by Jon Dale | May 9, 2016 | You
Life in small business is tough and many of us that started our own businesses thought that it had to be better than working for somebody else. How many of you still believe it? One of my favourite sayings is ‘If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you’....
by Jon Dale | Mar 21, 2016 | You
Sorry to bring you down with this, but this article in the Sydney Morning Herald shocked me and made me want to ask you to look out for each other. Read the full article here! It’s two men a week. Some of them are business owners like you or me whose business is...
by Jon Dale | Dec 22, 2015 | You
Written by: Michelle Hanisch Now is the time to start thinking about what you want for next year. We all have goals we’d like to achieve – take my business national, earn that extra $500k, make myself completely dispensable. Most often what we’re chasing when we chase...
by Jon Dale | Dec 15, 2015 | You
Written by: Jon Dale | @smallfishcoach I keep talking to owners of trades business who think that there’s loads of stuff they are crap at. Some of them have a fairly low opinion of themselves. I’m a good builder but I’m not all that good at the business stuff. It...
by Jon Dale | Nov 9, 2015 | You
Written by: Mariejan Bigby There are some things in business we can’t control, and some things that we can. Here’s to controlling what we can! It is said that planning for 10 mins will save 10 hours of work. I whole-heartedly agree with this! If you...
by Jon Dale | Oct 29, 2015 | You
Written by: Mariejan Bigby It is hard to take a step back sometimes and take an objective look at your business but that is what we are asking you to do today. You need to look at your day – what happens in the business? Are you constantly reacting to what happens or...