current activities and generate new directions? What technical and organizational infrastructures enable these activities?

To get down to the root problems and to realise these answers is a worthy pursuit.

The King must reason with his customers

I received a phone call this morning from a very persuasive former business colleague within the security industry, as this is one of my lines of business, I remember him instantly as he owed me money, but to maintain my integrity we parted amicably despite the debt. Basically to hear from him sounded like he was trawling through his phone and strategically came across my name. Fortunately I remembered my posting yesterday “The King is the king”. As He gave me a calling to join him in business, and generate work for his security company he promised a massive commission from my hard work. I got back to my desk and penned him the following email.
Dear J
It was very inspirational talking to you; I will transcribe this for my business blog. 

So you want me to cold call unknown companies with the hope of getting a contract

On the fly and be rewarded with lucrative payment. I am not against such an idea, and I think it is wonderful you thought of me. I am in need of cash now ! ! a promise is not going to cut it. A systemic approach could meet

 Our needs but such an approach needs thought and diligence. It is even difficult to get a

 Response from an email let alone a cold call. I have no resources to use as speculative capital for your venture.

The opportunity cost for me seeking and gaining employment by an interview is much less than 

me gaining a contract with management in tow.

   

RalstonRoy . <cliverranderson@gmail.com>

via srs.bis7.eu.blackberry.com	12:21 (4 hours ago)
to me Ok Clive

Many thanks for your response. I empathize with your concern.
Life is a small gamble at times, some will pay dividend, and some will not.

Enjoy the rest of your day. Many thanks for your response. I empathize with your concern.
Life is a small gamble at times, some will pay dividend, and some will not. 
Do you like your potential customers or have a good relationship with them can you reason with them?

Identify your targeted customers, their characteristics, and their geographic locations.

The description will be completely different depending on whether you plan to sell to other businesses or directly to consumers. If you sell a consumer product, but sell it through a channel of distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, you must carefully analyse both the end consumer and the middleman businesses to which you sell. For your most important customer group, construct what is called a demographic profile that is their age, gender, location income level occupation, education. Always remember, The king is the King and the Queen is powerful.

"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo from (The Wire)

“You can’t play checkers on a chess board” – D’Angelo (Episode 1 season 1 The Wire)

Keeping on top of the competition can be difficult; it’s advantageous if you see the hidden complexities and the obvious ones. Competition in business is an important motivating factor for the entrepreneur keeping in tune with available strategic information is quite important.  Playing in an institutional racist environment where the rules and daily play are stacked against you makes it difficult but not insurmountable. Much of  my blog will touch on these issues because that is my experience since living in Britain.

Once you've identified your competitors, the competition section of your business plan is pretty simple: Discuss how you are identifying the competition and then list the top two or three competitors you consider major threats. If you want to do a really thorough job, go a step further and include a blurb on each competitor's response to you and how you might anticipate and deflect their actions.

Always deliver more than expected

With the economy slowly getting better you try to stay on your feet and do your best to overcome the tough times. As a hard working entrepreneur you need some inspiring quotes that will make you work better and focus on your success;

Don’t rush, but review and Work hard and success will come!!!

It's not just about merchandising; it's about the whole experience you offer your visitors. Time they spend in your sales arena whether or not they buy--is time they used to spend somewhere else. That somewhere else is your competition. Again, the question to ask is: If they aren't walking in your door, where are they walking instead?

What you're listening is the criteria in your customers' minds that they use to choose you over others. Those are what you want to duplicate as you expand, and those are what you want to use to identify competitors. If you have a clothing store and customers tell you your styles and selection keep them coming back, then your competition will be rooted in fashion. If they tell you it's your convenient mall-based locations and overall "feel" that keep them coming back, your challenge will be identifying other chains that appeal to the same consumer and offer mall-based experiences that compete with yours.

If the soul of your business is about specialized services, then consider where people might go to get those same services.

To keep on top of the competition it necessary to present and act on strategic information that is available.

Big News Brian is a Double Winner !!!!!!!!

Here is a real and living example, no matter off the map your idea is give it ago, you will win in the end. Brian is a real and shining example, let us sing go Brian, Go Brian and say well done and congratulations. Yes I know there are thieves out there and racist evil persons and institutions only to ready to steal your ideas and make a fortune from them. I know slavery has changed into a modern day business model for the exploiters. My friend Donna Halley-Moore posted a link of Brian. 

