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Behind the scenes…
My new podcast, The No Bullsh*t Guide To A Happier Life, launches on Tuesday 25 May, and I am so excited to see this project come to life. How did I get here though, what is involved in starting a podcast? In this week’s blog I will take you behind the scenes… I have wanted…
I’ve got the key. I’ve got the secret.
I am showing my age with this blog title! Who remembers this track from Urban Cookie Collective? I do have the key and the secret though, the answer to everything that is holding you back. Self worth. You have read my blog posts about ways to grow your business, or ways to manage your mindset.…
What Do You Actually Need?
I talk a lot about the importance of meeting our needs, about how unmet needs lead to a lack of productivity, feelings of overwhelm and burnout. We all think we know what we need – food, water, shelter right? Yet those are just our most basic of needs. Our “physiological needs” on Maslow’s hierarchy. We…
Clearing away the distractions
For this week’s blog I have a guest contributor, the lovely Amanda Manson from Orderly Office and Home. Amanda works with clients in their home offices in the Manchester and Cheshire areas to create organised and productive workspaces – whether they’re creative crafters or detail experts. As a fresh pair of eyes and unrelated to…
Be Visible!
I know, I know: showing your face on social media can be daunting. There is a whole other discussion to be had there about insecurity, standards of beauty, how we feel we “should” look, but let’s save that for another day. The truth of the matter is, being visible will help you to grow your…
Relationships lead to opportunities
I see a fair few businesses using social media as an online billboard, or the equivalent of a flyer through the door. They showcase what they do, shout it out to the world but…that’s it. It’s not pointless – it does achieve some reach and some understanding of what those businesses do, but it is…
Just Be You!
You will have heard the phrase “People Buy People” and it is true, but what does that mean for how you market your business? I will tell you what it does not mean: it does not mean that you have to be the most likeable person in the world, so do not panic. Yes, people…
Taming the slightly more complicated task list…
A little while ago I wrote a blog called Taming the Task List where I detailed how I approached my to do list and got myself organised. Since then I have expanded my team and taken on new clients, so the task list has expanded accordingly. It seemed appropriate to give you a little update…
You’re not saving money doing it all for free
In my last blog I talked about the fantastic free systems that are available to make our life easier. This time around I am looking at when it makes sense to spend money on a system – because it will actually save you money in reality. Your time has worth. That is true regardless of…
Simplifying your systems doesn’t have to cost you money
When we start out running our own businesses, it is all spreadsheets, Word documents and notebooks. We know that larger companies have whizz bang systems that automate everything and make it look shiny, but we also know that these things cost money, and we’re not of a size to justify that. So when we start…