When I started my business I agreed to coach a friend of mine for free. I had known him previously from a course I had done on self development and, because I had quite a lot of spare time on my hands, I agreed to help him. He wanted to compensate me in some way so he invited […]
I regularly read about or hear people say “follow your gut!- stick with your intuition”. I know that this is a difficult thing to do – for us average people I mean. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe in intuition – I have had too many amazing experiences not to. But funnily enough it is only in retrospect that I […]
In my business I have the privilege of coaching quite a number of young Chartered Accountants. Part of my program is to get my clients to see their own unique strengths. I then coach them on how to take these strengths confidently into the work place and use them to their advantage. You might find this interesting as I […]
Once again bear in mind that entrepreneurship is a process not an event. You don’t just arrive – you evolve. Also please note that this series on entrepreneurship deals specifically with the start-up phase. I would be surprised if the best entrepreneurs experienced this phase any differently. I would suspect that only the time that they spent in this […]
Being in the coaching space I meet and interview a number of CA’s every week. Accordingly I am looking at CV’s all the time. The quality of CV’s that cross my desk leave a lot to be desired. If you knew how important this document actually is you might seriously get it professionally written. The thing is that the […]
Getting free advice from a professional might seem like a good idea. I mean, you know the guy works for a top legal firm and you bump him at the gym. Why pay those exorbitant fees when a quick discussion between sets could do the trick? But be cautious – down the line it could be a […]
I come from the Sixties era. As a teenager it was a great time to be alive (and as a parent, a nightmare!). The picture shown above is a scene from the movie Easy Rider. The movie was released in 1968 and starred Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper. The story was about some hippy-types who sold a parcel […]
The greatest epiphany that I ever had in my life was discovering the true meaning of responsibility. I remember my mother always telling us kids about irresponsibility – especially if we left the door unlocked or forgot to switch off the heater. Of course we always got into trouble and the word ‘responsibility’meant anguish, pain and failure. My […]
Virtually every book on goal setting includes a chapter on visualization – visualize your goals and they will magically come true. I’ve always considered this poppycock! Without focused hard work, nothing happens – sitting in an armchair and manifesting outcomes just does not gel with me. My left-brain-thinking mind just rebels! Or so I thought . . . . Recently I did […]
If you don’t know it already, here it is – entrepreneurship is not for sissies. To be sure, it’s is a pot-holed ridden journey where the road splits into a number of different routes most of which come to an abrupt end. And more often than not, it’s a slippery highway to bankruptcy and disappointment! It is certainly not a rose-scented highway to […]