I’ll be honest—there are days when I wake up feeling completely unmotivated. You know the ones… where even the simplest tasks feel like a mountain to climb, and you’d rather do literally anything else than start on the work in front of you. It happens to all of us. No one feels 100% motivated every […]
Write your own rules in business
Recently, I received an email from my golf club with the subject line of “Cheating!” There have been enough conversations about the perceived bending of the rules to warrant communication to all members. We know it shouldn’t happen. We hope it never does but it has. It’s a nasty word – “cheat”. It conjures up […]
Should you ever compare yourself to someone else?
I did the three peaks challenge recently. Impressed huh? Except it wasn’t the one (three) involving Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowden. In fact, it was the three peaks challenge comprising… Wait for it… Whiteleaf Cross, Coombe Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon. And no, I didn’t run it. I walked. There were three options for this challenge. […]
Isolation in Business & How a Community Helps
Isolation — it’s one of the harsh realities of business. You’re the one in control. You make the decisions. Often, you work by yourself and you don’t see many people. Let’s face it: it gets lonely. It doesn’t have to stay that way, though. You can change it all by joining a community. Why join […]
Outsource and Make Life Easy For Yourself
When you start a business, one of the first things you’ll think about is who you’re going to employ for it to be a success. You interview people for various roles. That takes time and effort. Then you’ve got to monitor them once they’re in the role and check they’re the best fit for the […]
Fight your fears: let your training take over
One of the things I love about this time of year is all the sport that we are surrounded with. Given my background it’s not surprising that I feel this way and I do enjoy getting caught up in the excitement and passion of the various competition that are taking place. We’ve got the (women’s) football […]
It’s Not the Flow, But You’ve Got to Go With It
A business isn’t something you can just wing. It takes careful planning to succeed. Yet despite your very best efforts, business and life will throw curveballs at you. They’ll throw you off course and try to pull you down. You’ve got to roll with these punches, adapt and mobilise because it’s how you react to […]
Rise Above: Turning Weaknesses Into Strengths
You’re a leader. You’re human. You try to be the best you can be, but, like everyone else, you have your failings. That’s just the way it is. It’s not, however, the way it’s got to be. Not by a long shot. A good leader (that’s you) will acknowledge their weaknesses and rise above them. […]
Are you self-sabotaging your inner maverick?
I remember having a conversation with Kay early in our relationship that has stuck with me. It was one of those conversations in passing. One that you don’t think much of at the time but becomes a bit of a cornerstone of the way your relationship then evolves. It was less of a conversation than […]
How can I get the most out of my work day?
Do you know something I can’t stand in business? It’s the concept of ‘busy’. People say it and, in the process, convey the impression they’re successful, they’re effective. They might be successful, yes, but if I ask them what they’re working on and they can’t tell me exactly what they’ve been doing — or what […]
