Giving Back

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Giving Back

Chances are that somewhere in your list of reasons for starting your own business there was something about helping others, whether they be members of your local community or a certain cause that you’re interested in. But have you ever noticed that if you’re a business owner, you’re automatically assumed to be wealthy? You’re bombarded…

Taking Collective Action

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Taking Collective Action

As business owners we’re often very ‘self reliant’ and ‘self made people’. But in any industry, individual businesses do best when they understand that they’re part of a wider ecosystem and need to stay connected, just like a branch and its leaves will die unless they’re connected to the tree. Yes, this does mean speaking…

Health, Diet and Exercise

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Health, Diet and Exercise

You are not a machine! Your state of health directly affects how well you perform in your business. Physical, mental and spiritual health are areas that I’ve paid a lot of time and attention to in my own life. So I’m motivated to share all the hard-won experience that I’ve learned, especially with fellow business…

Big Rocks First

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Big Rocks First

Following on from our last video, we ask how well do you manage your time? No matter how wealthy or successful we become, we cannot buy any more hours in the day. We all have exactly the same 24 hours per day, seven days per week and 52 weeks per year. So why is it…

Urgency vs Importance

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Urgency vs Importance

Do you find yourself wanting to do more things than you have time to do? Do your days seem to race by with half the things on your ‘to do’ list still not done by the end of the day? If your answer is Yes, then welcome to the club! Just about anyone with any…

Work Life Balance

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Work Life Balance

Surveys show that self-employed business owners on average work longer hours than typical wage earners. You don’t have to scratch too far beneath the surface with many business people before you’ll hear a comment like, ‘I know I should be spending more time with my family’ or ‘I wish I could spend more time with…

Taking Personal Responsibility

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Taking Personal Responsibility

The world of business can be brutal. There’s no safety net. It’s survival of the fittest. If you have a tendency to sugar coat the facts or worse still, avoid them entirely, then there’s a strong chance that they will come back to bite you. You need to take personal responsibility for your actions and…

Continuous Learning

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Continuous Learning

The more you learn, the more you earn! Back in the olden days, you went to school, in many cases finishing at the end of the 10th grade, then got a job, that was often expected to last you until you retired. How rapidly the world has changed! Most people now don’t just have multiple…

Goal Setting

Business Coaching Video: Personal Growth - Goal Setting

Life is short and it’s precious. I’ve seen so many people passively drift along through life. Like they’re riding on a log that’s floating down a stream, being buffeted by the rocks, dunked by the rapids, getting stagnant in a backwater. But if you set goals then your log turns into a kayak. You’re still…

Introduction to the Personal Growth Series

Business Coaching Video: Introduction to the Personal Growth Series

You’ve probably heard yourself that lottery winners often go broke. Why? The answers relate to their self worth, self perception, not listening to wise advice or having people in their circle who can give such advice. That’s why I’ve made Personal Growth the first of the 12 series that I’ve planned that will cover almost…