Self-Care for Small Business Owners
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New Year’s resolutions for people who hate doing new year’s resolutions
Last week, I published a big article about New Year&rsquo… Read More
Goals, Reflections, Writing and Action
How to do New Year’s resolutions when you hate doing New Year’s resolutions.
It’s now a little while into the new year.
Mayb… Read More
The contradictions of growing your business
I’m confused about marketing strategies… How about you?
I’ve read and thought a lot about marketing strategies, planning… Read More
The contradictions of growing your business
I’m confused about marketing strategies and planning… How about you?
I’ve read and thought a lot about marketing strategie… Read More
Business acumen, what is it and how do you know you have it?
In the end it’s all about stupidity
Are business owners or entrepreneurs born or made? Or rather, what does it take to bec… Read More
The Basics of business: 10 Questions to ask yourself.
Business planning: Keep it Simple Stupid
There are 10 questions to ask yourself to help you create an effective business plan and build… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the fifth article in a month… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the fifth article in a month… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the fifth article in a month… Read More
Are you the bottle neck in your business?Which Business – Life coach is right for you?A friend of mine and former client, Geoff Anderson, rece… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the fourth article in a m… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the second article in a m… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business ownersThis is the second article in a m… Read More
The 7 Habits of Highly Chilled Small Business owners
This is the first article in a monthly series on small business owners I have met or worked with over the years who developed beautiful… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the seventh article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun: This article is a… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the sixth article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun: This article is abo… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the fourth article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun: This article is ab… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the third article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun: This article is abo… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the first article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun.
The articles are ba… Read More
The Ten Truths for Making Business Fun
And building a business that sustains you for years to come:
This is the first article in a monthly series on Making Business Fun.
The articles are ba… Read More
The Three Secrets to Building a Beautiful Business and Life
Have you ever felt overwhelmed, frustrated or stuck in your business? My guess is that most of us have, and, if you haven’t… Read More
This a guest post by Emma worden, see Emma’s details at the end of the article
The basics of taking control of the money in your business
It seems like more and more Aussies dec… Read More
Bang crash! Watch out! Duck! Hang on! Oh no! Here we go again!
My life as a business owner feels like a roller coaster ride, I’m hanging on for dear life half the time… How can… Read More
A great business-vehicle with a great driver and lots of fuel in the tank allows you to create more great work.
In the past 15 years as a Business-Life Coach I’ve worked with many arc… Read More
Growing your building business is not as hard as you might think.
Some of you will know that I used to have a building company. It’s been a while now, I founded the company in 1983 an… Read More
Why it matters what you pay yourself as the business owner.
Business owners often don’t pay themselves at all, but just draw money out of the business account when they need it. At th… Read More
Making money in your business isn’t rocket science, it’s all about the basics
Making more money in your business isn’t rocket science. If you spend less than you earn, you… Read More
Do these 5 things right every time and your business will never stop growing
I’m often asked by clients to help them grow their service business. I nearly always tell them that growth… Read More
15 Reasons to shop local
Guest post by The Art of Windows and Doors, link at the end of this article
Choosing to shop with your local businesses instead of the large chain stores has many b… Read More
This is a guest post about micro influence marketing by Philip Piletic, more about Phillip at the end of this article
Print marketing is not dead, it just smells funny
How old is content ma… Read More
The Rule of Everything
This is the tenth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The tenth Priority is about Managing the market… Read More
The two Rules of Seth
This is the ninth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The ninth Priority is about your Managing the qu… Read More
Satisfied customers and advocates… What’s the difference?
Guest post by Dana Severson, from Promoter.io and visme.co
Promoters , Passives and Detractors
Further Reading abo… Read More
Delegate, don’t abdicate
This is the eighth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The eighth Priority is about Managing… Read More
The Risks and Rewards of Partnering up
Guest Post by Victoria Cimaz, more details at the end of this article
Starting and running any business by yourself requires a lot of time and respons… Read More
Take control
This is the seventh post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The seventh Priority is about Managing the Money. … Read More
It takes a village
This is the sixth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The sixth Priority is about not doing it all on you… Read More
What’s the most important question to ask yourself every day?
This is the fifth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. Th… Read More
What’s the most important skill of a business owner?
This is the fourth post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The fourth… Read More
What is the only measurement that matters in business?
This is the third post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The third Prior… Read More
What’s the best use of your time?
