With a Olympic Games rapidly approaching I have been looking back at the types of questions I used to ask myself regularly in preparation for competing at world-class level.

To get to the top of your chosen activity, profession or business it is important to adopt a winner’s mindset and believe you deserve to be there.

When we assess long term business success and look at the top US companies in the year 1900, we find that only three of the top 10 companies still maintained their position 100 years later in the year 2000, and the rest had either failed altogether or dropped out of the top 100.

In our experience at RCapital there are three key areas of weakness among business owners: a lack of understanding of the meaning of cash flow management; a tendency towards over trading; a reluctance to ask for advice from those who have had practical business experience – until it’s too late.

Living in a world where innovation cultivates how we will live in 5- 10 years time, we must allow ourselves to be predisposed to new technologies and ideas.