When I was there watching Sir Richard Branson, a friend mentioned a tweet that I had been recognised as on of 5 amazing people to know in London via a new website - http://blog.directly.me/amazing-people-to-know-in-london-city/

It’s great to recognised, especially by people you don’t know personally and who have clearly heard about you on the phone, web and world from past clients and raving fans.

Because of the nature of my work with people and by preference, we like to remain strictly confidential, which means people are not usually allow to refer until they’ve worked with us at least 3 times successfully and then we have a very simple process to ensure everyone gets the maximum benefit from the referrals and introductions.

So when I see things like this it reminds me why we do what we do with www.PsiPiGroup.com  www.ManifestingMillionaires.com and are other projects like www.TheSimpleIdea.com and www.FreshForms.com

Their summary of me wasn’t fully up to date, but highlights how the web becomes “fact” and law. Since meeting one of the Wikipedia “Godfathers”, I’m very clear that the web is only a piece of the puzzle, and it reminds me of the idea my friend shared last year at one of our strategic summits – to imagine that everything you write on the web will be live for the next thousand years.

It’s all too easy to think the web is like post it notes or postcards, but when you realise that you’re crafting your story, a global story, and being both artists, scientist and business it alters that perspective.

Who knows may read this article and have their life changed in the future.

I also loves the creativity of the site that featured me, and what we’ve been championing for over a decade as “Curated Content” (TM) and “Swap Exchange Portals” (TM) ( www.SwapExchangePortals.com )

You’re going to see more and more of these as the adage “We’re drowning in information and starving for wisdom” becomes more and more true.

as they say .. via the Entrepreneur’s revolution.. and the Entrepreneur’s Manifesto (you can get yours at www.ManifestingMillionaires.com)

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born on the 14th March 1879 and died on the 18th April 1955.

He still remains one of the most well known people as a global Genius.

His theory of general relativity … E = MC ^ 2 can be repeated by many but fully understand by nearly none.

Few people really understand the true value of a genius , or as others would call them – a Master.

In a few sentences, or a few movements, or a short period of time, they can impart more wisdom and knowledge than others can in years.

Sometimes people may not seem to be a genius or a master.

If you’d seen an old man with crazy hair, would you have listened to his every word, and made notes in writing, recordings – audio and video ?

Consider that there may be greater wisdom in the aspects that you’re around every day.

Consider that you may be able to apply what you learn to gain genius level insights, if you start to perceive the value and listen from that perspective.

2012 occurs like a very transformational year for global economics, politics and more.

As we come up to the end of February 2012, the potential impact of events in Greece, and the rest of Europe, are very much in the mind of many individuals, groups, businesses and entities.

So the question comes how can you have best business in 2012, what are the 2012 business ideas, what are the 2012 business trends

We have been supporting The Entrepreneur’s Revolution and published The Entrepreneur’s Manifesto (first privately many years ago), then more publically through a number of programs.

Would having access to thoughts of Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Cherie Blaire, Tony Blaire, Obama or others make a difference with you?  If not them, then who would you want to speak with?

What if you had access to Steve Jobs’ thoughts and plans, (which he sadly can’t share live now), in relation to the iPhone 5, iPad 3 and other strategic deliveries of Apple?

Past clients, students, and partners are running their own events inside of our global projects, and it’s going to be exciting to see how the strategic plans all now roll out.

Consider the following:

What is the business news for 2012 ?

When is going to be your business day ?

How are you doing business ?

What makes you business class ?

What are the best business ideas ?

How scheduled is your business calendar ?

What is your plan for business 2012?

There are millions of opportunities happening globally from London to Liverpool , from New York to Los Angeles, from Hawaii to Toronto. How are you going to leverage them for your business?

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

I shared this quote from Theodore Roosevelt which was shared with me recently with by Brendon Burchard.

As he says “Be in The Game”

Check out this quick video about a surprise I got from our friends at Virgin today

You’ll see that Sir Richard Branson is doing a great job through Virgin of showing by example great example of cross branding, ethical web marketing, adding value to customers, surprising, sharing and more.

The video is short but worth a watch and a lot of valuable ideas and models are shown in and through the video.

This included workshops, trainings, webinars, live events, public events, private events, and VIP events in London and around the world.

It’s exciting as we have been working on The Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto as part of The Entrepreneurs’ Revolution for many years and now are becoming allowed to reveal all we’ve been putting in place.

