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My new podcast is now live.

MY NEW PODCAST SHOW IS NOW LIVE… Today I’m officially launching The Business of Being an Author Podcast, a podcast created for authors who want to do more than simply Read More

COMING MAY 2026, The Business of Being an Author

COMING MAY 2026, The Business of Being an Author Most people write a business book with big hopes. Greatly increased credibility, attracting better, higher paying clients and creating more opportunities. 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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WORKING WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVERS….

Today is Family Business Day, a day to acknowledge family run businesses and the role they play within the community. To acknowledge this, I’m providing a little advice to help Read More

The Insecurity Project Podcast

Jaemin Frazer tracked me down and locked me in for a great conversation on his “THE INSECURITY PROJECT PODCAST”. I always enjoy being interviewed on what I consider the bigger Read More

My next Speaker 2.0, 4 day speaker skills retreat has just been announced.

MY NEXT SPEAKER 2.0 RETREAT IS IN HOBART – Feb 2-5 2023. It’s time to launch my next Speaker 2.0, my 4 day speaker skills retreat. After the success of Read More

10 Ways to Pull Yourself out of Any Business Rut

Regardless of what has caused it, you’re in a rut. Here’s how to snap out of it. From time to time we all fall into a bit of a business Read More

7 Sage Strategies to Challenge Your Thinking From Seth Godin

If you want to test your current thinking, Seth will do it. Seth Godin has been a man I’ve looked up to and respected for his big brain thinking and Read More

There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty in the business world right now. What can you do about it?

There is a lot of fear and uncertainty out there at the moment, especially in the business world. Here’s an article I wrote about making the tough calls in business. Read More

The 2022 Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards are now officially open.

ENTRIES NOW OPEN Well the 2022 Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards are well and truly open – and the entries are pouring in.The awards are open to anyone who Read More

5 techniques for saying “NO” to new customers who are really hard to say “NO” to.

A few years back I was going through the “new client” dance with a chap who ran a telecommunications business. The topic turned to expectations, and he stated that he Read More

IF YOU OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, TAKE ACTION RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, TAKE ACTION RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. Earlier this year I did a webinar and I wrote an accompanying article about my strategies for dealing Read More

CONGRATULATIONS BILLY HAODA – FROM BILLY’S COFFEE.

I’d like to do a shout out to Billy Haoda – founder of Billy’s Coffee in Cairns, which is celebrating its 20 birthday this year. I first met Billy before Read More

WORLD BEE DAY – 20 MAY 2022

Yesterday was WORLD BEE DAY. And whilst I know there is a day for just about everything, we really do need to acknowledge the role that these little guys play Read More

A NEW APPOINTMENT

Seven years ago I worked with Jarrod McGrath to help him with writing his first book, The Digital Workforce. He had just founded his company, Smart WFM. In the last Read More

THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY – PUTTING PENSIONERS AND SMALL BUSINESS TOGETHER.

There’s a lot of discussion about labour shortages and skill shortages, with not a lot of answers, certainly not a lot of answers in the lead up to the federal Read More

7 Signs That You Might Have Become a Business ‘Shut In’

I wrote this article a year before COVID hit….wow, I thought I was becoming a shut in then……now it just looks like a commentary piece about life in lock down….. Read More

The 7 Stories we need to be telling.

Hey Folks – I did this webinar last week and the feedback has been kind of amazing. I think it’s a right time/right content thing. A lot has changed in Read More