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You are the Most Important Asset in Your Business – Be Kind to Yourself

This is number 1 in my ‘A decade of small business learning’ for a reason. I didn’t recognise it and I certainly wasn’t nice to myself, the consequence of which was quite serious.  For the first time ever, I had a genuine overwhelming experience of something you could call depression or burn-out or chronic fatigue. I’m not […]

3.5 Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE You Follow that Shiny New Object!

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No 8 in my decade of solo business learning is – You need FOCUS to work for yourself. There’s lots of bright shiny objects to distract you, all cunningly disguised as being a busy business owner!  When I wrote this, I was reflecting on distraction, and how easy it is to go down a rabbit hole when you work […]

What’s the Worst that can Happen?

We are only born with two instinctive fears: loud noises and falling. Every other fear is learned externally; by witnessing someone else’s fear or from our own life experiences.    That said, I’m not sure a day goes by when fear does not enter my thinking in some form or other, and it’s not usually […]