In the great quest to do more work in less time, you might adopt the mindset of, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, especially when it comes to behind-the-scenes things like your business model. …

You know the numbers already, it’s hard to avoid the dark truth, either through your own research or having countless people give you ‘helpful’ advice: Up to 80% of small businesses will fail. Even facing this statistic you’ve set out on the epic journey that is starting and running your…

At some point or another we’ve crossed paths with a naysayer. You know the ones, they find fault in even the best ideas and seem to work very hard imposing their bitter, miserable opinions on everyone around them. It almost seems to make them happy. When you launch your own…

As a teenager growing up in Langwarrin I took sheer joy heading to my local Blockbuster to hire out the latest 90s action flick (wow — now I sound old!). …

You don’t have to search too far online to find a bold opinion, brash generalisation or slander towards a person, brand or idea, correct or not. …

A to-do list. It’s there to motivate you, keep your business in line, keep you on task and increase efficiency…but does it? Normally your to-do list is the first thing you’ll be looking at before you start your work for the day. It probably includes something like: Invoicing clients Contact…

One thing that really helps business owners excel and succeed in business is to have regular holidays. The problem is a lot of business leaders don’t know how to holiday correctly, and it means they are not getting any results — apart from a bigger than usual credit repayment. There…

Yes, running your own business has a heap of benefits that are really worthwhile, but it’s also a crazy amount of hard work emotionally, mentally and physically. Starting out you can run on pure enthusiasm but that pretty much gets quashed the first time you run into uncertainty and rough…

One of the biggest challenges of running your own business is knowing your worth. Prices that turn profits are an essential part of your business model, but it’s a slippery slope. Price too high and you step out of your customer’s comfort zone, charge too little and you undermine your worth and outcomes. As a business coach and business consultant I have a lot…