Like Sand Through an Hourglass DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA It’s been an eventful few weeks in the Aldridge household. Many of you shared the long and windy road that my beautiful wife and I took to parenthood, and it’s remarkable to me that a further ~5 years have passed. Starting a child at school has triggered many unpleasant...

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...

The Simplest Framework for Focus DATELINE: PENANG, MALAYSIA Hey I won’t bore you with the whole “new year, new business” BS, because we all know your January Strategy Day is probably a waste of time. What you need as a business owner is a ridiculously simple and objective framework that you – and your leadership team...

How Does He Do It? DATELINE: PENANG, MALAYSIA Merry Christmas We’re on the repeat viewing of the Blackboard Fridays video series, by popular demand after the original pause when I became a dad in 2019. Email marketing (which I started in 2008) and content creation like these videos remain one of the most important brand...

Zero to One is the First Black Hole DATELINE: SINGAPORE Happy Friday Given I worked from 21 different countries in 2019, leaving my first 2023 international trip until December is a little unusual! But having pioneered remote business coaching more than a decade ago, when Skype was cutting edge, I’m used to blending work and...