Once upon a timethere was light in my life DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA Happy Total Eclipse Weekend Here’s a photo of me and my beautiful wife (and business co-founder) Harmony on our wedding day in 2008. Why do we look so happy? Because two years earlier, when I began my training to be a business coach, the first...

Eggsactly What I Wanted to Discuss DATELINE: SURFER’S PARADISE, QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA Happy Easter Housekeeping and gags before this week’s important business topic.  Thank you to everyone who replied or acted on last week’s email. I heard from several other small business owners who are also in a kind of “email limbo / hell” due to...

Plus I’m Speaking to the Toughest Audience Ever! DATELINE: MY DAUGHTER’S PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM I’m sorry. In February, a few close contacts stopped replying mid-conversation. Then clients mentioned they hadn’t seen a specific email. Or two. Then some calendar appointments began disappearing – and I showed up to a few empty meeting rooms. Emails and...

Business Ownership Can Be Fun DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA Blackboard Fridays Episode #50 – The Most Colourful Business Strategy in the World  The milestone warrants a very special episode, and so that’s what we have created. It’s a little bit longer so grab a Friday morning coffee and perspective shift as we walk through all 12 elements of...

More than 15,000 YouTube ViewsCan’t Be Wrong. Right? DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA The topic of “Business Partnerships” is a controversial one. Some people say you should never get a business partner. Others say partnership is critical to long-term business success. Both arguments have merit – but when people go down the “absolute yes or no” route, I get...

HOW I Colour Code my Handwriting  DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA G’day Last week I implored you to colour code your diary / calendar / schedule. This week I want to encourage you to go one step further: and colour code all of your notes, whether they’re handwritten or punched into an iPad, Tablet, Laptop etc. Add...