Our two puppies Bobby and Lily turn a whole one year old on Monday. Although litter mates, they couldn’t be more different. Lily is complex, lacks confidence, demands affection on her terms and usually the one causing mischief. She’d make a very good cat. Bobby is simple, endlessly enthusiastic and smothers you with affection. He also […]
25 hours a day, 8 days a week
I’ve just jumped off a call with a client where we were discussing his goals for 2024, fears of failure (and success) and work ethic. You see, his answer to many of his challenges is to work harder and put more time into the business. He’s constantly looking for more efficiencies to get more done, […]
Learner Driver
When was the last time you actually thought about how to drive? Ironically, I thought about this yesterday when ambling back from Cheltenham after shooting some video content. There was traffic, I’d finished my podcast and I started concentrating on what I was doing rather than doing what I always do, which is drive on autopilot. […]
You can lead a horse to water…
Three times in the last several weeks I’ve delivered an almost identical talk to business owners at networking events local to me. They’re all ambitious, keen to learn and open to new ideas – like you. The simple presentation covered three ways to leverage more profit in their business that they could implement […]
What’s important?
I went to the funeral of a friend this week. I shan’t go into details other than to say it was probably the best I’ve ever been to. Mostly, I suspect, because of the clear impact he had of the lives he touched and that was reflected in the messaging through the whole ceremony and […]
There’s always more to do….
I suspect I’m not alone in waking up some mornings, checking my to-do list and groaning with exasperation. Sure, there are people out there who’ll exhort you to wake up earlier (5am) sleep less (3 hours a fortnight is plenty!) or skip meals to get more done and lose weight at the same time! I’m […]
Procrastination leads to… more procrastination!
Next week our social feeds will be full of new school photos and doorstep selfies. As exciting as it is, children all over the country will also be dealing with something none of us are huge fans of. Change. Change is uncomfortable. Change means uncertainty, unknown and danger. Even in our safe modern world, that’s […]
I don’t have the time
I love the August Bank Holiday weekend. Not because it’s guaranteed to rain or because it’s an extra day off (I can take those whenever I want). Because it’s the time of year Kay and I plan the next year. It might seem crazy thinking about 2024 whilst we’re still in August but I’ve always […]
I’m looking for Joanne…
This morning, a random parcel turned up, delivered by our DPD driver Osman. Osman is cool, he knows to try the doorbell and if we don’t answer he leaves parcels in the porch. Lovely. Today was a rare occasion where we answered the door and we were handed the package. Rarely a day goes by […]
