Always Be There
Nobody cares what you do until they need you. Potential clients will blissfully ignore you until the moment they decide they need what you do, and only then you become important. That is why it…
Nobody cares what you do until they need you. Potential clients will blissfully ignore you until the moment they decide they need what you do, and only then you become important. That is why it…
There is rarely calm. In business, busy is stressful but so is being quit. Having no support is a challenge but so is managing a team. Juggling too many projects can lead to missed deadlines,…
Who are you doing this for? Classic response is, for my family, for my customers yada yada. That is honourable and everything but it does not translate unless you do it for yourself first. Good…
They do not know what you know, so you have to tell them. At the risk of repeating myself, you have to get used to starting from the beginning. Every time you interact with someone…
The shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be is not determined by how fast you go, but by how well you navigate the obstacles in your path. Rarely is the…
Bogged down in red tape? As an enterprise gets bigger it is natural to place additional checks and balances to ensure continuity. Many do so at the expense of what got them there, speed and…
Your business is invisible. If you struggle with consistent lead generation it is likely you are fishing from a small pond. Personal contacts, networking and referrals. Outside of these circles you are not seen or…
I feel the emotion of my daughter finishing high school and the unknown ahead. When your entire living memory are the boundaries, people and experiences of a school, not having to turn up Monday is…
They say you are the average of the five people closest to you. I also believe you are the average of many other groupings. Your news sources, social media habits, the shows you watch, communities…
Starting is hard but finishing seems to be harder. Unfinished projects litter the business landscape frustrating those in the middle and disappointing those who have invested time and money. Should you be really starting the…
If you say yes to something and really mean no, you now have a dilemma. Do what you said yes to, or let someone down. Neither options is ideal but you are the one who…
Sometimes I do not want to, but I do it anyway. There are times I really want to, but I do not. When I have to, I will. In every instance, I have a choice,…
Technically, you can feed an infinite number of people with a single pizza. The more slices you cut however diminishes the amount each person gets to a point it may as well be zero. How…
If you struggle to articulate what you do concisely, you are spread too thin. Too many products, channels, platforms, audiences, desires. When you start, start wide, find your groove quickly, then go deep. Better to…
“Let’s do this” is so much more fun than “no”. Invariably leading to an experience, good, bad or indifferent. Experience is how you grow. An idea is worthless until you give it a crack. Giving…
There is a place for minimum viable product. Do the least amount reasonable to get to market quickly and see what works and is wanted. Taking that into every aspect of delivery however is littered…
Having DIY’d a ton of my own video over the years and I have come leaps and bounds, or so I thought until I recently worked with a professional videographer. My efforts pale when compared….
Try singing the alphabet song out aloud skipping every second letter… a, c, e… I wager two things, it sounded clunky and disjointed, and you silently sang the in-between letters in your head anyway. Now…
There is a dangerous stage in business referred to as the “Trough of Disillusionment”. It is the period of time where you realise business is not all rainbows and lollypops but you are not sure…
We need to get better at calling it out. Workplace intimidation, racism, misogyny, gaslighting, bullying, any and all inappropriate behaviour, the lot. The more we bring it up, the less tolerated it will become. We…