Better Business

7 Sage Strategies to Challenge Your Thinking From Seth Godin

Seth Godin has been a man I’ve looked up to and respected for his big brain thinking and sense of fearlessness in the way he does business for many years. Read More

Put Down the Self Help Books and Start Living

We live in an over-analytical world where there is a mass of information and opinion on every subject imaginable. It is very easy to get confused in amongst this information Read More

Are you Losing the War on ‘Getting Stuff Done’ on a Daily Basis?

Time, we all struggle to find enough and most of us feel under the pump from first thing in the morning until we finally manage to fall into bed. It Read More

If you’re not growing you’re dying: a lesson for life and business

The concept of continued growth means different things to different people. For me it’s not about your business constantly getting bigger, in fact, it’s often the exact opposite. Growth for Read More

11 Ways to Make Business Travel a Whole Lot Easier

Anyone who travels for business a lot knows that it can be gruelling. In many ways, it’s getting tougher, so we need to do what we can to make things Read More

Our Customers Are Sick of Being Disappointed When They Buy

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten”. This is such a wonderful quote from Benjamin Franklin, clearly a man who understood Read More

A Simple But Smart Way to Build Meaningful Relationships with Your Customers

I had a lawyer for many years who taught me a lot about engaging with clients. Every month or so I would receive a letter with an article that was Read More

Be Very Grateful That You Have Competitors

I have had a reasonable amount of experience working for companies that are monopolies. This basically means that they don’t have any competitors. To most of us, that sounds like Read More

5 Strategies to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed Every Day

One of the biggest problems facing business owners is overwhelm. Specifically, this means having too many things to do in too short an amount of time, leading to a sense Read More

How Much is Buying Into Other People’s Dreams Costing You?

A little while back I was approached by a property company who wanted me to do all of their marketing. The owner of the business was telling me a big Read More

6 Types of People We Have to Stop Taking for Granted

Over time it’s easy to slide into the routine of taking people for granted. Believe me, I’m not saying it’s a good thing or that it’s right in any shape Read More

Get On Board the Podcasting Phenomenon

Podcasting has been around for a long time, but in the past 5 years it’s become really popular. Today I was running a workshop with thirty people in the room. Read More

Cut Costs Without Destroying Your Business

Every business will hit a financial pothole, with the first response being to cut costs and cut them quickly. This makes sense, but cutting costs too dramatically puts you at Read More

Sometimes Good Businesses Simply Don’t Survive

When a business goes broke, the owner generally struggles to see beyond the current calamity. It feels very personal and there is a real sense of loss and failure. Sadly Read More

Is Being Needy Costing You Business?

I’ve been working with a supplier recently who is really needy. Every time they do some work for me I have to stop everything to give them praise. They aren’t Read More