For years I struggled with what other people thought of me, how I dressed, what I said and what I did were all subjected to the scrutiny of what I thought other people thought. Fast forward to today and I can see how I tortured......
We all face challenges on a daily basis and it is easy to get discouraged. Here are some quotes to keep prepared to give you a lift in those tough moments. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The......
We all love a good movie don’t we. It doesn’t matter how old a movie is, if it has a great story, it is worth a re-watch every now and then. In the story telling of great movies there are valuable life lessons hiding amongst......
Wherever you are in life, if you aspire to grow your business, you have to grow yourself too. A one-man band outlook will not help you when you have staff. In order to grow your business, you have to grow yourself too. There are lots......
A big part of my working life is spend locked in rooms with business owners, entrepreneurs and management teams. There is no crisis, but everyone is frustrated that the marketing and promotion of the business seems ineffective or never gets executed. Often the failure of marketing is......
So I have reached a milestone. Half a million dollars spent on social media advertising. Here are four thoughts… 1) Social Media advertising works. 2) It can have terrifying ups and downs and can be an emotional roller coaster. 3) If your using it as a sales......
In my younger years I did catalog sales to supplement my income. I’d just become a Dad and cash was really tight so it seemed like a great way to earn more money in a flexible way. I was young and eager and feeling the weight......
So you want to grow. You know your business has scope and potential to grow. But are you ready for the pain that you have to go through to grow? Whenever I meet business owners there is tonnes and tonnes of enthusiasm for the growth......
I recently started a discussion about business plans on linkedin (see it here). I got mixed results. Some people didn’t read the question, whereas others provided helpful advice. I was asking for recommendations on business plan templates. It can be very difficult if you haven’t......
I’ve been guilty of looking for a quick buck! Let’s be honest for a moment, we all want more customers and we all want their money but do you really care about customers? In times past, I have made the error of wanting customers to......
In the highly subjective world in which I live, there is a perfectionist and an opinion on every corner. In my world I have three threats to getting the job done. I want to talk about one of them because this one in particular transcends......
With all the personal connectivity we have these days it’s impossible to keep up with the posts, tweets, private messages, friend requests, connection requests, emails, sms, phone calls and letters. We all exist in an age of communication overload. Because the world has become instant, it......
I find it rather amusing when you meet people in your business life who behave like children. For some reason I thought we left the playground behind in our teenage years. Bitching, backbiting and passive aggressive behaviour just won’t wash with me. I find it......
When the telephone was rolled out for the general public it was wired and was fixed to one location. Eventually, cordless phones came out and then mobile phones. Telephones have been developing for decades....
I learned about this trick for achieving goals from a brilliant guy, Brian Tracy. Brian is an expert in business sales and self-development. You can find many of his videos on YouTube and I recommend them to you. The big problem with setting goals is......
Fear and failure are a toxic combination. Both fear and failure have positive elements to play in our lives. Fear can be a useful self preservation mechanism and failure can help us learn valuable lessons. When the two come together they pose a crippling and......
Everyone wants more customers. We recently took a call from a client who asked us to “send us less leads”. It was a really interesting experience as we had never had that before. We had been running this particular campaign for a client in the legal......