This weekend I took a trip to Birmingham, and it was sad to see lots of shutters down for those stores not re-opening: Debenhams, John Lewis, TopShop, Gap, Warehouse, Oasis, Carluccios, to name a few. I guess it's the same in your local town / city? Some...
Today I'm going to share with you a super simple 4 step process to start getting back on top of everything. Braindump Start by getting a list together of everything in your head that you think you need to get done. Prioritise Go through the list and start to...
When I’m helping my clients to improve their productivity, one of the concepts I share is about uphill and downhill work. Uphill work is the stuff that feels a bit harder and requires more brainpower – often the more strategic working ON your business stuff. Whereas downhill...
If you're in England right now, this week is a very special week as we continue to emerge from what feels like a very long lockdown. Non-essential shops, outdoor dining & drinking, gyms, and hairdressers & beauty salons could finally re-open as of yesterday. This is wonderful...
Lots of business owners face a pretty much constant battle between ideas and implementation – they have loads of ideas of what they want to do, to grow and improve their business, but they struggle to get these ideas off the ground and implement them. And...
I think we're all appreciating seeing the first signs of Spring a little more this year, as the feeling of new beginnings brings hope to not only the dawning of Spring, but also the way out of lockdown in the UK. And now is as good...
I spend a lot of time helping business owners to improve their productivity. On my blog I hope you find some useful tips and try to apply them in your business. But, a word of caution. Very often you can get focused on becoming more efficient, but...
This may sound like a strange question, but do you sometimes miss having a boss? Something I often say to my clients is this: One of the best things about working for yourself is that you don’t have a boss. And, one of the worse things...
If you're like most business owners, finding time to work ON your business is pretty difficult. A super simple tip I share with my clients is the 5-minute list. Jot down a list of really quick tasks you can do, to work on your business - things...
Recently I heard somebody say that the results you're getting today are the result of habits you started six months ago. What does that mean for you? Are you getting the results you want today? If not, maybe it's time to take a look at your habits. Which...