The Great Resignation – Should Tradies Be Worried?
Have you heard of the Great Resignation? It’s a phenomenon that’s mostly happening in America whereby, now that the pandemic and lockdowns are coming to an end (or at least working from home is coming to an end), everyone is going back to work and a whole bunch of...
How Not To Work Like A Hamster
You know the hamster on the wheel - running and running, and not going anywhere. He seems to like it though, doesn't he? And that part's important. I'll come back to it. I've been writing about procrastination lately and managing yourself better so you get more of...
Managing your motivation – how do you measure success?
Now motivation and procrastination are quite closely related, aren't they? I'm thinking about finding and maintaining the motivation to do the difficult jobs or the big jobs, the ones that will build you that lovely business you want. And I'm still obviously thinking...
Beating Procrastination – Why Are You Doing A Particular Job?
I spoke about procrastination last week and how to spot it when you're doing it. One thing that helps you procrastinate less is to be clear about why you need to do the difficult jobs you keep deferring. It’s easy to feel them as just shitty jobs and better if you...
Procrastination – What Is It and How To Procrastinate?
Most of us have an idea of what it means to us, but I’ve looked it up. It means the act of delaying something. More specifically, repeatedly delaying doing something that needs doing. When I talk to people and their work performance comes up, I often ask if...
How Tradies Should Deal With Pandemic Fatigue
We're here again. And have been for the past 2-4 months (depending on where you’re located). Just when we thought we were home and hosed. Just when we thought we were home free. More lockdowns. More restrictions. A more virulent strain. More uncertainty. Sign in....
How To Grow Your Business Garden
When you’ve been in control of every aspect of your business and you’ve been handling every little thing, you’re on the tools and working on as well as in your business, it can be hard to let go. Obviously you need to let go for your business to grow and scale. But...
Why do so many tradespeople grow their business then decide they’d rather be small?
A very common story you hear from trades people goes something like this “I tried going big once. It’s shit. Too stressful. I hated it. Gave it away”. Or “I went big once for a while but it's not worth it. Managing staff is impossible. It's impossible to get people to...
What “Speed” Is Your Business Doing?
GUEST ARTICLE FROM RISE LOCAL Our view on lead tracking is that it is a MUST if you want to progress a lead to the next stage of your sales funnel and close the deal. So if you don’t have a proper system in place to track your leads you should get one. That’s our...
How To Let Go Of Control So Your Business Can Grow
You’re so busy. Up early to do uninterrupted work. On the tools all day. Then at your quotes/paperwork again after the kids go to bed. It’s a grind. You know you want it to change. You don’t want to work so hard. BUT……. You don’t want to give it up. There’s something...
How To Get Clear About Your Business identity
When you’re in the transition period from being the tradie in charge of everything to growing your business, there are a lot of things you need to change about your mindset. It doesn’t serve you to see yourself as one of the boys anymore. You need to change your...
Are you a Tradie or a Boss?
It all started with an apprenticeship. Being told what to do, working to a deadline. There’s shit to do and you have to do it. As a Tradie it’s good to have the mindset of ‘put your head down and get on with it’. That’s how the job gets done. As a Boss you need a...