I love a game of chess, and my new favourite is backgammon. I was a late learner, but I love it and I love the strategy of the game. I'm not brilliant, but I do really enjoy it. I love that I can't overthink it and have to move and play. Usually I’m a serial...
Strategies to Stop Overthinking and Start Goal-Setting SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 I’m a serial over thinker. I can’t count the times I’ve found myself awake at 2am stressing over something that I can’t even help! But after a lifetime of struggling with over-thinker-itis, what...
It’s that time of the year… 2 days to go until we close the door on 2018 and open up to the excitement and endless possibilities of 2019.
Clearly like everyone else, I’ve taken some time out to review 2018 and set some time aside to clearly consider the coming year. I did all the business planning weeks ago, but I wanted to set some time aside for me to consider my personal direction for 2019.
It’s that period between the hype of Christmas and New Year. Typically busy in my household as it’s my husband’s birthday on the 27th, so when you’re starting to think about stopping with all the excesses we have another celebration. So I manage to carve out some reflection time to evaluate what worked and what did not! In 2018 I had some great wins and some EPIC failures.
So as we approach the end of the year, it’s been really powerful to take some time to reflect and take the learning – always the learning.
From the outside it’s easy to project this glossy image of what being a successful business owner is like, the travel, the laptop lifestyle, the great reviews and brilliant client successes. But it’s important to me that to be transparent. As it not all lap top lifestyle and sunny postings.
It’s that time of the year – It’s planner season…. DECEMBER 12, 2018I was yearning for the FEA Carrie Green planner last year - I had total FOMO! It seemed expensive, I left it too late and then missed out. She sold out - brilliant marketing, beautiful planner. So...
You may or may not now know that Linda- The Master Fixer- has taken on two (lovely) interns in recent months. Here at MF HQ, this month is all about scaling up your business as efficiently and effectively as possible and Linda thought this might be a good opportunity for Lalaine and I (Rosie) to come together to write a blog about how we think successful businesses become just that- a successful business.
“The worst thing you have ever written is better than the best thing you have never written.”
Summer holidays can be the prime time for business owners like ourselves to lose our mojo. The kids are running free and you have little time on your hands to focus on yourself, here’s a few tips and tricks to get that mojo back.
We all know that setting goals can be hard and keeping them can be even harder especially when these goals have to potential to make or break your business. If you follow these simple top tips you’ll be on your way to achieving your wildest business dreams!
There are a huge number of inspirational business women out there. Those that have battled the testing times, running business whilst being a mother or wife and those flowing with entrepreneurial mastery. As someone who has worked in the corporate world, managing teams of people as a single Mum, I have a real level of respect for those that do it all. It really isn’t easy, but certainly teaches you some valuable life lessons.
You’ve heard it, I know you have – the old age and classically overused quote “Fail to plan, you plan to fail.”But really it is relevant now? Isn’t it more about a dynamic cocktail of planning and execution. There is little point having an awesome plan, beautifully nurtured, colour coded, project managed if there is no execution.
You may have seen my blog at the start of the month about the importance of planning. It highlighted the benefits of strategic planning in business and how thorough planning can help your business thrive. After all, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. However it must be mentioned that just because you have a plan in place, it doesn’t mean you’ll definitely be striding for success
This month my theme is the importance of focusing some of your time and energy on PLANNING. The importance of it, how to master it and how it can really help you thrive.
They say everyone who attends the Oscars is a potential winner, but by the end of the evening there are a handful of winners and a room of losers. Now that is tough! So how so you keep going, honing your craft and persisting after such epic failure played out in front of literally millions of fans watching on TV and surrounded by your famous peer group. How does anyone get over that?
Well, having a goal, a vision and winning strategy are critical steps. But most important a dogged determination and to build personal resilience, and finally be persistence. Pleasantly persistent and consistent. To take action, every single day – no matter what.
