I don’t have an MBA. I failed economics. I’ve even had two of my businesses go under. However, I’ve never given up. I went from being an ESL teacher to a time management consultant who […]
Author: Adrian Shepherd
Adrian Shepherd started his career as an ESL teacher in Japan, but today focuses on consulting with individuals and companies on productivity. His background in education helped him develop The One-Bite Time Management System (TMS), a revolutionary new system based entirely around simplicity: small bites that people can digest easily. He is also a contributor for the Huffington Post, Thrive Global and The Good Men Project. He is based in Osaka, Japan.
How Stan Lee Influenced an Entire Generation of Children and Shaped My Approach to Business
Growing up, I loved comics. I saw incredible artwork combined with great stories and I was hooked. The man most responsible for many of my favorites – Captain America, Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, and […]
Five Powerful Habits to Win Friends and Influence People
In Dale Carnegie’s bestseller, How to Win Friends and Influence People, he describes ten skills to develop to deepen both your personal and business relationships. Some people who have applied the concepts contained within its […]
Five Powerful Leadership Lessons I Learned Growing My Business
A team is a highly complicated machine with many moving parts. To get everything working smoothly, it takes finesse, hard work, and a whole lot of trial and error. What works for one team might […]
Seven Red Flags Leaders Need to Watch Out for in Order to Build a Business That Lasts
In the best-selling book, Good to Great, Jim Collins looked at how 11 companies were able to make the leap from good to great. What’s most interesting about the book is most of the companies in […]
4 Things Great Leaders Know That Separate Them From the Rest of the Pack
Leadership isn’t something people are born with. It’s a skill like any other, and any skill can be learned. The rewards of mastering leadership go far beyond the accolades. Most importantly, strong leadership allows the […]
The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective People
Every successful person I have come across has studied, just not the way we come to think of the word. There is a reason that universities have a commencement ceremony, because that’s when the real […]
7 Habits of High Performers
A lot has changed for me in the past 10 years. I was teaching English to students in Japan at the time, but since that time, I have gone on to write three books. The […]
Bob Burg, Best-Selling Author of the Go-Giver, Shares Four Steps to Developing Relationships With Mentors
Reciprocity is nothing new. It’s one of the most powerful techniques copywriting legends like Claude Hopkins and Charles Schwab used for years in order to boost sales. It’s just so effective. More recently, it was […]
The Number One Reason a Company Fails to Grow (It’s Not What You Think)
I recently sat down with one of my new clients to talk about how we could help take his company to the next level. He started his business just a few short years ago but […]
CEO Steve Sims Reveals What It Means to Be a Bluefisher
The older I get, the more I appreciate people who are comfortable being themselves. If there’s one person that embodies that, it’s Steve Sims, Founder and CEO of theBLUEFISH.com, a luxury concierge group that focuses […]
Turn Your Commute Into a Mobile Classroom With These 9 Incredible Audio Programs
52 minutes – That’s how much time the average American spends commuting to and from work each day. That doesn’t include trips to the supermarket or trips to the beach on weekends. It might not seem […]