We live in intense times. The last few years have been stressful on so many levels. Disasters, adversities, and impactful global events have given us what can feel like a constant stream of challenges to deal with while still trying to run and grow our businesses. I know that most…
With everything that is going on, it feels to me like the world is in a big pressure cooker right now. The pressure seems to be continuing to increase at an alarming rate. It seems no matter where I look or go, there are relentless mentions of doom and gloom.…
Marketing and business strategies are really important in order for a business to thrive, but there is something else that is needed as well... to work on your Inner Game. Your Inner Game is everything that is going on within your inner world: your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, habits, attitude, energy.…
Let's be honest, very few people care about the privacy policies on websites! But it is a requirement that we need to have if we are collecting any sort of data as a business. This means if you are building an email database to market your business, or collecting any…
I’ve had this ongoing conflict within me for most of my 20 year business journey. It is the desire to grow my business, while simultaneously wanting to hide and for no one to see me. Not really the best combo for a business owner! Maybe it is my introverted tendencies.…
Making sales is a core activity in business, after all without sales, you have no business! But sales is also an activity that many small business owners overcomplicate and struggle with. I asked Natalie Tolhopf, Sales Coach extraordinaire, to share her wisdom and tips on how to keep sales simple…
It is easy as a busy, overworked small business owner to want to delegate tasks that we don’t really want to do ourselves. Marketing and Sales activities are usually at the top of the “I don’t want to do that” list, because for most business owners, they don’t have adequate…
Firstly, I have a free business training coming up next week, all about adding leverage to your business. Click here to sign up Right, back to the working way too hard part... Every week I see business owners who are overworked, overstretched and not happy with how their business is…
Change is inevitable. It is part of life and is part of every business. However, there is a big difference in when and how changes are made as to what the outcome will be. How easy those changes are to implement and how effective the results will be are also…
There are often common themes that run through my coaching sessions at particular times. I've had one such theme running through my client sessions lately that I wanted to share with the Amazing Business community because I know this is relevant to so many business owners. It could in fact…
The last two years have been demanding and exhausting for many business owners. Are you one of them? The challenges have been relentless, and we know many small business owners have had to navigate unprecedented demands because of the pandemic and related government regulations and societal changes. Burnout results from…
I can remember it like it was yesterday, tootling down the Gold Coast Highway in a tiny rented yellow Hyundai Getz. My stomach was getting tied in knots. I was nervous. Truthfully I was beyond nervous, I was terrified. It was 2008 and I had signed up to do training…