Soloist challenge: How to deal with advice
Life has thrown a few curveballs of late. Two major pieces of work ceased due to the client’s financial status, a program I had written just didn’t sell (to be reviewed), and my landlord requested...
View ArticleHow to treat the empty as though it were full
East meets West more frequently these days as China grows in economic power, and even in the age of digital business and virtual reality, we find there are many practical principles for business that...
View ArticleClient database management: What are you holding on to?
This week I’m not only moving house, I’m moving countries. Which is why, as I type this, I’m sitting in my garage, surrounded by piles of things like old PC cables, unused exercise equipment, dozens of...
View ArticleA kinder gentler philosophy of success
Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move...
View Article4 things you can do to stop the siren song of good times
Business is full of ups and downs. These are created by a combination of market forces, luck and our preparedness. We, the entrepreneur or business owner, also go through ups and downs. When both our...
View ArticleThe surprising benefits of having Eeyore as an advisor
If you’re like me, you grew up reading about the adventures of Christopher Robin and his childhood friends in 100 Acre Wood. What you probably didn’t realise back then is that all A.A. Milne’s...
View ArticleThe psychology of money. It’s fascinating stuff
Last year, Ethan Couch, a young man who killed four people in Texas, got away with ten years on probation plus therapy. He pleaded Affluenza, or at least his psychologist G. Dick Miller did. Miller...
View ArticleThe key to success? Grit
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the...
View ArticleHow to use your three brains to make great decisions
Emily was starting to panic. It was the end of an information seminar and the presenter was finishing off his sales pitch. Should she join up for the expensive business program or save her money? She...
View ArticleFour key ways neuroscience can help your business
The YouTube ad for the Porsche 911GTS pitted against an Albatross jet-fighter is rather impressive. But the presence of an EEG helmet and the claim that dopamine levels were measured just makes me mad....
View ArticleFive ways to quieten your inner-mean-girl
I’ve always thought that being a solopreneur (solo entrepreneur) was similar to leading a double life, complete with its own aggravating alter ego. By day, I’m an eye-on-the-prize boss lady who wheels,...
View ArticleWhy you need to stop asking ‘What’s wrong with me?’
‘Why do I get so upset about negative feedback from clients?’ ‘Why can’t I get on top of my work? Manage my money better? Get my sh*t together?’ What’s wrong with me? We spend a lot of time and energy...
View ArticleHow to reimagine yourself (with thanks to my Grandma)
When I was child, I thought I was my grandmother’s favoured granddaughter. In our time together I felt utterly cherished. She hung on my every word and told me how beautiful I was. I was certain I was...
View ArticleWhat climbing Everest taught me about business
After years of training plus two months of trekking, climbing, acclimatising and waiting, I managed to do what I’d been dreaming about for years – I summited Everest. It was an experience I’ll never...
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Habits: how to make good ones and break the bad ones
You’ve probably heard that it take 21 days to create a habit? Well, guess what? It’s not true. Recent research suggests that the simplest habits take on average about two months to establish with other...
View ArticleIs excess weight holding your biz back?
The 10 Pound Barrier Several years ago I did a small copywriting job for a company in the US who provide branding and celebrity-level publicity for everyday business owners. While working with them, I...
View ArticleThe biggest obstacle to writing a book, and how to defeat it
Everyone loves get rich quick schemes. How many times have you downloaded a resource, signed up to a course or started working with a coach because you hoped they could short-cut your path to success?...
View Article3 practical ways to overcome your fear of failure
This is not one of those articles about Five Ways to Conquer Your Fear of Failure, or How to Live the Life of Your Dreams. There is plenty of advice out there on this topic already. The aim of writing...
View ArticleRedefining business success + the 5 things that will get you there faster
Business success. For many people today, those two words tend to conjure up an image of someone lying in a hammock on a tropical island, cocktail in hand, with their phone and laptop casually arranged...
View ArticleWhy understanding your unconscious bias makes you a better soloist
What is unconscious bias? Unconscious bias comes from our innate desire to instinctively label people using easily observed criteria such as age, gender, social status, and job title. The human brain...
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