Are you always coming up with new ideas and love creative time? Or, do you sometimes struggle to get new inspiration and being creative can feel a bit like pushing a rock uphill? If you're in the first camp, you probably need some tips on how...
How has the past year or so changed your business? In my last blog post, I wrote about how we can't blame Covid for everything, however, it's definitely changed the business landscape and, I keep going on (some may say like a broken record!) about how...
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...
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...
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...
Time to be honest with me now - if you're not making the progress you want on your goals, is it really due to a lack of time, or could it actually be down to a lack of focus? "You'll never reach your destination if you...
A to-do list comes in many forms - you may have a neat, colour-coded list in a special book, it may be notes jotted down quickly on post-its and scraps of paper, or you may be using an app on your phone to keep track...
I want to talk to you about the subtle difference between Excellence and Perfection, and how the pursuit of one will propel your business forward, whilst the other with hold it firmly back. "Perfectionism is not a quest for the best, it is a pursuit of...