This is the second post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The second Priority is about… Read More
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
This is the first post in the series of The Ten Priorities: Laying the Foundations for a Great Business and Life. The first… Read More
The Big Question of Small Business
Purpose and the accidental small business owner
I’m often asked what the secret of small business is. I was recently asked this question by a new in… Read More
No need to be confused, just follow these recommendations
We all get bombarded with the latest software and apps that supposedly will make our life easier.
There’s a new bookkeeping… Read More
How to make your business take off
This is the first is a series of 12 posts on this topics that will follow in weekly sequence from this introductory post, and it also relates to last week… Read More
This is a guest post by Liz Parsons more details at the end of this post
Don’t let unpaid invoices cripple your business
Having provided goods or a service to a customer, you’d… Read More
Let me introduce you to the Entrepreneur Type Scale:
I believe all business owners can be placed somewhere along a scale:
At one extreme of the scale are the Sales Entrepreneurs.
And at the… Read More
Forget all the sexy stuff… Focus on the three S-es first
I love walking into an office supply store and getting the sexiest looking pens or clips or gadgets for my business desk. I g… Read More
The day I realised my business skills didn’t match my builder’s skills
In 1984 I came to Australia full of enthusiasm and confidence that I was going to set the world on fire. A… Read More
Being paid for the value you provide is not easy
There is a famous story that tells of an old retired engineer who is called back to the factory where he used to work to fix a machine. Afte… Read More
How to build a great businesses that create not only money
McDonalds is the most effective business model to make lots of money from selling food in a restaurant setting.
I think we’d… Read More
How do you ‘leave work at work’ when you sleep with your business partner?
Creating work-life-balance is the holy grail for all of us small business owners, but for business par… Read More
The three things that get in the way of getting things done when you want to
This is the second article about time management and what to do when you find yourself procrastinating.
In the a… Read More
How to become a doctor of discipline and professor of punctuality
One Monday, my client Darren walked into my office for one of our weekly sessions in a particularly foul mood. To my inquir… Read More
Just because we can say Yes to a customer doesn’t always mean we should
We’re told the customer is always right and we should give the customer what she asks for and remember th… Read More
Worry less about growth and more about how you keep your customers happy all the time
I have a client who owns a car mechanics business in Sydney, let’s call him Garry the Grease Monk… Read More
One year on, and all I care about now is Being here, it seems
I’ve written in the past about the death of my mother, most recently here: https://www.newperspectives.com.au/death-life/… Read More
How to avoid the Spray-and-Pray approach to your marketing strategy
I had a interesting experience at a networking and business building event a few days ago. We met over breakfast and ther… Read More
Don’t talk to me about the storms and the reefs, just tell me we’ll be safe
I was working with a client recently, let’s call him Peter. Peter set a big Goal for himself as… Read More
There are no simple secrets in business, but this one comes close
I’m sometimes asked what the secret of building a great small business is. And that question always reminds me of the… Read More
Who knew being a grandparent could be such fun
Lady D called me the coolest poppie on the planet last Tuesday.
We’d spent the afternoon with our grandkids, better known as The Twins… Read More
Why throwing a Big Fat Tantrum feels like a great option right now
Life feels a bit like I’m wrestling in a mud bath right now. There are a bunch of challenges and big changes in fron… Read More
This is a guest post about micro influence marketing by Philip Piletic, more about Phillip at the end of this article
Why you (and I) may be more influential than the Kardashians
Hiring act… Read More
The Rules I’d have if I didn’t hate Rules
I’d love to hear about your Rules in the comments below
I hate Rules, as a Rule (!!), but if we must have Rules, I’d rather… Read More
Business lessons from Amanda, John and Sue
I love working with Amanda. I generally love working with all of my clients but Amanda is one of my favorites. The other two favies are John and S… Read More
You can never have enough money… Can you?
Most small business owners tell me that one of their biggest challenges is to get the money they believe they need to grow their business.
M… Read More
There is nothing else to add… Deep wisdom, empathy and understanding
The post The ultimate test for your coach appeared first on New Perspectives Read More
How to pick up the phone and make it work for you
Cold calling is definitely on the nose these days. Most business development gurus will tell you that in 2017 we shouldn’t practice t… Read More
Guest post by James Bright, details below.
How KPIs and Happy Meals fit together
Business Drivers or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are critical information to running successful busine… Read More
Emotional roller coasters as the facts of life in Sydney catch up with us
Lady D and I have lived in an amazing apartment in Sydney with sweeping views over the harbour for the past 7 years… Read More
The 5 lessons I’ve learnt from Outsourcing to Rajiv
(And Zaheer, and Phuong and Carlos)
Your best employees may not all eat bacon and eggs for breakfast
The Shipbreakers of India… Read More
Sometimes the old ways need a new broom
This is a guest post by Bruce Allison of Commscloud, more details at the end of this post.
