I’ve stopped reading the news and watching news broadcasts during the week. Most of it is negative and depressing. Letting it invade my mind runs the risk of negative, rather than positive, thinking. Anything done repeatedly – good or bad – becomes a habit that is hard to break. Constantly reading or hearing bad news…
Category: Personal development
Have a Caring Christmas
Today, for me, is the start of my Christmas break. I’m taking a few days off. As usual December has been a busy month but, unusually, there isn’t much that hasn’t been done already. As entrepreneurs we always have one more thing to do; there are never-ending projects and there is always work that can…
It makes for difficult reading
This blog is for entrepreneurial business owners, the sector of the population I share most time with and whose dreams, goals and fears I share. Entrepreneurial businesses are mainly small – less than five staff – but are the lifeblood of the economy (whatever politicians and the media may think). Most of us who run…
When your ‘why’ is strong enough, the ‘how’ will take care of itself.
Discovering your purpose is the first step to entrepreneurial success. In a recent blog I gave you a guide to discovering your purpose and as you may have found it’s not easy. In fact, few of us discover it until our late 30s or 40s. But when you have discovered your purpose (your ‘why’ according…
Live your life on purpose.
Last week I asked whether you know you purpose. It sounds like an easy question, but in reality it is far from it. And if you haven’t yet found your purpose how do you go about it? Your purpose – or as Simon Sinek calls it, your WHY – is unique to you and every…
Is this the best investment you’ll make?
This week has seemed a bit like the end of the holidays rather than the beginning. The World Cup, Wimbledon and the summer just seemed to end all together. Soon it’ll be the football season. And just like the England team at the World Cup I wrote about last week, all the teams will be…
What does freedom mean to you?
I was asked this question on a recent webinar. So I asked myself: ‘Do I have the power to think, act and say what I want, whenever I want? Do I have the resources I need – primarily time and money – to do what I choose to do each day? Because, to me, that…
New balls please!
There is a science behind building a successful business. A formula. A process. Much like building a bridge, or a car or a house. It starts with planning and preparation, collecting the resources and raw materials required and assembling them in the right order so that they all fit together. In manufacturing it’s called design…
What differentiates successful business owners from the rest?
This weeks Sunday Supplement is shorter than usual because this month I am prioritising writing the content for our next ‘Business in a box’ which launches in March. But last week I took two days out to attend an event and a workshop to advance my learning and knowledge. Not everyone does this which got…
The greatest teacher failure is
If you haven’t yet seen The Last Jedi, I’ll just say that the latest words of wisdom from Yoda are ‘the greatest teacher failure is’. Wise words. And I thought it a timely reminder this New Year’s Eve. It is likely that you set goals to achieve in 2017 and that you realised some and…
