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Tom Kooy
2 days ago6 min read
The Brutal Truth About Why Hospitality Venues Fail—And How to Fix It...
The hospitality industry is brutal. It chews up dreamers and spits out bankrupt operators faster than any other sector. I have had the...
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Tom Kooy
Feb 255 min read
The Seasons of Life and Business: Navigating Change, Pain, and Perseverance
Look out the window. It's sunny every day here. It's like manifest destiny. Don't tell me we didn’t make it. We made it! We are here.
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Tom Kooy
Nov 22, 20246 min read
“But the Pearls Were Accidents, and the Finding of One Was Luck”
How Life’s Challenges Can Break You, Elevate You, or Shape You.
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Tom Kooy
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Releasing the Hand from the Marble (Part 2): Embracing Aisthesis for Personal Freedom.
The creative process of releasing the hand from the marble that holds it prisoner, has many different facets. Here are further reflections.
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Tom Kooy
Oct 30, 20246 min read
Smash Mediocrity: Build a High-Performance Culture That Transforms Denmark.
Mediocrity. To settle halfway up a difficult mountain.
A negotiation between a drive to excel & the biological urge for comfort.
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Tom Kooy
Oct 17, 20244 min read
“Grab a plate. Now break it on the floor. Now tell it you’re sorry. Is it fixed? No? Now you understand.”
Maybe you have heard of this broken plate analogy before? It gives us a simple yet, I believe, a profound way to understand the lasting...
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Tom Kooy
Oct 9, 20246 min read
Here are ways these Denmark businesses can grow in 2025...
So, when do you start planning? Have you even started thinking about next year yet? What are your goals? How will you boost sales?
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Tom Kooy
Sep 27, 20245 min read
Dare to Venture Beyond? Risk-Taking in Business & Life.
It is often the case that people think successful outcomes and successful people just happen perfectly. That's not how it works...
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Tom Kooy
Sep 5, 20244 min read
Your life (re)plan.
What does a thriving future look like for you? Can you imagine yourself at 70? Does where you are now translate into that future?
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Tom Kooy
Aug 28, 20244 min read
Who run the world?....Girls...
Beyoncé's lyrics ring true to the tone of the day. Who run the world? Girls. And who better at it? Girls.
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Tom Kooy
Aug 19, 20244 min read
Catch my attention, if you can...
How do you catch your consumer? What strategies can you deploy that captures their loyalty, attention and purchasing power?
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Tom Kooy
Aug 13, 20245 min read
Is intimacy dead?
Is deep intimacy being traded out for transactional sex? And what is the knock-on effect to the wider scope of relationships as a whole?
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Tom Kooy
Aug 7, 20244 min read
"Release the hand from the marble that holds it prisoner."
In business & even for any creative endeavour. It is incredibly difficult to take a vision & make it a success. So how do we do it?
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Tom Kooy
Aug 1, 20244 min read
Is Denmark Byron Bay 2.0? If so, how can we make it grow well as a tourist town...
How should we prepare as a town to maximise the tourist dollar? Denmark is on the path to becoming the next Byron Bay. It's not a...
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Tom Kooy
Jul 31, 20244 min read
Give me a 'wee dram' of Great Southern Whiskey.
With at least two new whiskey labels launching in the Great Southern region in the coming months, it might be tempting to focus solely on...
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Tom Kooy
Jul 29, 20243 min read
Denmark, It's Time to Stop Complaining and Improve Your Business Marketing
It is your job as a business owner to create a brand presence that soars. If you are not generating repeat-sales or your customer-base is...
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Tom Kooy
Jul 22, 20241 min read
Top 10 Business Tips for the next 6months.
Wherever you are at. There are technques and methodologies for greater growth. These are 10 (very macro) tips to support your thinking...
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