“UK NEWS: BIG BROTHER STAR BRIAN BELO WINS SETTLEMENT OVER STOLEN 'TOWIE' IDEA

madnewsuk.com

Big Brother winner Brian Belo has finally reached a settlement with ITV and Lime Pictures after taking legal action against the makers of the hit TV scripted reality show The Only Way Is Essex (TOW...

Top of Form!!!! Well done Brian, Hurray!!!! You are a winner all the way. Lime Pictures and ITV did not expect this. They underestimated Brian Belo. They thought. ‘This is a black man from Essex; he is an air head, wears blue contact lenses and relaxes his hair. Yeah we can get away with this’.”

Let us all learn from Brian. Do NOT submit your script or article to more than one journal or production team at a time. This is unethical and you will eventually get caught. If your study requires approval by a review board or ethics committee, be sure to get the documentation as needed and follow it to the letter. Read and follow ALL of the guidelines for manuscript preparation listed. Most have very specific formatting and style guidelines write as though your work is meaningful and important. If you don’t, people will not perceive it as meaningful and important. Critique your own work. Look for areas that reviewers might spot as weaknesses and either correct these areas or comment on them in your manuscript, leaving reviewers with fewer options for negative criticisms and be painstaking. Be thorough and patient with several rounds of editing of your work. Do email the editor to see if your manuscript topic is appropriate. Mail your script or article to yourself and do not open it or register it with a solicitor.

"...When it's not your turn" – McNulty (Season1 )

Unlike McNulty, in the real world positive and determined individuals stand a much better chance and have a higher probability of success. However, if people are self determined and not dependent upon someone else to make their opportunities it is always “your turn” with the appropriate product or service. It takes all sorts to signpost you towards business opportunities and to be a mentor, Bubbles (Season, 1 “The Wire) acts a mentor to another addict, in a business scam. When taking advice from a mentor you have to make sure the mentor is reputable and follows their own tried and tested advice and has the results to show for it. Beware there are many charlatans out there some might even tell you that the time is not right or it’s not your turn yet.
 Ideas are in abundance. We all know people with passion, vision, ambition and a real desire to make a difference with their new ventures. Lack of effective execution is the number one reason for failure in my opinion. Execution begins when you have validation of your idea (e.g early sales) and have made a significant commitment to your business e.g. received investment, quit your job or re-mortgaged your house. You must get out there and meet real customers in their world. Witness them dealing with your product, procuring and using your services. Only then can you really know what’s really going on.
 Watch who you get into business with, Watch who you get into business……..do you get the message? Try to avoid getting into business with a Bubbles type person if you want profit on your capital spending.  Manage cash flow with surgical precision and do not ever hide bad news from yourself or others.  Look after yourself. Manage your capacity and keep in touch (in person not on-line!) with the other world.
 If you accept supervision agree on the methods of supervision. What attitudes and behaviours support the supervision process; what undermines the process and what areas have potential risks? If possible sign a confidentiality contract if you are divulging aspects of your business to your supervisor.
To make it your time, research opportunities and read evaluations of products and services and think critically ways and means of improving on these.

Stringer Bell played by Idris Elba used this in his Business Management Meetings, it might be useful.

Stringer Bell played by Idris Elba used this in his Business Meeting Managements I hope it helps you to develop your plans. “Roberts Rule Book” How do you conduct yourself and organise a Meeting?

Rule Book.
Point of Privilege: Pertains to noise, personal comfort, etc. - may interrupt only if necessary!
Parliamentary Inquiry: Inquire as to the correct motion - to accomplish a desired result, or raise a point of order
Point of Information: Generally applies to information desired from the speaker: "I should like to ask the (speaker) a question."
Orders of the Day (Agenda): A call to adhere to the agenda (a deviation from the agenda requires Suspending the Rules)
Point of Order: Infraction of the rules, or improper decorum in speaking. Must be raised immediately after the error is made
Main Motion: Brings new business (the next item on the agenda) before the assembly

Divide the Question: Divides a motion into two or more separate motions (must be able to stand on their own)

Consider by Paragraph: Adoption of paper is held until all paragraphs are debated and amended and entire paper is satisfactory; after all paragraphs are considered, the entire paper is then open to amendment, and paragraphs may be further amended. Any Preamble cannot be considered until debate on the body of the paper has ceased.

Amend: Inserting or striking out words or paragraphs, or substituting whole paragraphs or resolutions

Withdraw/Modify Motion: Applies only after question is stated; mover can accept an amendment without obtaining the floor

Commit /Refer/Recommit to Committee: State the committee to receive the question or resolution; if no committee exists include size of committee desired and method of selecting the members (election or appointment).

