People say we can´t keep on growing: businesses shouldn´t grow, populations shouldn´t grow and economies shouldn´t grow. ”That´s unsustainable”, they say. That´s too pessimistic and simply wrong. Growth is the road to a better future and decline is not.

Growth makes life easier and more comfortable. If you take a look at the countries, which are in decline, you could…

Executive coach Jarmo Manner wrote a blog post: Goal Excitement Destroys Success. The text was interesting, and it had a point. Yet I want to clarify a few things, which I think were misleading.

In his article, Jarmo points out the claim that goals bring results is a fairy tale. Jarmo is wrong. There are, of course, different kinds of research results…

I watched a documentary movie about the most successful Finnish soccer player of all times, ‘The King Jari Litmanen’. His passion in soccer really inspired me. I have always been a great fan of Jari. Now I’m even more of that.

There is a point in the movie where another great soccer player Danny Blind says with a great amount of respect in his eyes: “Every moment he…

I consider time management to be one of the most important subjects in business. In my previous blog post on our top 5 success principles, I described our weekly plan as the most significant and practical tool, which we have been using. And that is true. It is a very simple tool with which you…

As the financial statements of 2012 became ready and the year 2013 began well, I dared to publish this kind of a blog post. The success of many of you who are reading this blog is far beyond ours, yet I still believe these might be valuable ideas for anyone.

Here are our top five success principles:

1. TIME MANAGEMENT: OUR…