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

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.

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.

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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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

Check Out the Latest Episode of the Business Over Breakfast Podcast – How to Better Manage People in Business

Today on the Business over Breakfast podcast, Andrew Griffiths and Bree James talk about a wide variety of topics such as managing people in business, Netflix commitment rings, the new Read More