Extend Debate: Applies only to the immediately pending question; extends until a certain time or for a certain period of time

Limit Debate: Closing debate at a certain time, or limiting to a certain period of time

Postpone to a Certain Time: State the time the motion or agenda item will be resumed

Object to Consideration: Objection must be stated before discussion or another motion is stated

Lay on the Table: Temporarily suspends further consideration/action on pending question; may be made after motion to close debate has carried or is pending

Take from the Table: Resumes consideration of item previously "laid on the table" - state the motion to take from the table

Reconsider: Can be made only by one on the prevailing side who has changed position or view

Postpone Indefinitely: Kills the question/resolution for this session - exception: the motion to reconsider can be made this session

Previous Question: Closes debate if successful - may be moved to "Close Debate" if preferred

Informal Consideration: Move that the assembly go into "Committee of the Whole" - informal debate as if in committee; this committee may limit number or length of speeches or close debate by other means by a 2/3 vote. All votes, however, are formal.

Appeal Decision of the Chair: Appeal for the assembly to decide - must be made before other business is resumed; NOT debatable if relates to decorum, violation of rules or order of business

Suspend the Rules: Allows a violation of the assembly's own rules (except Constitution); the object of the suspension must be specified

Copied from © 1997 Beverly Kennedy 

Change your Life and Transform your Streets

I went on an early morning walk as I was minutes in my walk I saw a gentleman walking his dog and picking up the litter that had blown from the over filled dust bin. Well this area is of some natural beauty, but with the litter it is somewhat blighted with the obligatory shopping trolley in the gentle running stream.

As the recession strangles some of us, consumers go on-line to get a “bargain”. Britain's high streets and local parks are in decline with transformed local shops. Many town centres are filled with streets of empty, boarded up shops. Nearly a fifth of all shops were empty in ghost high streets across Yorkshire.

It is said that the sea side towns are leaving local streets derelict and abandoned. Spending habits has changed the face of the high street. Where are the real people throughout the country, who do pick up the litter without being asked too?

While off-licences and travel agents shut down, new charity shops, discount stores and cafes are popping up across the UK, catering for convenience and low-budget shoppers on the lookout for more bargains.

Estate agents, building societies, recruitment companies and pubs have also disappeared from local shopping streets, according to data from the Ordnance Survey.

The resurgence of community projects, pop-up shops and a new British cafe culture may be the solution for bringing back consumers to the town centres that have been forgotten for too long.

Who are the new sellers of goods? I say we are through eBay, garage and boot sales I believe there are profits to be made, for those usually excluded from activities of commerce. The tables have turned and no longer are the privileged with vast credit are able to monopolise the high street, maybe it is becoming a level playing field for start-ups.

We need to explore not complain to be able to focus on the challenge you are facing and why it is important both to you and to the whole community.  With this in focus, we can brainstorm for ideas around addressing the challenge. Be opening minded, believe everything is possible, uncover needs and opportunities and use your imagination, go crazy with ideas!

It is extraordinary how difficult it is to simply let ourselves have an idea without an interfering inner censor telling us it is impossible or will sound foolish. 

Follow the American Dream where ever you are, Oprah is Leading

Follow the American Dream

It does say something about a country that can generate one of the world richest women such as Oprah Winfrey, this does make America truly a land of opportunity. Give merit where it is due, she has become most admirable especially so for philanthropic ideas and realties.

Since I was brought up in the United Kingdom and have mostly been comfortable by earning enough money to buy food and pay for my boarding, just about. I believed that I had made it. The most powerful thing that I had was my various job titles one of them was “Principle Research and Community Development Officer”, I was so proud. I would ride my bicycle through the local market to work every morning and try to go to evening classes to better myself at night.

I did not exactly look down on the market workers, but they were different for them every person was a potential customer and there was good days and bad days, for me every person was a statistic and I had to sit at my desk all day and come up with more ideas to develop the community at the behest of the politicians, My working life was set and any way I tried to change it I would be reprimanded severely.

” My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”           Oprah Winfrey

Now of course, I recognise what it means to take responsibility for my life as I forge ahead on the entrepreneurial trail. I don’t know of anyone like Oprah, in the UK if there was any one, they would have been given a Knighthood or Some such title or the equivalent so we could identify their membership to a meritocracy. However Oprah does not seem to be someone from a meritocratic upbringing

” I don't think of myself as a poor, deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.”         Oprah Winfrey

This self responsibility seems to be absent in the general population of the UK, we are mostly looking to someone to help us. We have been educated to serve the firm; which used to give us a living wage and job satisfaction. I had this for a while and I was euphoric with a wage at the end of the month. The first time I heard the term “I want to be an entrepreneur” was from my son, I who had a steady government job did not know if I should, laugh or cry.

