#0473 Growing Pains
It is easy to ignore this when you are busy growing a business but at some point it comes back to bite. When reviewing systems and processes I look for the desired outcome first, then…
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#0472 Dangerous Current
Doing everything except the one thing that counts the most. Tweaking the product, fixing your website, posting on social media, doom scrolling on social media, designing a brochure. There is so much to do to…
#0471 For Meetings Sake
It is excruciating and mostly a waste of time except for the part I came for. My daughters have been dancing for most of their lives and for more times than I can count I…
#0470 True(r) Self
From the time I first started in business right through to not that long ago I had a distinct business persona and a private one, and never would they mix. On reflection, I believed it…
#0469 Blaming the Tools
In the late 90’s a friend of mine was in his mid-thirties at the time and had worked in retail all his life. As it tends to do, he was feeling middle-aged spread starting to…
#0468 Working Through Pain
It is both beautiful and horrific at the same time. From someone who has had the joy of three children learning to play instruments I can talk first hand as to the pain and pleasure…
#0467 Pace Yourself
“You are freaking me out!” I like to get things done fast. From idea to execution often begins on the same day. The rate of change and adaptation can be significant. As a change agent…
#0466 Curb or Canyon
When was the last time you crossed a road? Today, yesterday, possibly many times this week. How much consideration or pre-thought went into it? If you are able-bodied, you likely briefly stood on the curb,…
#0465 First Dates
When you go out on a first date there will rarely be a moments silence. The chatter is constant and often kept relatively light as you check each other out. As a relationship develops, there…
#0464 Pay Attention
One cannot simply ask the audience to pay attention, one must earn it. I don’t know why I wrote that sentence using posh language but maybe subconsciously I did so to make you take notice,…
#0463 The Bridge
Some Sydneysiders would argue we have the most beautiful harbour in the world with its centrepiece being the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In all its engineering beauty it can also be Sydneys biggest bottleneck. If ever…
#0462 Hold On Tight
Running a business is a little bit like having kids. Impossible to describe to a newbie and no-one can fully appreciate the rollercoaster ride until strapped in and the go button is pushed. Like it…
#0461 Switcheroo
There is plenty of both… Time and money. Whatever you have you choose to either use it or abuse it. Why do something now that can wait until tomorrow. Focus on the things that will…
#0460 Turn Off Autopilot
Autopilot is another way to describe habits. Getting up at a certain time, putting your shoes on a certain way, driving the same route to work. We form these through our lives as a way…
#0459 Core Principles Matter
There is a guy called Dan Kennedy who is often referred to as the grandfather of Marketing. The guru to the gurus. If you trace the success of almost anyone on the internet there would…
#0458 Controlled Chaos
Every two weeks or so one of my daughters gives her room a good clean. Puts everything in its place again and it drive me insane. Not the cleaning part, that I applaud. The 13…
#0457 Simplicity Takes Effort
The thing I love to do as part of my work more than anything else is to simplify complexity. If I can reduce the clutter for myself it allows me to better communicate it to…
#0456 Personal Brands
Well before social media there are countless examples of enduring personal brands. Napoleon, Shakespeare, Darwin, Einstein and the list goes on. Of course back then you had to have done something of historical significance which…
#0455 Under Your Nose
When you experience it for yourself, it is obvious, otherwise you may be oblivious. True for many issues out there solved by the very people it annoyed enough to do something about it. “Necessity is…
#0454 Surprise and Delight
If you would like to blend into the background keep doing what you are expected to do at a steady pace. Being efficient, being productive, getting shit done is the expectation, anything less is disappointing….