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It’s official – The Business of Being an Author is officially launched and available to purchase.

My new book, The Business of Being an Author, has now been released. This is my 15th book, and in many ways, one of the most important I’ve written. Not Read More

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The world does feel like it’s going crazy right now. The last few years have been intense, this year even more so.  And for a lot of business owners, that Read More

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author?

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author? This means not just “getting a book done”, but writing a world class book Read More

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How Can You Make Yourself More Valuable to Your Clients?

Are you spending a lot of time waiting for stalled projects to re-start so you can finish them and finally get clients to pay you?  Don’t worry you’re not alone. Read More

Business Rituals: The Real Battle Is Managing Ourselves

When it comes to doing business, it feels like we always have more things to squeeze into the average day. The demands on us as business owners continue to grow, our Read More

Plan for the Divorce not the Honeymoon

To me this is such an important consideration when it comes to doing business. And for the record, I’m by no means a pessimist, I’m just a realist who has Read More

Beware of the New Wave of so Called “Experts”

Clearly, we are living in the “Age of the Expert”, where there are lots of people claiming to be the leaders at something or other. They tell a good story Read More

How Many of These Challenges are you Facing Daily?

Running a business can certainly be challenging. Burn out is a real problem for business owners, especially as we all get busier, face more demands and try to develop the Read More

Become a Productivity Rock Star by Tricking Your Brain

One of the greatest challenges we all face is the ever-increasing struggle to get things done. Our “to do list” are getting longer, the demands on our limited time are Read More

If You’re Stuck in a Rut Look Around You.

If you want to make small changes in your life, a few adjustments here and there should do it. But if you feel that your life is so out of Read More

When Was the Last Time Someone Left You a Great Message?

Do you look at the messages you leave as marketing opportunities? Sometimes it’s just about being a little creative with the messages that you leave. Be mysterious, be fun, be Read More

If you Aren’t Excited About Your Content No One Else Will be

One of the most important marketing tools for any business is the creation of high-quality content. We know this and both big business and small business alike are pulling out Read More

Check Out the Free 2018 Smallville eBook

Smallville has been running for just over 18 months now, and in that time our extraordinary Contributors have published close to 2000 articles, videos and MP3 recordings, making Smallville one Read More

Are You Curious About Curiosity?

A few years back I had the great pleasure of being a part of Richard Branson’s team to present at a big conference in Melbourne. I was so excited at Read More

All Business Relationships End, so End Them on Your Terms

I recently resigned from a contract that I’ve had for the past six years. From a financial point of view it was fairly lucrative and I enjoyed the work, the Read More

Could Committing to Improving Your Handwriting Pay Off?

Like pretty much everyone else in the modern world, I struggle to stay focused, to stay present and to detach from technology. To address these issues I decided that I Read More

How to Hit BIG Goals, Even When You’re Busy

I’m pretty certain that anyone reading this article is very familiar with the concept of overwhelm. It seems that every year that goes by we have more to do, with Read More

What are the Warning Signs That You’re About to Lose a Client?

All business relationships come to an end at some stage, that’s just the way of the world. We might work with someone for years, but at some stage, they might Read More