Better Business

Stop Beating Yourself up for Making Mistakes

Now I know we’ve heard this concept before, but in my latest Inc article, I offer some advice on reframing mistakes that I picked up in Japan after a meeting Read More

Do You Compare Yourself to Others in a Healthy Way?

Most of us will compare ourselves with others all the time. It’s a natural thing to do, but sometimes the comparison comes from a place of negativity. This kind of Read More

My TedX Talk: Imagine if We Were 33% Less Angry

I had the great pleasure of doing a TEDx talk in Townsville almost a year and a half ago – and I thought I would share it again because, well, Read More

What to Do When Boredom Creeps Into Your Workplace

It doesn’t matter what you build, invent or sell; your business can’t move forward without people. Every business owner knows that keeping their team moving forward together in harmony means Read More

We Need to Get Better at ‘Random Acts of Thank You’

In this video on Smallville, I ask business owners to start looking for ways where you can introduce ‘random acts of thank you’ into your business. The idea is to Read More

How Much is Social Media Costing You Each Week?

A little while back I realized that I needed to tell myself a much better story about how much time I was spending on Facebook. So I worked out exactly Read More

Don’t Play a Smaller Game Because You’re Afraid of Haters

A few years back the town where I live, Cairns, was caught up in the depths of the GFC. We had the highest unemployment rate in Australia, businesses both large Read More

The Most Important Investment You Can Make

I often get asked by business owners and entrepreneurs what’s the single most important thing they should do to be successful? For me the answer is really simple, invest in Read More

The #1 Thing You Need to Know to Have Success with Staff

Are you ready to quit all the staffing frustrations for good in your business? Then you need to tune into this webinar with myself and people management expert Andrea Tunjic.  Read More

10 Reasons You Should Still Have Meetings In-Person

I’m a big believer in face-to-face meetings. I’ve done them all my life. I’ll jump on a plane at a moment’s notice to see a new or prospective client because I Read More

Why not Replace Your Customer Complaint Hotline with a Customer Compliment Hotline?

We are all familiar with customer complaint hotlines in their various forms – in many ways it admits a certain kind of defeat where we are saying “we are ready Read More

SPECIAL PODCAST INTERVIEW – Andrew Griffiths talks to Michael Gerber, about “Beyond the E Myth”

I had the incredible pleasure of interviewing Michael Gerber recently – a man I’ve been following for 30 years. He is extraordinary in many ways and we certainly covered a Read More

Don’t Just Sell Stuff, Become a Valuable Resource to Your Customers

I have a very good friend who is a very successful sales representative for a television station. He earns great money and he gets the best clients. He has built Read More

The Most Low Tech Awesome Productivity Tool Ever

Recently a friend of mine gave me a wonderful gift with the intended purpose of helping me manage my time much better. It’s completely low tech, doesn’t have a USB Read More

Check out the latest episode of the “Business Over Breakfast” PODCAST SHOW

This episode is all about “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Online World” If you’re struggling with how to boost your online presence and generate more leads Read More