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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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Are you in a business rut? Rest assured we all end up there from time to time.

And here is another Inc.com article – this time on overcoming the challenge of finding ourselves in rut, with the mojo running on empty. Check this one out at – Read More

Imagine if you lost your biggest client today? How would you cope?

This is a pretty scary question – and one that we all need to ask ourselves. Check out my take on Inc.com.

7 days without internet, phone or email? Could you survive?

This article became a challenge for many people – can we really do a technology detox and survive? I did – and I have to say it was fantastic and Read More

This Saturday, a TEDx viewing party is being held in Cairns

Well the one and only Bree James has organised a viewing party (live streamed video of the day) at the Cairns Hilton for this Saturday’s TEDx Townsville event. I’m the Read More

This week on Flying Solo……it’s time to go for gold.

I’m a firm believer in the need to specialise, to become known for being the best in our industry, in our town, in our country! When you ‘master your craft’, Read More

If you write copy – for any reason – you need to read this article.

Whilst I would never take the position that I know everything there is to know about writing books and articles, far from it, however I have made many mistakes over Read More

What can we learn from good businesses that have gone bad?

In this weeks Inc.com article I reflect on the concept of learning from those good businesses that have lost the plot. Check it out – CLICK HERE.

FEEDBACK ON MY “BUSINESS OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER WORKSHOP”

Anyone sitting on the fence re my workshop – here are some testimonials from a few of the lovely folk who attended the workshop last year. Apart from being seriously Read More

MY NEXT ROUND OF “BUSINESS OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER” WORKSHOPS ARE COMING UP IN MAY

It’s that time of year again – my “Business of Being a Professional Speaker” one day workshops are being rolled out around Australia in May. These were really popular last Read More

CHECK OUT THE NEW FLYING SOLO WEBSITE

After months of planning, late night strategy sessions, countless cups of coffee, tantrums, group hugs and much more, the team at FLYING SOLO proudly launched their new site last week Read More

2 DAYS TO GET A FREE BOOK THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS

A very good friend of mine, Amanda Fisher has just released her second book, “Unscramble Your Numbers”.  I’ve had the enormous pleasure of working with her over a number of Read More

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC OF MY TED TALK……..CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO.

TEDx TOWNSVILLE IS SOLD OUT – BUT DON’T WORRY – YOU CAN STILL HOLD YOUR OWN SATELLITE EVENT

I am very excited to be doing my first TEDx talk in Townsville on the 30th of May. Unfortunately the event is sold out – but there is an alternative Read More

THE KEY TO CAPTURING YOUR AUDIENCE IS KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

A word of warning, this video has some parts that are a bit gross – to say the least, but not too many. The real message that is delivered by Read More

6 reasons why women make better entrepreneurs than men

So this weeks Inc.com article might put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, but I certainly hope it is food for thought. To have a read you can Read More