Personality traits are funny things. For one, it’s almost impossible to be objective – especially about ourselves but even about other people’s personality traits. And for another, there’s a flipside to every negative or positive attribute. Not just an opposite, but an alternative way to describe them. This means you can turn any negative into a positive. […]
How do you make important business decisions?
Every now and again, any business that’s innovating and growing will be faced with making important business decisions …and it’s often extremely difficult to know how to approach this type of decision making. These are not the kinds of decisions that you can just “Google” the answers, and in fact, there aren’t necessarily any right or wrong answers […]
What Climbing Everest taught me about Business
Exactly 10 years ago today, after about 2 months of trekking, climbing, acclimatising and waiting, and years of training, I managed to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. In many ways it feels like it was another person as I now lead a much tamer life, but it was an experience I’ll never forget. There were […]
How to Stop Hating Your Business
Has your business become the bane of your existence? Something you dread? Something that weighs you down and seems like a hopeless cause? Do you find yourself hating your business – even though you can’t bare to admit it? Don’t worry, although rarely discussed, it’s a common scenario. Owning and running a business is hard […]
The Thinking Trap that Can Derail Your Goals
I recently saw a podcast post titled something like: “How Thinking Kills Willpower“, and I thought – well yes, I think it does. When I listened though it was actually discussing decision fatigue and how, after several hours of making countless decisions, we get worn down and we’re much less able to make good choices. Also great points […]
How a Mastermind Group can transform your business (and you)
One of the best things I did to develop my business and also grow as a person, was being part of a fantastic mastermind group. If you haven’t already tried it, I’d highly recommend you make this a priority. In my case, our mastermind group took the form of 4 women, each with various types of […]
Know Yourself – the secret lever to building a better business
When people ask me what I learned doing an MBA, my response is that one of the key things I gained was a better ability to look at a business through different lenses. What do I mean by that? Well, when sitting in a human resources class, the filter was people, whereas in a finance […]