As we approach the end summer, I’ve found I’ve wound down just a little too much, and need a big kick up the backside to get going and really accomplish something in the last quarter of this year. So this week I set up two weekly personal coaching meetings on Mondays and Fridays to declare…
I was once at a personal development seminar in London, and I was describing afterwards the extraordinary woman who led the event for four days. ‘She was amazing’ I said to a friend. ‘Well dressed, articulate, speaking clearly and powerfully, not stepping over anything until it was complete.’ My friend replied, ‘Well, just hold up…
A cliche, but we just can’t help looking to see what others appear to be accomplishing, personally or in business. It’s obviously a good idea to keep an eye on what other people or businesses are doing for inspiration and what’s working, or not. But if you’ve done the work to identify what’s most important…
Sometimes things just fall into place. The right person, opportunity, or circumstance appears, and you don’t need to burn any brain cell calories to think about what to do. Synchronicity? Fate? Or coincidence? I believe this happens when you’ve already ‘done the work’. A plan of action is ready, on paper, or in your head.…
In Newquay again, testing the practice of creating a Life by Design. I ‘retire’ for a month every year to recharge, sharpen the product and plan what’s next. Inspired by the Tim Ferriss book The Four Hour Work Week, I bring forward short temporary retirements, and loving what I do, there is no need to…
We can feel like a busy fool sometimes. Running around taking lots of actions that aren’t necessarily having the most impact to make progress. And sometimes we have inspirational ideas that just stay as ideas because of a lack of deliberate and appropriate action. The two combined are powerful. A sense of purpose, or a…
When you take time to plan the end in mind, the end usually turns out better than if you just get going and see how it goes. It’s the same for landscaping a garden or running a business. Pal from Bloomin’ Gardens and Landscapes admits that he pretty much winged the rocky first two years of his property landscaping…
In the middle of a project, game, venture, or adventure it sometimes get tough. Two things are important then; 1. Context – the bigger picture. Coming back to why I’m doing this, and the vision of completion. 2. Accountability – the structure, or ritual, that keeps me taking action, whatever my thoughts, feelings or emotions.
When faced with a daunting task it is easy to procrastinate. A finance application. Recruiting or releasing an employee. A marketing initiative. The first thing I do is give it a name; ‘The ………. Adventure’. Reframing something as an adventure means I don’t fail or succeed – I’m simply starting something, with no way of…
As I approach completing 10 years in business, with those lovely people at Frankman Design we’ve created a simple template to pay forward over 100 great concepts in business life planning on a weekly basis. Watch this space, and I’ll begin sharing every week the products I’ve accumulated on the shelves over 10 years, and…