A story about innovation turning stumbling blocks int… Read More
Promotional products never get old – but do you know how to get the most out of them?
This is a guest post by Philip Piletic, more about Phillip at the end of this article
Successful… Read More
Education is the first step if you’re competing against DIY
A timely reminder that my marketing strategy is wrong headed
In August last year everything suddenly came together for me… Read More
What I learned from the annual lust fest of the frogs in our estate
I’m attached to my anxieties, I hope you are too
Lady D and my good self have recently become Lord and Mistress of… Read More
From Pirates in the Bahamas to Danish women in Italian Piazzas
Planning is guessing in life as it is in business
One of my favourite Facebook memes is:
“Life is what happens when you… Read More
Who wants to be a doormat for slow payers?
Sending in the debt collectors
If you want to be respected in the morning, get on top of your collections
I have a very good friend who has a small… Read More
Guest Post by John Warrilow from Visme
Focus on these 10 things, if you want to sell your business Like A Boss
Owning your business is tough. You need to work hard and work smart constantl… Read More
How motorbikes and potholes make business Fun
Do this simple exercise with me to transform your business
Most small business owners are overwhelmed on a day to day basis. They’re drow… Read More
Sometimes even good people have to be sacked
How to be respectful, kind, caring, considerate, and tough as nails
The March 2017 theme of the business thoughts newsletter is about staff, how… Read More
We should all become fundamentalist believers at the Church of Gross Profit
Whatever else you buy in your business, don’t ever buy growth
Tracey launched her business about 4 years ag… Read More
Guest post by Senior Advisers Network
Get with the times… Snapchat can do wonders for your business
The how and the why of the instant on and off social media upstart
The latest … Read More
The three questions to ask yourself if you’re looking for a business coach
It always comes down to the coaching relationship
A famous university in Switzerland did a research project… Read More
What I learned from my mother in the last weeks of her life
Death interferes with our bucket lists
My mother died in July last year. I spent the last few weeks of her life with her every da… Read More
Millennials Don’t Respond to Traditional Marketing Methods
Guest post by Philip Piletic. more about Philip at the end of this article
5 tips for marketing your business to Millen… Read More
Mentoring is a two-way relationship, but you have to take control
Secrets of a great mentoring relationship
Many moons ago I started my working life as a cadet journalist. One of the senior… Read More
What to do and not to do with the profits in your business
Your business requires continuous investment
Profit is good. Profit is fun. Profit makes us smile.
Business coaches like me will t… Read More
Some choices are just impossible to make
When instincts trump Facebook memes
I’m in Holland, as I write this, living in the house I inherited from my mother in 2016.
2016 was a year o… Read More
Your only need one marketing plan: Raving Fans
Customers who love you will do your marketing for you
Your business needs a marketing strategy and a marketing plan to implement the strategy… Read More
What to do when it’s lonely at the top
The 4 things to consider before you team up with someone else
Business partnerships are a disaster.
If you’re considering partnering… Read More
Lessons from Master Networkers
How networking can work for you and be fun as well
I’ve written before about how networking doesn’t work… And I remain convinced that much… Read More
When other people’s priorities are not yours
The Work-of-the-business v the Work-of-the-business-owner
Small business owners often ask me if I can help them become more productive. Or… Read More
If you think you’re too old to become a business owner, think again
Small business doesn’t do “Ageism”
“Starting a small business is a young man’s game… Read More
Old fashioned marketing principles in the digital world
How to build your business with social media
I wrote an article titled “Talking to your neighbours in the days of Facebook&rdqu… Read More
Guest post by Geoff Anderson from Sonic Sight.
Why not ask yourself: What am I really capable of?
You are holding yourself back. Admit it. You already know it but try to ignore it. It&rsquo… Read More
New Year’s advice from your business coach
5 P’s for your Small Business
As your favourite small business coach, I am supposed to tell you how to start the new year off wit… Read More
Are you still relying on whiteboards, post-its and spreadsheets to run your business?
The Must-Have and the Nice-to-Have Apps for Business
Do you know:
How much profit you made on… Read More
Beautiful things can happen in the meeting space between two people
Powerful conversations lead to unexpected outcomes
I talk a lot… I get paid for it actually… Specifically… Read More
Prepare for the bad stuff in your business and back yourself to get through it.
Nervous Entrepreneurs and Bouncebackability
Famous entrepreneur Richard Branson wrote an international bestse… Read More
