Busy? Well now is the time to get out there and seek new business... It’s easy to get caught up in your own little work bubble. I’ve learned that it’s when you are busiest that you should be getting out to network. At your peaks, you should be building a pipeline...
Wow the temperature has really dropped and to be honest, I’d rather stay at home with the heater on than head out into the cold. In even feeling that way, there are immediately a couple of things I’m conscious of. We need a cool head and a warm heart this winter....
Last year, I heard first hand from a formerly successful businessman who’d made a couple of bad decisions. Fast forward six months and he suffered a breakdown and lost his business, his family and his home. His journey became one of survival and after a while, with...
What hope have we got when people aiming to lead from the very top set such bad examples? In case you missed it, US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney committed one of the biggest spelling mistakes the world has seen when writing about the country he wants to lead....
I’ve spent the day communicating with people in different cities in varying parts of the world. One of them is an integral part of my team, but in reality, no one would know we weren’t sharing an office. The modern world of interconnectivity means that we no longer...
Did you set out to achieve some key goals in your business this year? Maybe you set some aims at the beginning of the financial year or maybe at the beginning of this year. Whatever the case, the end of the Australian financial year is looming. How are you tracking to...
Self-help books are extremely popular. They’re a great friend of New Year resolutions, but with so much help around it’s a wonder that there is still so much help needed. Turns out a lot of these publications and workshop handouts become what’s termed in the industry...
Flowers? Chocolates? A day of pampering? Not on my birthday wish list today... Nope, this year, I’ve decided that for my birthday, I’m doing the giving. During my Grateful in April campaign last month, I really loved the feeling of regularly giving to others. I felt...
People you deal with don’t always operate in the same way you do – what happens when you deal with aggressive, passive aggressive or just downright difficult people? I’ve just come off the back of running my month long Grateful in April campaign where the focus was on...
Where do you get inspiration from? Over the course of running my Grateful in April campaign, I’ve been inspired (and humbled) daily by the thoughts, expressions and honesty of the people taking part. People are unbelievably grateful for everyday things that most of us...