business advice

Are you making sure you have enough time out of your business?

Are you making sure you have enough time out of your business?

I’m asking this pertinent question this week, after the flu left me floored last week and forced me to take time out of my business – a whole week to be exact, which as a freelancer is never an easy choice to make. But floored me is a good description.

And it got me to thinking as I lay there in bed about the decisions we make in our business, about our time, about money and about our fears and insecurities.

If you’re under 40, run your own business and don’t have a pension – you may be interested in this.

If you’re under 40, run your own business and don’t have a pension – you may be interested in this.

If you run your own business, one of the top things that we can do is learn to love money, get in contact with the money we've got, know what's coming in and out of our bank and get on top of those debts. It's really difficult to bring more money in if we're ignoring parts of our money story.

Are you stuck and unable to move forward?

Are you stuck and unable to move forward?

I'm talking to you about feeling stuck - in your business mostly - and the feeling that you're not able to take any action. I've been talking about this with a number of clients that I've been working with and there's a common thread, a common mistake that many of us entrepreneurs are making; I have made it and I'm sure that you will have as well. 

In the funk? Here's 3 ways to get out of it!

In the funk? Here's 3 ways to get out of it!

We all get in the funk sometimes! The internet goes down, we feel grotty, we've just lost a client, we had an argument with our loved one, we just can't seem to get in the mood.

Life throws all sorts of curve balls at us, and as small business owners, we still have to keep the ship moving and do the things we need to do to keep our business afloat.

So here's some tips when you're feeling funky!

5 amazing TED lectures that will change how you do business

5 amazing TED lectures that will change how you do business

My beloved Great nan Ruby once told me that you never stop learning no matter how old you are. To me, she seemed very old, and that idea amazed me.

I thought we went to school, college and maybe university, and then phew stopped. ‘That’s it I’ve stopped learning’, on with the real business of being alive.

I never knew that the real business of being alive was learning and ostensibly growing.