Hope your week has started well, as we head into October and the final quarter of 2023! Does reading that make you shudder slightly, at the thought of what you still want to get done this year? Are you feeling the pressure of the last quarter, realising...
I recently stumbled upon the principle of Occam's razor. Occam's razor states that, if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one. So, the most likely solution is the simpler one. In my work with small businesses, I'm always stressing...
The other weekend I spent a day at Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Festival at Tatton Park in Cheshire. It was right up my street, with a mix of yoga, pilates, mindset talks, podcast recordings and lots more inspring stuff! Some of the talks I was drawn to...
Hope you've had a great Summer? It's been a very busy one here with big birthdays to celebrate, holidays and GCSE results. I've taken so much time off over the Summer that my regular email to you has slipped! I've done exactly what you shouldn't do and...
July is the start of the holiday season for many of you, so is a busy time as you manically try and get on top of everything before you go, and then come back to a deluge of work. Hopefully, you have a plan in...
The truth is that working for yourself and running a business is hard work. You start out with lots of energy and time to dedicate to building it but then, without even realising it, you're putting in more hours than you ever did in a 'job'...
A phrase I often find myself repeating to clients is, "New Level, New Devil". When they start working with me, they have a specific challenge and a goal in mind to achieve. It might be to achieve an income target, to put more structure and processes in...
Last week my youngest daughter's school football team were the proud winner of the Under 13's County Cup. They'd beaten lots of teams to get to the final and it was a great team effort with lots of support. As well as the trophy and a...
Last week's blog recommended that you take some time to review the first quarter of the year, and one of the actions you may need to take is to review your current pricing, especially as your business costs have probably increased this year. If this is...
Now is a great time to review your year so far, and especially to review the key financials in your business. By key financials, I specifically mean revenue, expenses and profit, but of course, you can add in anything else you feel is relevant and useful. The...