I regularly find myself working with busy, stressed clients and who struggle to find optimal balance between the different elements of their life. Regularly, I find myself reminding them that, if their battery is flat, they cannot power anyone else’s life. They can’t provide the support their kids or their partner or their boss or […]
Stop what you’re doing. Step away from the desk. Open the door. Go outside. Breathe. Simple. So why aren’t you doing it? OK, you might be waiting for a client meeting. Or the dentist. Or facilitating that all-day off-site meeting. But assuming you’re sitting at your desk at home making your business run, with no […]
Sometimes, I doubt myself. My confidence drains away and the fear gets a grip. The downward spiral begins. Recently, this doubt has been about my “portfolio career”. I like having a mix of things that I do to earn a living (or that keep me occupied – not all of them pay). But sometimes, especially […]
I had a “proper job” for 20 years. By which I mean I was employed full time on a salary by an organisation. During yet another organisational restructure and cost-saving programme, I decided it was time to leave. Not just because I’d been through the cycle too many times and had lost faith in its […]
