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Article Excerpt
For Andrew McClurg it was a case of 'third time lucky' getting on The ICEHOUSE Business Growth Centre's Owner Manager Programme.
He first became aware of the programme via a friend who'd been through one, and a Business Growth Seminar he attended in Christchurch reinforced the 'want' to do it.
The trouble with McClurg was that he needed to be convinced of the 'need' to do the programme.
His stubborn belief that he didn't need it, resulted in him bailing from the course in 2007 before it even started. Then a potential clash of interest with another attendee provided a convenient excuse to bail a second time.
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But in late June 2008 he was out of excuses, locked into the 15-day programme in Christchurch, and by lunch-time on the first day admits that all his initial concerns had flown out the window.
"Honestly the hardest thing about the programme was convincing myself to go on it," says McClurg. "I came up with every excuse under the sun--couldn't afford it, too busy, my business would suffer, you name it--but once I got...
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