It’s National Entreprise Week, a week is aimed at supporting and encouraging those wishing to run their own business.

But whether you are in business or not you need to be enterprising in life. Long before business reached it’s moden height, Charles Darwin made the point that it was not the most intelligent that would survive; but those most recourceful and adaptable to change. And this resourceful creativity is the essence of being enterprising of moving forward in life.

So what is your scenario: perhpas you dream of being your own boss. Maybe you’re work an organisation or manage a team and want to be more organised and effective. Maybe you face redundancy or your unemployed and want to move forward. The starting place is to spot your strengths, celebrate and highlight your skills. Identify who can help you. Present yourself at your best and be engaging with customers, potentially employers, staff/managers or whomever it may be.

Enterprise starts with You. Meanwhile for those planning / starting a business, this short interview may be of interest. Here i’m chatting with Cally Robson , founder of Invention Intelligence on the importance of being yourself.

Rasheed is a leading life coach/ business coach and motivational speaker. He’s also the business coach partner of the British Library and runs it’s popular Making it as an Entrepreneur workshop. Next dates Dec 2 and Jan 27.

Not that I’d ever call myself a ‘typical life coach’, I thought you may be interested to know what a typical day in the life of Rasheed Ogunlaru, looks like:

I’m usually awake and about from 6-6.30amish. It may be earlier if I have a press article, presentation or content for a book to write. I’m a morning person. The mind is far more clear, quiet, creative and effective then - as it should be. I’ll usually have one or two client appointments - usually at my coaching studio. And I might deliver a workshop or talk for an organisation or an event. I like to keep the content of the day relitavely light with space to breathe so it’s usually an event or a couple of sessions rather than both.

Today I have a meeting with an interesting film maker at 11am. He is passionate about making inspiring films so it will be a meeting of hearts and minds. I’m then attending the National Training Awards in the evening - I need to check the address : ) Aside from that I’ll be booking a train ticket for a talk I’m giving next Friday to staff at the local authority in Sandwell, West Midlands.

Looking ahead: tomorrow I’m due to visit one of my high profile clients. This depends on her busy diary. On Saturday I’ll be in the countryside running a Coaching Academy workshop on building your business and promoting yourself in the press. I very much enjoy speaking heart to heart with my peers.

Being October and Black History Month I have a number of bookings with that backdrop, with three related events next week. My starting point is what we can learn from history (but rarely do) and creating the future here in the present.

Oh, today and I’ve got to return the call of someone who’s chasing me to give a talk to a Success University event. What I will say is that my interest resides in people and their personal, career and self re-discovery - my interest is not so much in the organisation. Having said that, I’m passionate that organisations too re-connect to themselves and their true purpose. So ultimately - as with everything - it’s one and the same thing and one and the same message.

Have a wonderful day. Best wishes, Rasheed

I’d like to welcome you to the new look www.rasaru.com
The new site has been some time in the making. I very much wanted the site to be audio visual lead with a range of tools are resources for you - and I’m glad that’s what’s been achieved.

On the site you’ll find:
* Information about my coaching services
* Events, news and what’s on .. so you can meet me in person
* Books, CDs and MP3s - inspiring tools so that you can coach youself
* Free articles & a great free meditation in the resouces areas
* This blog & inspiration page … giving you a great start each day
* Much, much more

Best wishes, Rasheed

As a life and business coach I’m passsionate about helping people create a business from the heart, in line with your values, in balance with your life, passions and interests. And achieving that personal and professional balance can be a challenge. So I’m especially pleased to be running the following event as the partner business coach of the British Library which is aimed at bridging that gap:

Join me for Boost your Business …One Day Masterclass at the British Library’s Business & IP Centre, 96 Euston Road on Fri 31 Oct 10am-4pm. The day including lunch and refreshments costs only £98 and will give you the space, support, inspiration and action steps to grow. It’s will be an investment that will help you and your businesss blossom in harmony. Book now…details and booking info here