It's easy to get stuck in a rut. Sometimes, you just feel a bit bored in your business and uninspired, and can't quite see how to shake it off. Perhaps you need a change of perspective to get you motivated again and unstuck. Do you ever notice, if...
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...
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...
Unless you've been living under a rock you can't have helped to notice your email inbox and social media feeds being bombarded with offers for the imminent Black Friday. I always love a good offer, and with a teenager and a tweenager in the house, anything...
The mince pies have been in the shop for quite a while now, and last week the big, highly anticipated Christmas ads were released. It can only mean one thing - time to start planning for 2022! How do you like to do your business planning? Is it...
I often think September has the feel of being like a kick in the butt. August can be a month to slow down and take a break, then you hit September and suddenly realise you're heading for the last quarter of the year. It's time to get...
Last week I was in Cornwall on a family holiday, staying in St Ives, It was a beautiful place, but very busy! We'd not been to this area before, so I was surprised to see just how many bakery shops there were in the town. Very excitedly...