#527 Not About You
For the love of all things, please review your use of the word “we”. Your website, your proposals, your marketing. The more you talk about yourself, the less relatable you become. It is not about…
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#0526 Additional Pressure
Amateurs choke if people are looking on and the stakes are high. Professionals ignore the noise and focus on what is important. In either scenario, they could do without the added pressure of an audience….
#0525 Do It Any Anyway
It will probably make you cringe. Look back at your first brochure, your first powerpoint deck, your first blog, your first video. If you pushed through you will have improved, probably dramatically. If you had…
#0524 Alone
There is a tv series called Alone, shot in extremely isolated regions of the world where contestants are dropped off separately from each other to fend for themselves with nothing but 10 items they carried…
#0523 A Frosty Reception
The best food in the world can be overshadowed by poor service. Maya Angelou quoted: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
#0522 Leading
Who is in charge here? If there is not a clear owner or ultimate decision maker then there will be blood in the ring. Alpha personalities fighting it out or the quiet missing out. In…
#0521 Follow Through
The steak did not match the sizzle. I have lost count of the times someone has mentioned to me that they were disappointed at what they got vs what they were promised (from other vendors…
#0520 Small Wins
I bet you have a few well intentioned jobs on your to-do list you are reluctant to begin. I wanted to build some shelves for my storage room but before that I needed to paint…
#0519 Free Not Free
What if you gave it away for free? If you find yourself in a commodity market, being compared purely by the lowest cost, try bundling that with a high priced (high profit) item and include…
#0518 Simplifying
Is it fear or a lack of understanding? It astounds me how complicated people make things that have little upside. Cobbled together to get something done when a much simpler version is available. Many of…
#0517 Stand Out
What happened to common decency? Please, thank you, replying to emails in an acceptable time-frame, turning up on time, turning up at all, doing as you say you are going to, being aware of your…
#0516 Open to Learning
If you have pure conviction you are on the right path then proceed with gusto and by all means dig your heels in. For the most part, be open to ideas, listen to perspective, seek…
#0515 Intent
Something was off. For six months, they had held onto something which they had misconstrued the intent.There are always three sides to a story, yours, theirs and the truth. Problem is, unless you record everything,…
#0514 Time to Do Better
Just because you disrespect your time, does not give to the right to disrespect others. If you are in the habit of turning up late, canceling last minute, running long, you should take a moment…
#0513 Shoeboxing
The list never gets shorter. Whenever I find myself ticking a few things off the to-do list I will invariably add a few more while I am there. To manage the never ending lists (business…
#0512 Quantity vs Quality
Differentiate from the two. There are times in the day when I am doing three things at once, cruising through my to-do list. Things for the most part that do not require too much brain…
#0511 DIY
At what point should you stop? I have been a DIYer for my entire life. Whether that be at home or in my business. For the most part, I love it. Giving something a try…
#0510 Time Travel
Pondering choices. Imagine for a moment you could go back in time just once in your life to change the course of your destiny, when would that be and what would you do different? If…
#0508 Haste
“Festina Lente” is a fabulous Italian saying meaning to “Make haste, slowly”. Meaning to set tiny, short-term goals. Don’t try and accomplish everything all at once. An ethos I seem to naturally adhere to. Completing…
#0507 Yeahbuts
How many ‘yeahbuts’ do you have in yours? Whenever I get invited in to help organisations streamline their communication I generally find a combination of two extremes. In some areas they neglect to communicate at…