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The business roller coaster

Have you ever wanted to give up running a business and look for a job? You’re not alone! George Zitko started his business in 2012 and remembers sitting in his back bedroom trying to save a few pounds on business supplies. He spoke to another business owner who said “Instead of putting your energy into […]

You can’t grow a business by yourself

Do you do everything in your business yourself – or just the important things? Today I got into a bit of an argument on Twitter (nothing new there). It started with someone moaning about having to get up at ridiculous hours to attend to their business and me responding by saying that as they own […]

How to be happy

Why is happiness so important? Are we born happy and then lose it? What has happiness to do with business success? I recently became aware of a number of business owners who work such long hours that they neglect all the things that make them happy, except their work. Because I believe that most of […]

What are you afraid of?

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D Roosevelt You don’t have to look far to find something to be afraid of – the internet is full of dire warnings and also, strangely enough, its also full of people who’d like to sell you the things that can protect you from […]

Have you broken your promises to yourself?

Everyone breaks promises to themselves Why? Because its too easy to make the promises when you know no-one is going to call you on them. Come on. Have you done what you said you’d do? If you work on your own, who is to know if nothing on your ‘to do’ list gets done? You […]