I hope you're enjoying the summer here in the UK? I know it's a time when lots of you will be taking a much-needed break away from the business for a holiday. All the planning and work that needs to happen to ensure the business can...
At the weekend I ran a Park Run. Although I'm a regular runner, I run slowly, and am usually chatting to a friend on the phone or listening to a podcast, to take my mind off the fact that I am running! Running the Park Run...
If you’ve been running your business a little while, one of your biggest risks is to be running it inside an Echo Chamber – where you’re surrounded by people whose beliefs and opinions match your own. Definition of an Echo Chamber: an environment in which a person...
Yesterday was Midsummer's Day in the UK - the longest day of the year, so I hope you got lots done! I won't point out the obvious, what that means from here on in to the daylight hours...
I’ve just returned from a lovely family holiday in Ibiza, and when I’m in a different country I like to eat the local food, so I find it a little strange when wandering around to see signs offering tapas, pizza, pasta, burgers, fish and chips...
This time of year can bring out the gardener in all of us and, although I love watching a bit of Gardeners World, I’m very much a dabbler when it comes to gardening. Yet even I realise that I’m not going to plant seeds today and...
Lots of business owners have a 'kind of idea' of what they need to be doing, but struggle to actually do it. You may think it’s a lack of time, lack of knowledge, lack of motivation but, it all probably boils down to this one thing...
This weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at a conference to rural professionals, sharing my talk on 'The Secrets of Super Productive People'. It's been a little while since I was speaking to an actual room full of people rather than over...
One of my marketing strategies is networking and, if you've ever done networking before, you'll know that usually you have to give a quick, concise, overview of your business in around a minute. I've been doing this for a number of years so have quite a...
There's nothing like a good break from work to give you clarity and energy on what you need to do going forward. But, without a plan and a strategy, by the end of January the clarity and energy can disappear, leaving you feeling exactly as you...