Forgot how to focus? Maybe the reason is the fever of multitasking. For decades this "skill" was praised, but now we know it harms memory retention (even causing memory loss), increases stress, and lowers IQ.

Does multitasking make you dumber? What Multitasking does to your brain? These and other questions were answered by authors like Cal Newport and Nir Eyal. In this episode, we give you an answer in 7 minutes.

Learning negotiation techniques is necessary when you have a business and even more during a crisis. Last year I read Never split the difference by Chris Voss. The negotiation skills he taught helped me to renegotiate things like the rent, and survive the crisis.

Methods like Isopraxism (mirroring), calibrated questions, the late-night DJ voice, and a series of negotiation tips that are helpful to anyone running a company. A salary negotiation will run a different way after learning the methods of this former FBI agent.

Making a business plan for a small business in 2021, with the reopening of the economy, requires more than ever a certain tool. A tool long used for anyone asking how to write a business plan: the PESTEL (or PESTLE) analysis.

In this episode, you will understand how the PESTEL model can help you to write a business plan for startups, cafes, restaurants, or nearly any business that faces challenges of uncontrollable variables. If your questions are about how to make a business plan for beginners or for a proposal, than this video will give you the resource you need to use this tool also called PESTLE.

Have you ever wondered how to create a sense of ownership at the workplace? In this video, discover the essential lessons to startup founders from one of the awarded captains of the US Navy: Michael Abrashoff.

When I opened my first business, I struggled with this problem. I even asked myself what really is sense of ownership. But after reading the book "Its your ship" by Mike Abrashoff, my doubts were solved. It helped me with my employees.

Among leadership skills training topics, it is unusual to ask what business can learn from the military. But a legendary field marshall from Brazil can offer you some of the greatest leadership lessons from a general in history!


In this episode, leadership skills training topics converge with business lessons from military strategy using the example of the Duke of Caxias, also known as The Peacemaker. He is one of the responsibles for the unity of Brazil as a single country

The importance of setting objectives in business, career and studies is a common topic. Often we set goals that are not measurable, or not achievable, sometimes not even time-bound.

This is a recipe for frustration, and in this video you will learn how to use the SMART method, why smart goals are important and how to set them in business, for employees, or for your own development.

Do you have a micromanagement problem at your workplace? In this video, I will tell you how to reduce bureaucracy in business. Unless you live in some dystopian reality, your situation is similar to what John Seddon described as plagued by control thinking. The solution he proposes (and that worked for hundreds of his customers) is called systems thinking. An interesting, scientific-based approach in answering the question about how to defeat bureaucracy.

It is key to good customer service building good relationships with customers. Thanking the client, promoting a positive, helpful, and friendly environment. This helps to ensure they leave with a great impression. A happy customer will return often and is likely to spend more. Basic science.
In this video, I will show you the 5 principles of exceptional customer service. They are much more than customer service tips for small businesses. These are things I learned in my life as an entrepreneur in the hospitality and consulting industries. Things that are also part of the business leaders' playbooks.

You have a great idea for a product or service. It’s so good, that you think you can start a new business and eventually thrive because of this idea. That’s great and all, but the last thing you should do is rush into this without doing a bit of market research. And by doing a “bit” of research, we actually mean doing extensive” research. Not doing your market research is a sure way to doom your business before you even get it off the ground. You need to know the nature of the business as well as figure out who your target demographic is. And don’t rely on basic public data – this simply isn’t enough. Here are the following ways that you can do research in order to prepare yourself to properly start a business.

As entrepreneurs, we all follow our own paths. For some, the rise to financial success is a long, slow, painful process. For others, things just seem to magically fall into place. Often the latter isn’t a result of magic but the sign of an entrepreneur who understands the importance of learning from, adapting to and growing with his business.

This episode is about 9 business lessons entrepreneurs must learn in order to build a long-term, healthy and sustainable business. CEO lessons from someone that turned a small company into the one responsible for the processing units of 80% of all computers on the planet.