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Time for a new book…meet “The Bigger Button”.

04 August 2025|No Comments

Right now, I’m tucked away in a little shack by the sea at the Bay of Fires. The ocean is roaring outside my window, a pot of tea is beside Read More…

The Australian Business Book Awards are now officially open for entries.

11 July 2025|No Comments

We’re excited to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 Australian Business Book Awards. The awards celebrate the best business books by Australian authors, recognising excellence across a Read More…

FREE COPY OF “THE BIG BOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS” – VIA FLIPBOOKS.

15 November 2024|No Comments

One of my favourite and most successful books is “The Big Book of Small Business”. As the name suggests, it’s a book book that is strangely about small business. I Read More…

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Don’t Hide From Your Customers

If you want to keep your customers buying from you it is important that they can reach you easily. All too often I see sales people who start climbing the Read More…

04 May 2018|No Comments

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We all Know About Up Selling – but Down Selling is Even More Important

No doubt you are well and truly familiar with the term ‘up selling’ but what is ‘down selling’ and why on earth would you want to do it? Well, it Read More…

02 May 2018|No Comments

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Let’s Show Corporations What Trust Really Means

Every time I open my social media feeds I see another story about corporate corruption and greed at the highest levels from iconic Australian brands. I’m feeling let down because Read More…

01 May 2018|No Comments

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Check Out the Latest Episode of the Business Over Breakfast Podcast – Working With Big Companies to Grow Your Small Business

Working with big clients can be a little daunting at times, but there’s a lot to learn from working with big companies. Bigger clients often come with bigger budgets, and Read More…

30 April 2018|No Comments

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Resolve Issues Quickly Before They Get Out of Hand

At a difficult time in my marriage, my wife and I had fights that would last for days. Both of us would dish out the silent treatment, long after we Read More…

27 April 2018|No Comments

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Your Brand is More Important than Anything Else

Never before has our reputation been so vitally important and so vulnerable at the same time. I’ve spent so many years (and a lot of time and money) building my Read More…

26 April 2018|No Comments

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We Need to Remove as Many Obstacles as we can

I talk about coffee shops a lot. There are two reasons: the first is that I spend a lot of time scribbling notes in coffee shops, and the second is Read More…

20 April 2018|No Comments

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What Impact is Your Behavior Having on Your Business?

I was walking down the street the other day and as I crossed a driveway a car came speeding out, the driver didn’t slow down at all, missing me by Read More…

18 April 2018|No Comments

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Check Out the Latest Episode of the Business Over Breakfast Podcast – Overcoming the Obstacles That Block Good Decision-Making for Your Business

In business, you have to make a lot of decisions – Will I employ this person? Will I stop working with this partner? Should I introduce this new product? Is Read More…

17 April 2018|No Comments

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10 Lessons Learned From 35 Years as an Entrepreneur

I was recently being interviewed by an online media platform regarding what I’d learned in 35 years as an entrepreneur.  It made me really stop and reflect on that question Read More…

13 April 2018|No Comments

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Are You Checking Your Email at 2am?

When was the last time you took a break from your business? Now I mean a real break, not just an hour here or an hour there? The kind of Read More…

11 April 2018|No Comments

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Fuelling Ambition Conference 2018

So, one of my speaking gigs in London in May will be to present on the “Power of Storytelling” at the Fuelling Ambition Conference. Such a wonderful honour (and very Read More…

10 April 2018|No Comments

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Check Out the Latest Episode of the Business Over Breakfast Podcast – Encouraging Kidpreneurs – The Next Generation of Business Owners

We’ve all been asked the question, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ As a business owner, you can do your part to encourage kids to be Read More…

03 April 2018|No Comments

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What I’ve Learned From Writing 300 Articles for Inc.

On Thursday I had the pleasure of writing my 300th article for Inc.com out of New York (one of the most highly visited and hugely respected entrepreneurial platforms on the Read More…

03 April 2018|No Comments

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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…

28 March 2018|No Comments

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