Mindfulness in the Workplace

The brain is an interesting thing. I attended an Australian Institute of Management (AIM) webinar on how the brain works – neuroscience. Of particular interest to me was how it reacts to certain things perceived as threats. Obviously each of us has different triggers...

What Role Does Family Play In Business?

If you are a small business in terms of the number of people engaged within it – i.e just you or you and a business partner, how do you manage to get everything done with a limited resource pool? Do you call on the support from a spouse or other family member or do...

Business Tips From Your Mum

Remember all those annoying sayings your mother dished out when you were a kid? Well I am going to dish them out to you again with a business twist (of course!). “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” Just because your competitors are...

5 Tips Of Productivity

If you are achieving nothing stop working! Get outside, head to a café, take a nap – do something to clear your mind. Sitting at your desk berating yourself for not achieving is a complete waste of (nap) time.  Be realistic about the amount of time tasks take to...

Persistence Pays In Building Up Customers

Jon has been asked to sit on a panel of experts by the Sydney Morning Herald My Small Business section (the bit that goes on the website). He has been asked to respond to his first question and here it is: Persistence Pays In Building Up Customers We thought it would...