When the going gets tough… you know how we’re supposed to finish that adage but how do you know when it’s time to take a break and take care of you? They say the only things in life you can guarantee are death and taxes. I’d like to add to…

If you want someone to listen to you being interviewed on a podcast for 20 minutes or more, don’t you think you should make it worthwhile for them? I remember going to a networking event and a guy kept looking over and smiling at me. He waved hello. I had…

The simple & organic marketing opportunity most business coaches miss Back in 2009, I left a 12-year career in the airline industry to become a coach, the life and business kind rather than the National Express kind. I had spent several years training myself up and was already working part-time…

Most of us have no idea how we sound to other people but probably spend more time worrying about that than doing anything about it. I still remember the first time I heard my own voice over the airwaves. It was the summer of 1991 and we were preparing for…

There are things we are often unable or unwilling to see about ourselves and they are the things that are most likely to bite us in the butt. Carved into the entrance of the temple of Apollo at Delphi was the immortal aphorism “Know Thyself”, although not in English, of…

Coaches wanna coach, speakers wanna speak and creators wanna create. Nothing wrong with that until… I make no secret of the fact that my first shot at running my own business was a disaster. …

The more time you spend thinking about things, the better they become. Right? Well, no and here’s why… People generally fall into one of two camps: dreamers or doers. I used to see this more in terms of observers and action takers. I was definitely in the former. Often lost…

Is your quest for authenticity stifling your success potential? Recently, I returned to my homeland of England for an event with business mentor Chris Ducker. One of the things I had been looking forward to was a presentation from the man who bought the Book Yourself Solid company from Michael…

It doesn’t matter how meticulous you are at planning, sometimes things go awry. I used to just give up when things got too challenging but now… There are 2 versions of my newsletter this week and whichever one gets published will depend on how things turned out, but only up…