Anyway the point of my realisation is to inform you all that: Use your instincts, now is the time; to set out our stalls at the market with freedom of spirit and hunger to succeed, is your birthright.

The Virtual Assistant Industry

"The Virtual Assistant industry is still in it's infancy and we need to make sure we're doing everything we can to help our customers not only utilize the service, but make it as affordable as possible."

Virtual Assistant Services include also Web Development, SEO services, Social Media Management and a Writing as part of the plan. By combining these services under a single plan structure, business owners have the tools necessary to take their business away from the brick and mortar structure and go completely virtual.

By combining everything, Virtual Assistant, has created a one stop shop for all of the clients IT needs. The plans are designed to allow a client to choose what services they'd need and only pay for it if and when they use that particular service, making it one of the most versatile virtual assistant programs available.

Facebook – setup/enhance & promotion, Google base Submission, Local Listing, Video submissions, Yellow page Submission, Blog search engine optimization, Forum comments and consumer review.

 As an example,   A Real Estate Virtual Assistant virtual assistant offering specialized services for Real Estate Professionals. VA can help with all the backend computer work and marketing that can keep the agent from focusing on the areas of their businesses that stimulate revenues, profits, and growth. A Real Estate Virtual Assistant can help with listing coordination, search engine optimization, lead management, link exchange, website design and maintenance, marketing, just about anything that will help benefit the agents business and free up their time. This is the way to the future.

Too many subscribe to 50 Cent's philosophy of Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

There is no need to subscribe to an early death if you are prepared to write and work to a business plan. There are even courses in American prisons where you can study on an Masters in Business programme.

Yes!!! We were murderers. We were gang leaders. We were drug dealers. However, we are executives. We are MBAs. We are pastors. We are now professionals now these people have found t within themselves to transform.  An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of their individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. 

Have others tried to lead you astray from your honest goals? Only to find that they are leading you from your way, the way that would have led you to your advancement instead of the advancement of others. How comfortable were you with your own actions, what was surprising, what emotions did you experience, how did you deal with these in today’s fast moving world of entrepreneurship we cannot afford to be side tracked with the agenda of others.

What if you were known for the worst thing you've ever done? Would you want a chance to redefine yourself—a fresh start?  Martin Luther King Jr.

Established in 2004, the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) is a Houston-based non-profit organization. They are pioneers of innovative programs that connect the nation’s top executives, MBA students and politicians with convicted felons. Their entrepreneurship boot camp and re-entry programs are proven solutions for reformed inmates who thrive on challenge and accountability.

They are on a mission to stimulate positive life transformation for executives and inmates, uniting them through entrepreneurial passion, education and mentoring.

Let us learn from the mistakes of others Like, Marcus in the film, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) unfortunately, he and his drug crew end up robbing local shops. However as Marcus steps onto the stage to perform for the waiting crowd, he removes the bulletproof vest he had on, showing he was no longer afraid. Individual, family, community are very small entities an injury to one is an injury to all. Use what you have learned to build solid economic structures based on principles for the good of all and show your true wisdom.

Stealing by individuals and gangs to support a Business

Stealing is taking someone's property without permission. Very young children do not understand the concept of personal property. When they see something they want, they simply take it.  A gang of children can progress to form a well respected business without stealing. Stealing is occasionally done on impulse, to be truly successful you should be in control of your actions especially in business. Theft is not an indication of someone in control of themselves.  Depriving another of their goods or belongings is usually either carried out by a kleptomaniac an activity or a deliberate malicious intent. If it is a kleptomaniac then you will need psychiatric help. 

Since the child has no sense of personal property, young children should not be accused of stealing when they take another person's things without permission. A child or gang member must be told by the leader repeatedly that taking other people's things is wrong in order to develop an understanding of the broader concept of stealing. You may find this humorous but gang leaders have a very strong understanding of compassion for others, in their gang the idea is to broaden this compassion to the rest of society.

 “A Business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business” Henry Ford.

Criminalised and stigmatised

So far what I have said does not touch on the negative factors on stealing to the individual. Mugging, pilfering are petty crimes which destroy your life and reputation for being unstable and not to be trusted with money or goods. It could take a lifetime to regain some peoples trust.

