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Bookstores these days are swamped with books about getting more stuff done.  Goal setting, time management and productivity texts are everywhere.  But with all this emphasis on doing more, the advantages of doing less are being forgotten.  Yet research increasingly shows that anyone serious about high performance should pay as much attention to resting as doing.

I recently wrote a book called Why People Fail.  It examines the 16 biggest obstacles to success and how we can overcome them. Many readers asked me whether I had similar theories about why businesses fail. Of course, there are a myriad of reasons that cause corporate failure, but here are six of the biggest:

Other than war, it’s hard to think of an occupation tougher than business. Anyone aiming high in the corporate arena is almost incessantly hit by obstacles, disappointments and failures. It can be hard on the mind.

Most of us enjoyed watching the spectacle of the Romney/Obama war from a human and political point of view. But there are also some important marketing lessons that can be learned by analysing their battle.

In a world that has become bafflingly complex, it’s easy to forget that some secrets to business success are incredibly simple.  But their very simplicity can be deceiving, causing many entrepreneurs to ignore them, instead turning to the latest shiny objects and complex new fashions of business.