There are times when I find I’m constantly pushing, getting frustrated and waiting for something but nothing appears to be happening – no matter how much effort I put in it just doesn’t seem to be working – or is that just me? There are times when business appears to go in cycles without any rhyme nor reason, sometimes you can’t seem to make any inroads and then other times everything just turns to gold…

As in all parts of life everything has a natural life cycle – the greatest challenge is knowing when the time is right to make a change. We all get caught up in the world of convenience and comfort avoiding changing things for the sake of things because they don’t appear to be broken – you know the call – if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But is that the best advice? Being in…

Don’t panic this is not going to be a preachy annoying self-righteous tale of purity and sanctimonious lifestyle that everyone should follow. However, this newsletter will ask a few questions of you and how you, as do I, self-sabotage my personal success levels and performance levels nearly every day of my life. Why is that so many people at the beginning of a year do a “detox” and send their systems into some form of…

Work – work – work – kids – work – chores – kids – work – bed! Is this your normal day or week? We can do so much better when time is made available to play. Guilt free time that allows us the head space to reboot, debunk and rebuild. A TIME TO PLAY All too often we are focused on the serious stuff in life – on getting things done, on the things…

Everybody goes on about collaborating with others – it’s become one of those buzz words that used to be very clever but now can be quite irritating – like Paralysis by Analysis, Upcycling, Mission Critical or helicopter view. All have their place but when over-used they start to lose their meaning or impact. In simple terms businesses do business with other businesses and the people employed therein, working with another human being is simply that…

Who’s in charge? Who’s in control of what goes on today, next week next year? The obvious answer would be you, but we all know that isn’t always true. We are challenged by people around us to take control and make decisions that will help you develop and improve – that is easy to say but it isn’t always possible. Take the situation where someone is out of work, they may be taking control of…

When is a shortcut truly a shortcut a researched or known quicker route from A to B rather than something that could backfire and cause problems or damage elsewhere? One area in business and in life that is never worth taking a risk over is our reputation – we all want to be known as working with honesty and integrity and the day that gets challenged is incredibly difficult to recover from. Just look at…

Endurance sport according to my translation takes you beyond the 1 hour mark of constant activity. Most training we do is in a gym or going for a run and lasts 30-50 minutes plus a warm up and cool down – generally within the one hour barrier. When the move is made to longer distances or events, the training also has to move beyond the hour and becomes endurance training for an endurance sport. I…

Tea for two – picture the scene you are having a fine old fashioned afternoon tea with someone who has one focus – to help you be the best you can be and achieve more. In that situation you would (in the main) pick and choose each item of your afternoon tea one at a time, savouring every mouthful and delicacy from the multi stacked cake stand. The scones would probably be left to the…

How often are you vulnerable and feeling exposed in business when you know not everything is lined up as correctly as you believe it could be. This could be the insurance on your home boiler, the expiry date on your personal life cover or the terms and conditions on your latest contract. Is everything fit for purpose, ready to protect you should you need it? Let me give you an example recently I landed a…