Last year, it wasn’t clear that the week would continue, and we did what we could to ensure it continued and built momentum.

You’ll start to see our trade mark phrases coming up more and more and the seeds we lay appearing in people’s blogs, ideas, and output.

The intention of collaboration and strategic alchemy is to produce optimal outcomes.

As these last few pieces come into form and activation, the promise of 1m/1m – creating one million millionaires and 1b/1b one billion billionaires starts to make more sense to many. It’s amazing to thing that some of these concepts date back hundreds of years and some many thousands.

I’m grateful for the acknowledgement and look forward to helping more people in coming months and years.

High Impact Award Global Entrepreneurship Week

High Impact Award Global Entrepreneurship Week

Thrive the movie is a great example of what’s possible with Foster Gamble showcasing many of the ideas that are discussed in different forms in a high quality medium which is generating millions of views virally.

So what is the “thrive movie” – it’s a movie that questions assumptions and much like the new bestseller http://www.HiddenByOrder.com - the key lesson is Assume Nothing and Confirm Everything.

What I think is most exciting is the speed with which these recent items have gone viral with new models of operation. I won’t spoil the surprises but a lot has been thought through behind the scenes.

You can find the thrive movie at http://on111111.com

I met Mario Schulzke after he became a customer of one of my companies – www.FreshForms.com produced by The Simple Idea.

Mario is a very sharp and great hearted entrepreneur. His own story very inspiring.

I’m very happy and proud to be featured.

Check out the interview here: => http://ideamensch.com/simon-hedley/

The new software has been eagerly awaited and I think represents a real step forward. I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on the launch and installation, and later I’ll show some of the screenshots and feedback.

ios 5 is the name of the software

Compared to Snow Leopard / Lion, the names of the iPad / iPhone software are not as imaginative. However they represent a very clear step forward. The full feature set you can find at the apple website.

apple iphone

The installation process requires you to connect your iphone via the iPhone / USB connector cable. Then in Apple iTunes, having first backed up the iPhone (right click and transfer all purchases, then right click backup), you will be in the right starting position.

iTunes will show that you have a software update available, and then by clicking “update” it will download the upgrade (which may take some time), and then upgrade the software on your Apple iPhone.

You will have to go through several “registration” screens once the upgrade has completed – e.g. enabling location services, reentering your itunes account details, etc..

You may find that the iPhone is working but without your old applications.

If this is the case then do a sync and you should have all your applications back and working.

iMessage is the most interesting feature, with my son in Canada, having an easy way to message, is something we’ve been looking into. This for now seems like an ideal next step, and so far so good.

ios 5

Overall a big success, and I’ll share more insights soon.

apple ios 5

The most clear feature for me, was that the screen seemed sharper and I like the new gui. It’s the simple small things which make a big difference over time. The iPhone also seems to run faster and more smoothly which is a big plus.

ios 4.3 now history..

The Private Equity Fund will focus on Oil, Energy initially, but we already have Media interests and I see that in time it will be comprehensive in outlook. The seed funds are secured as are the first investment objectives.

What was most clear from the visit to Monaco was how much impact a change in environment, can make. We left london c. 3pm, and by 8pm in the evening we’d had a swim and were ready for an amazing seafood dinner down by the port of MonteCarlo in Monaco.

The london weather while good of late, has become grey and started to turn.

Monaco by contrast was a wonderful summer day, with the sea refreshing and attitudes relaxed and focussed on life and business. Despite being “post” season, it retains the right elements to make for a great lifestyle and setting.

Serendipity occurred from the outset, with business contacts being at Terminal 5 before flying out to Geneva, so time was maximised socially and effectively.

A late afternoon coffee, resulted in seeing a friend from Armenia, who helped over 700 couples get married and built stadiums, churches and roads to help his country.

The speed of modern business be it iPad, iPhone, Skype or Blackberry, means that a mandate instructed before departure can be filled on arrival. (This is not the “norm” but that it is possible, without the needs for thousands of localised staff is refreshing and a sign of the new age that is coming.)

As for the Duelling Pianos, Saturday night, after the evening in the American Bar, was a real highlight. Two of the most generous people – one a lawyer from Greece, the other an international artist. They were real piano maestros, and played a formidable duel – piece by piece for several hours. This all took place in the apartment of a well known Greek billionaire, who I can honestly say is a a great warm person and true inspiration.

There is a lot that will be coming up and out over the next few months and years. The weekend a real turning point, and a great immersion into what’s coming.