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...
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...
HOW I Colour Code my Diary WHY I Colour Code my Diary DATELINE: GEORGETOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA My coaching business turns 18 this year. Lots has changed since 2006 – I was coaching SMEs pre-Facebook, pre-GFC, and even before any of the Marvel Movies! One thing that hasn’t changed is my use of colour to manage my...
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...