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Blaise Brosnan At Ferrycarrig Hotel

by Jack: Business Lessons From Life, Life Lessons From Business on Monday, 23 May 2011 at 13:56 ·

Journalist Michael Freeman wrote a review of Blaise Brosnan’s speech to businessmen and women in the Ferrycarrig hotel. 

Blaise Brosnan,  ceo of  the Management Resource Institute was talking at the Ferrycarrig Hotel in Wexford at a breakfast meeting organised by the Wexford County Enterprise Board  and Wexford Owner Manager’s Network this week where they launched his new book ‘You ...

21 July 2011 

WaterfordNews and Star. 

Business lessons from a novel character

ENTREPRENEUR, trainer and business commentator Blaise Brosnan’s new business book, ‘Jack – Business Lessons from Life, Life Lessons from Business’ was launched in the Book Centre, John Roberts Square, last Friday.
The book is a ‘factional’ memoir of a person named Jack, who Blaise said is the composite life story of many different people he has met in the 40 years he has been in business. Jack represents the ...

Speaking at the launch of Blaise Brosnan’s new book ‘Jack: Business Lessons from Life, Life Lessons from Business’, Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin commented “Blaise Brosnan is an amazing man. He speaks softly but with compelling wisdom; and he can communicate equally effectively with his eyes and facial expression. So too, I think, does Jack’ 

Blaise Brosnan, business mentor and trainer, has facilitated more than 2000 business people to stand back from the fuss of their day-to-day ...

Gorey Echo June 2^nd 2011 

Wexford author gives life lessons in new book

A BOOK about business and life lessons by a Wexford author was launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin at a function to be attended by business leaders from around Ireland at Whites Hotel Wexford on Friday.

Well-known entrepreneur, trainer and business commentator Blaise Brosnan’s new business book Jack – Business Lessons from Life, Life Lessons from Business, has been described as a hugely authentic ‘factional’ ...

Sunday Independent May 21^st 2011

Entrepreneurs are the key to recovery

Never mind the Government, we can always go out and make our own jobs and better life, suggests Blaise Brosnan

A Kerryman has a lot to do with the way the world is today. Richard Cantillon ofBallyheigueCastlecame up with the concept of entrepreneurialism about 300 years ago. He lived in north Kerry at the turn of the 17th Century and from a young age he roamed between there and his uncle’s home ...

Nobody can persuade you to change. The gates of change can be opened only from the inside. 

It is not enough to change your initial behaviour; you must change your thinking, your attitude and your follow through actions. Then you must measure the impact of these actions. 

What gets measured tends to gets done. The opposite side of this coin is—what is not measured tends not to get done.—–(Please share these thoughts with your friends and let them ...

“Every change journey starts with one small step from the point you are at now”.

 Don’t waste your time wishing you were starting from a different point. Know where you are and  where you are going.  

Clarity of purpose is the secret to your future success.

 Think about the information you need in order to successfully run your business.

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Then organise your MIS from this base. This will eliminate many layers of communication. 

The owner-manager is the conductor, with the performance of the critical issues being reported directly to him / her. 

All must be performing the same conductors score (Mission Statement).

 — If you want a different output in the future, you have to change your input.  If you keep on doing the exact same routine, then you can’t expect to get a different result.

• What is the message here for you? What one change could you make today that will cause your output to be different?
• Are you really committed to making this change and sticking to it until your desired output is achieved? 

                                       If it’s to be, it’s up to you.

Nugget number (4) from my recent published book titled JACK –A plant grows from its roots and is helped or hindered in its growth by its environmental conditions.    What roots are you nurturing in your personal and work life?.