If you are working or you are running a business you have to set aside time and money to invest in your continued formal education and skills acquisition.

No matter what business you are in, and no matter how small or mundane, the activities, there must be continuous investment in it.

There is more to literacy than 'reading' and 'writing'.

When you are in a business, you must join associations, (both local and international), so that you can exchange ideas, with people from the same industry, including your competitors. This is how you “benchmark”. Before you dash off to implement something, try and find out what others have done, or not done This is really how you should be using tools like the Internet.

Attitude determines your altitude, if you have a bad attitude, even if you are way up there, you will come crashing down, and if you are still trying to take off, a bad attitude, will keep you on the ground, revving your engines but going nowhere.

A vision on its own is not enough. Hard work and dedication is required to make that vision a reality.

If you say someone is good, at something, what is your benchmark? Who are you comparing them with? When evaluating capability, or success, in anything, don't listen to mumbo-jumbo rubbish.