I love January. A month full of anticipation, goal setting and excitement for the 12 months ahead. Many take it as a time to reflect on the previous year and critically analyse what worked well and what didn’t. For me, it’s an opportunity to forward plan the epic-ness that will be the coming year. And here’s how to do it…
As we welcome in another new year, there’s never been a better time to kickstart your career and shape the year you want. With Blue Monday just around the corner and the ever increasing failure of New Years Resolutions there’s even more of a reason to ensure yours are deemed a success 12 months from now. The best way to do so? Turn them into actionable and accountable goals with these 7 simple steps.
It took me 30 years of semi coaching peers, colleagues, friends to realise that it was my “thing,” the work that didn’t feel like work. A mass of experience, several recessions later, a ton of business qualifications and whole lot of fun, enter stage left the “thing” I was always meant to do. A calling, no that sounds too “woo woo.” The business that felt real to me, the work that I was always meant to do. That really did have dramatic impact and helped transform people’s lives as it transformed their business.
I talk about business goals all the time. I talk about income goals all the time. I talk about life goals a lot!
I jumped on a call this lunchtime and heard a coach I find super inspiring talk about a different set of goals and it got me thinking. He talked about 4 new ones I hadn’t even considered.
Business owners are busy people. That’s no secret. Instead of making excuses they make a plan. They set goals. They monitor their productivity, results and actions to ensure time and resources aren’t being wasted and that the end result is what was aimed for. Having an accountable list in which to work from not only gives you targets to aim for, but allows you to monitor your progress.
Love what you do. Do what you love. OCTOBER 2, 2017It has long been suggested and studied, with the great Chinese leader Confucius making the best quote of all; “choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” The inspirational Steve Jobs has even...
Your life and your experiences help you become a better person, a better business person, a better friend, parent and partner. My experiences have helped me become a much better business coach.
Think Big. Get Results You Need in 5 Simple Steps AUGUST 24, 2017 Lots of business owners I know and work with desire a bigger business, bigger results, more time to themselves and more sleep! I could write pages of suggestions, great recommendations and top...
So, if your business year hasn’t turned out the way you had planned. This is a great time. The best bit is you get to press the STOP button, the R E F R E S H button and treat September like a brand new start.
The buck stops with you! Only you can make it happen – so lets look at how we can create more value in your business.
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Are you frustrated with the pace of change in your business? Do you need to take action but its just not working fast enough for you? Any of this sound familiar?? OK, got 2 minutes? Read more …
Intention + Action = Results MARCH 12, 2017 Commit yourself to be #allin to what you want, see it, feel it, know that it will be and watch what happens. It does not magically happen but your change of mindset impacts your actions, your actions become more...
Setting goals will not change your business JANUARY 25, 2017 Setting goals will not change your business. Creating plans will not grow your business The only way to reach your goals is to take ACTION and DELIVER on your plans. BUT that's hard to do on your own....
Dream big and dream true JANUARY 21, 2017 I cannot take credit for this. I received a fabulous email wishing me a happy new year from the fabulous team at Hullo Creative, a collaborative design studio - bringing together illustrators, animators and designers to...
7 ways to start a GREAT day APRIL 21, 2014 Love them or hate them, mornings are inevitable. Some burst out of their slumber with renewed vigour, some crawl from their foetal position and take an eternity to get going. Some need mood enhancers ie coffee or...
8 steps closer to achieving your dream! APRIL 9, 2014 “Vision is the spectacular that inspires us to carry out the mundane.” Chris Widener Can achievement be broken down into simple steps? It isn’t always that simple and easy, but those who achieve great things...
4 pillars of leadership MARCH 18, 2014 Its really simple - honestly! I was once told that the difference between management and leadership is simple. Managers do things right and leaders do the right thing. It struck a chord with me, left an imprint and I think...
7 Tips to get you off the sofa and out of your comfort zone! JUNE 17, 2013 Where is your happy place? The place where you feel most comfortable? Sofa, your bed, your garden, the beach, we all have one. Your comfort zone is actually not THAT comfortable. It...