You might have seen (well, back in January!) lots of people doing this - you might have even done it yourself - picking a word to represent what your goals are for the year. I don't do this every year, but my peer mastermind group members were doing it and I decided I would too. So what's my word …
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7 lessons I learnt on Valentine’s Day
Think back a couple of weeks. How was your Valentine's Day this year? Flowers and chocolates from a significant other? Well, mine was different to that. My sister owns a florist and this year, like last year, I agreed to join her delivery driving force for the day. Driving around all day with …
“What do you do?” – elevator pitches that actually sound natural
If you're like me - and I know many of you are - you don't really have a straightforward answer to the question "What do you do?" Sometimes I wish I could straightforwardly say "I'm a teacher" or "I'm a doctor", but of course I'm very glad to be self-employed, and over the years I've figured out how …
10 tips on accountability for small business owners (from my own experience)
Have you ever noticed that you can get things done to other people’s deadlines (maybe you always get a client project finished right on time) but aren’t very good at sticking to deadlines you’ve set yourself? If so, welcome to the club! That is me to a tee - Gretchen Rubin calls me an Obliger - and …
19 tasks for 2019 – in business and life
I had lots of fun with my list of 18 tasks for 2018 and it seems only natural to me that I will repeat the process for 2019 - for me, it's an important way of introducing some balance into my life and also to keep a few key tasks literally in front of me throughout the year - this list will be stuck …
Reviewing 2018 – especially my varied income sources
Now that I've finished work for the year, I can turn my attention to a favourite activity - reviewing how work went this year! I guess it's a throwback to my number-loving self (the one that studied maths at university ...), but I love delving into the statistics of my business and learning …