 Certain others are only too glad when one criminalise and therefore stigmatise and blight their future. This does not enhance your reputation as a good business person rather identifies you with the underworld of shady people and laughable characterisation as in the Situation comedy "Only Fools and Horses," Where “dodgy goods” is the order of the day. The worst case scenario is a stretch of imprisonment.  This situation is avoidable if judicious prudence is taken when acquiring merchandise for resale, where by checks are carried out of the origin of all your goods and as to the quality of the merchandise so as to avoid fraudulent practises.

Criminal Gangs to Small Business

The gang culture is not just a group of bad kids, gang culture is a structured social entity with hierarchies of power and authority. The leadership of a gang determines what level of criminal activity the gang will function at, and the characteristics of the gang's leader will be evident in the gang's day-to-day activities.

From crime to business, changes can drive the gang from crime to success by ethical means. By trying to identify what business ethics are instead of sharp practices and being a rogue, makes your services serve the better good. 

Instead of being a part of the problem they could try to become part of the solution and identify ways to problem solve to be better entrepreneur seeking innovative solutions; rather than direct criminal action.  They could do it, and not give in to childish practices such as stealing and preying on the weak and vulnerable with the use of intimidation and the threat of violence.  Violence is never an option in business

The people doing real life sentences are those that are free and still committing crimes locked in the cycle of materialism that can never give them true satisfaction whilst being anti-social; having to cover there shame with the most expensive goods that can be found on the high street.

“Being good is good Business" Dame Angela Roddick (1942-2007).   

We have to tell our gang members that: “You can change their ways by turning around their efforts of malicious intent to benevolence, see it is a long term marketing strategy. If your service or product is seen as bad people will shun you, have no doubts. If your reputation is one of violence people will shun you as they seek for peace.”

Do you want to be an attractive force for good on the wider stage? Or squeezed in the corner with criminal intentions with your world becoming ever smaller.

Gang leaders should change the name of their gangs to “Ethical Principles” and act on the definition of ethical. It is time for ethical principles and standards in business for you to define acceptable conduct in business; and to understand how management make decisions without intimidation.

An ethical decision is one that is both legal and meets the shared ethical standards of your  community, different cultures are affected in different ways ethically; for some graffiti is a work of art but for others it is a public nuisance that has to be eradicated.

Should you sell drugs?

Given that you do not have a pharmaceutical license; that is you are not a chemist, you have no idea what benefits or otherwise the “substance” will have on others it is plain and simply “wrong”.  If you take drugs illegally then it is attempted suicide or misadventure by misuse and that causes addiction and from this addiction leads to a wasted life.

Political Will: Britain's Cameron promises 'land of opportunity'

“Britain’s is for hard-working people- the land of opportunity,” Says David Cameron.

I totally agree with our Prime minister as I recorded in my blog on Tuesday the 1^st October and our people have so much abilities and expertise. There were a few issues I mentioned where things can be improved. However there is mostly accommodation for business start-ups, available cash and availability of technology issues which can be met. Now that the political will is there these things can all be met?

The Prime Minister even mentioned that whether you are black, white or a woman the opportunity is there for you, there are no special advantages to look for, entrepreneurship is the way forward.

Britain's Cameron promises 'land of opportunity'

British Prime Minister David Cameron urges voters to give his Conservative party time to finish the job of economic recovery and create a 'land of opportunity' built on pro-business values. He did not say that pro business values means competition where each company has to out shine the next or else. Let us not forget the “Loads of money” Culture; underlying this is the understanding is that if you want a quality of life you will have to work hard to get it because every one of us is in competition with the other.

This is not too bad as sections of the community will be working together. It would be sensible if social entrepreneurs arise such as people of the co-operative movement and Credit unions because, I predict there is going to be tougher times ahead as companies close ranks.

In his keynote speech closing the party's annual conference, Cameron insisted the economy was turning a corner after years of austerity as he set out goals.   "A country built on that enduring principle, seared in our hearts that if you work hard, save, play by the rules and do your fair share -- then nothing should stand in your way."  Life has been increasingly getting harder and harder but I will give the Prime minister the benefit of the doubt that nothing “should get in the way” But he insisted that supporting businesses to create jobs was the only solution.

"We know that profit, wealth creation, tax cuts, enterprise -- these are not dirty, elitist words. They're not the problem, they really are the solution," The Prime Minister David Cameron said.