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  • I think it’s natural to get overwhelmed at times, in life in general, but particularly as a business owner. The constant need to keep the lights on, push growth, drive sales, manage the team, assess results, keep clients happy, handling…

  • There was a part of ‘How to Stop Worrying and Start Living’ by Dale Carnegie that stuck with me. All about living each day as a watertight compartment. This analogy refers to bulkheads on a ship – bulkheads are a…

  • “Don’t think about a Pink Elephant.” It’s the classic statement, as soon as you hear it, the only thing you can think about is a pink elephant! Several years ago I was heading off on holiday and, literally on my…

  • “No way was that 5 years ago”… that was my immediate reaction reading people’s ‘5 years on from COVID’ posts. Like many of you, I imagine that on one hand, it feels like only yesterday, and on the other hand…

  • I like to dabble on the piano. Just playing recreationally, mashing along to songs or chords that I like. If you’re not musical, the key a song is played in is the set of notes/chords that are used. It defines…

  • Can you turn off email for a week and not worry. How are you at coping with inbox anxiety? Well I’ve struggled with this day-to-day, and particularly around holiday times. Stressing about email causes me a few issues – It…

  • Being stuck is no fun. It’s easy to let the day-to-day challenges get you down and sap away your energy. But it was on a holiday last year that I was reminded that movement creates energy, no matter how small.…

  • You’re not going to be perfect right away – reset your brain to focus on progress rather than perfection. It’s always been my mission to help people, and I’ve wanted to get into writing, blogging and vlogging for some time.…

  • Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman coined the term loss aversion back in the 1970s. The psychological theory goes that you feel the pain of losing something you already have more than the joy at getting a new thing. This works in all…

  • There are two ways to be rich – make more money, or spend less and be grateful with what you’ve got. With any busy job, it’s easy to lose this perspective. It’s not rocket science, but it’s something I find…

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