Source: MortgageLoan.com I’m not only asked to comment on small business news stories – sometimes my wider life experience leads to some expert requests. In this article, Aaron Crowe examines the tough decision for many 20-something and 30-something year old couples: Do we spend our savings on the Wedding we want, or as a House...

I’m 32 1/2 years old. My next birthday will be 33, and I will enter what some people refer to as ‘the Jesus year‘. For a whole combination of random thoughts intersecting, it occurred to me that I’m already working towards a nifty plan for the time period roughly associated with that year. Basically, I’m...

I think I stole this from Dave Barry’s blog, back in the days before I had my own business and was therefore dedicated to his many, many productivity enhancers. Every year I bring it out again, and I still love it! So Happy Easter everybody!    If you leave me, can I come too…? Click...

I genuinely love Monday mornings. And I’m aware this makes me a little strange. Here’s why I do, and how I created that fabulous feeling when I wake up at the start of each week. Great Mondays are Created not Discovered Yes, “created”. Like most people, my love of Mondays was not natural. I never...

I wore orange socks to a sales meeting this morning. You probably know by now that I love colour, and I’m a fan of any unexpected additions to your world that can create positive responses, especially when they’re connected with your brand or business message. Several years ago, at a Shirlaws conference in the south...

This post originally appeared on Shirlaws Online. It was written in 2007, when I was much newer to the world of business coaching. I’m re-publishing it for posterity, and because I’m amazed at how much I’ve changed in those 7 years. I must have been about fourteen when I got sick of having my pens...