by Jon Dale | Sep 13, 2021 | You
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...
by Jon Dale | Dec 15, 2020 | You
Christmas Madness Getting You Down? Learn How to Say ‘NO’ The whole message of this week’s post is in the title, really, isn’t it? Everybody’s busy in the run-up to Christmas. Every customer wants their job finished in time for Christmas, don’t they? Mr and Mrs...
by Jon Dale | Aug 10, 2020 | You
‘Loss masking’ with your own hours – don’t do it. Loss masking – what am I talking about? It is a real thing. Don’t try looking it up because I made the term up, but it’s a real thing, and lots of trades business owners and builders do...
by Jon Dale | Apr 20, 2020 | You
Emotions in a time of COVID-19 – How’s your emotional state right now? It’s not really like it was a few weeks ago, is it? If you’re anything like me, you probably are a bit up and down. Sometimes you’re a bit flat — we’ve all lost...
by Jon Dale | Nov 19, 2019 | You
Long-term goals and short-term goals for trade business. What’s the difference? Which ones do you need? Everybody talks about goals, don’t they? They’re important in business because they give you focus and direction. The reason that’s...
by Jon Dale | Jul 30, 2019 | You
Are you selling yourself short? (Hint: You might be). I’d like you to stop selling yourself short. In my job as a business coach for trades and builders, lots of people come to me lacking confidence in their business skills. When I wrote this yesterday, I...