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#71: Blow your own trumpet

#71: Blow your own trumpet

“It goes against the grain to blow your own trumpet over and over again but no one else is going to do it for me!!“ An old school friend wrote this to me and it resonated with me. The definition of blowing your own trumpet is to talk about yourself or your...
67 – Where do you get clarity and your best ideas?

67 – Where do you get clarity and your best ideas?

I’m lying on a mattress next to my son’s bed in the middle of the night. It can be 1am, 2am, 5am, whenever he’s woken up and called out for me. That’s when I get clarity and some of my best ideas. I’m trying to get him back to sleep whilst lying there thinking. As my...
#61: How often have you wanted to quit?

#61: How often have you wanted to quit?

In my old company,… more than 100 times and I’m not exaggerating. It’s almost a rite of passage being an entrepreneur. Many of you have seen the rollercoaster picture of the ups and downs of an entrepreneur (1). It’s so true, when you are high, nothing can touch you...
#59: “I don’t have time”

#59: “I don’t have time”

Do you find yourself saying “I don’t have time”? I certainly have. We all have the same hours in the day, so how do some people manage to get forward with the work they want to do and others don’t? Instead of saying “I don’t have enough time”, it would be better to...
#57: Why a coach needs a coach

#57: Why a coach needs a coach

“Do you have a coach or a therapist?” I sometimes get this question and the answer is a big YES, I work with a lot of different people to work through different challenges and areas I would like to develop. Some people find it strange that a coach would need a coach...