It’s all about your mindset In Triathlon sports there is an “in joke” which goes – “Triathlon is 80% mentality and 20% mental” I guess you have to be hitting the wall to really appreciate the humor. Life and business are all affected by your mentality or mindset. How...

What do these dates mean to you? 1975,1980,1990,2008 If you are in business these dates should be tattooed to the insides of your eyelids as a constant reminder of the importance of working not only in your business (doing the work that pays) but to spend time working...

If you are over worked, over whelmed, stressed out, run down or anxious and don’t know what to do about it then you are not the first to feel like this. The first place most people look for support is Google, do a search and most of the sites you find are resource...

For those moments in life when you need more than a stripy hat, a video of a kitten or a meme.. We have moved from the industrial age into the information age with the robotic age fast becoming a reality on the not too distant horizon. With change there is often...

The second edition of Business Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies was published today in the USA. The commissioning and writing of the book and the journey it took Marie Taylor (my co-author) and myself on, is an example of four powerful insights and life long lessons...

Ask any savvy business owner what their key performance indicators are they will usually be able to tell you their profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet stats, sales targets etc . I have yet to meet one client who was able to tell me what stress was costing their...

When growing a business there is one thing to pay attention to that can surprise and cripple a business, and that one thing is the number 1. Having one supplier, one key client, one product, one key man, one merchant account all have the potential to put a business at...

Do a Google search for stress management or stress-busting tips and most of the pages returned are for information websites from health organizations with variations on the themes “top 7 tips to manage stress” or “5 ways to reduce stress”. It all sounds useful, but...

One of my favourite quotes comes from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “IF”. “If you can keep your head while all around you are losing theirs, maybe you don’t really understand what’s going on”. Okay, not exactly Mr Kipling’s words but my variation and sometimes it’s good not...