Modern Business Magazine July 2016 | Page 4

INTRODUCTION T hank you and welcome to the July 2016 edition of Modern Business Magazine, Australia’s premier business lifestyle magazine. In a world that places so much value on knowledge and expertise, having a bright shiny CV positively glistening with academic accolades would appear be the guaranteed passport to career success. This might have been true in the past, no longer. What matters now is knowing how to handle things when they go pear shaped and deal effectively with the tides of uncertainty, the swell of change and the consequence of all our errors. Contrinutors Gavin Sequeira Ian Altman Malcolm H.B. McDonald Muffy Churches Joey Reiman Alan Manly John Sikkema Janine Garner Gabrielle Dolan Shawn Callahan Jenny Brockis Matt Jackson Patrick Hollingworth Karen Gately Stacey Barr Asit Gupta Corrine Armour Nikki Fogden-Moore Jason Fox Michael Bunting Melissa Browne Publisher is Onnero Operations Pty Ltd Address, Level 4, 1 Queens Road Melbourne Victoria 3004, Australia Advertising Enquiries: 1300 735533 (within Australia), +613 98638086 (international) [email protected] Editorial, Media Releases and Article Submission: [email protected] 4 ModernBusiness July 2016 Our state of mind is fashioned by our attitudes, values and beliefs established in early childhood that are highly influenced by the people we spent the most time with, (usually our parents) and individual experience. Dr. Jenny Brockis is the Brain Fitness Doctor and she’s been kind enough to share her knowledge and experience in how to shape our attitude so we can succeed in any situation. The first twelve months in business is the best time to refine habits that will lead to your long term success. Celebrating the success of the startup’s launch should be followed by an awareness that not only will this time be exciting but the opportunity you sought to go out on your own and be successful must not be wasted. Alan Manly shares his extensive experience owning and managing SMEs and how to successfully navigate your first year as an entrepreneur. As the world evolves the question of why is becoming more important than questions of how and what. Knowing how to do something and what to do used to give people a competitive advantage, whereas in today’s increasingly uncertain and complex business world it is a pre-requisite. With the ubiquity of Google and Wikipedia, holding information is irrelevant. Patrick Hollingworth investigates why it’s how you make sense of that information, and how you act, that is important. Plus we have some great contributions from a selection of world class entrepreneurs and experts including Dr Jason Fox, Gabrielle Dolan, Ian Altman, Gavin Sequeira, Joey Reiman, Asit Gupta, Malcolm McDonald and many more, covering topics from leadership, sales & marketing, human capital, start-ups, technology & innovations and much, much more. Modern Business gives you the systems and strategies that make you and your business smarter. Mark Matthews Mark Matthews - CEO Onnero