At the weekend I took my eldest daughter into a local cafe for a hot chocolate and a cake. We had a bit of a discussion on where to go - we're blessed in our town with a few choices - and ended up in an...
You may have seen a quote along the lines of, 'if you love what you do, you'll never work another day." Now loving what you do is all well and good, but it just isn't enough when it comes to running a business. It's just one of...
Are you measuring actions or results in your business? Most of you are focusing on the results (sales, profit etc.), which of course is important, but the results are linked to the actions you are taking. The problem for most business owners is that there is a time...
January can be a strange month. You start with hope and excitement for your business plan and achieving your goals, and the fresh year ahead. But, if your January hasn't quite gone to plan, it can be easy to lose heart. F Scott Fitzgerald said, "January is...
You may have seen that yesterday was supposed to be 'Blue Monday' - a phrase coined by marketing experts to sell us holidays originally! However, January can start to feel like a long month for lots of you and can feel challenging financially. So, there's nothing like...
Have you ever invested in a training course, felt really motivated and inspired by it - like this is the thing that's going to make the difference you've been looking for - and then look back a few weeks or months later, and realised that...
Happy New Year! I hope you managed some time to rest over the past couple of weeks, to enable you to reset and refocus as we head into the new year? You may be thinking about your business goals for 2024 right now, or perhaps you've already...
Most of you are now super busy, trying to get on top everything before breaking for Christmas. Or, perhaps this week ends up naturally being a quiet one for you as your clients are busy in their own business. Whatever it is for you, I urge...
It can be lonely running a business, feeling like you should know all the answers and being too busy to step back and work ON your business, as you're so busy working in it. You're struggling to keep your focus, and worrying about cashflow as it...
It can be lonely running a business. You can feel isolated with no one to bounce ideas off and act as a sounding board for all those questions swimming around in your mind. Everyone expects you to know all the answers, and you feel stupid if you...