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30/10/2026

You say you want your team to take initiative.
You say you wish they would stop asking you for direction.
You say you want answers not questions.
You say you want them to treat the business like their own.

Yet all your systems and processes require you to sign off on everything.
You nit pick at tiny details that are only "you" problems.
Every idea they bring you had a "yes but..." answer.

The problem isn't them.
It's you.

It's a control issue.
It's a delegation issue.
It's an inability to let go issue.

And I see it again and again and again.

Sorry... you're not actually special 🤣

Most leaders and managers are like this. They careen between micro-management and apathy, and neither works.

Now, very few people like it when I hold the mirror up and sing "it's you, hi, you're the problem it's you" but those that can recognise that actually it is their leadership that needs the work... are the ones who will have the most success from working with me.

So if you're ready to stop fibbing to yourself, and get help on how to lead the most highly productive team you've ever seen... DM me leader and lets get to work.

28/10/2026

"I just need to get through this busy patch - once things have calmed down I'll feel more on top of it all"

I am guilty of saying this.

Hell, in the last 6 weeks I've attended 5 events, and next week I have 2 more.

I have also been saying "when things calm down then..."

But what I haven't been doing is allowing for that to be an excuse.

I've stuck to my gym routine, I've stuck to my nutrition, I've kept up with my sales outreach (mostly) and I've kept showing up for my clients.

Because "I'm so busy and overwhelmed" is absolutely a logical reason for why you can't do stuff right now.

But why did you let yourself get so busy that you became too overwhelmed to do what you needed to do?

Not all of it is out of your control ;)

You chose this.
Choose to make it work for you.

26/10/2026

AI can save us so much time.
Automations save you so much time.
Technology can save you so much time.

Time is the one commodity in the world that you can get back.

You can make more money.
You can buy more material items.

But once time is gone, it's gone.

So saving time is an obvious selling point for a lot of industries and for good reason.

BUT how are you spending the time you have saved?

Is it so that you can do even more, be even more productive, work even harder?

I genuinely believe we are at the precipice of a huge potential paradigm shift for humankind - I believe that technology is giving us an opportunity we ought to be taking with both hands.

Allowing technology to be the efficient, hustling, productive engine it was designed to be, so that humans can go back to being the creative dreamers we were designed to be.

Spending that time on uniquely human activities, on connection and on creation and with our loved ones.

Now obviously right now it is a pipedream - it relies on those that have allowing those that don't to also make the most of the opportunity, instead of using it to widen the gap.

But the opportunity IS there.

So... how will you spend all this time you could save?

21/10/2026

It's easy to know who you are when eyes are on you.

When you're in a role.

Leader.
Service Provider.
Parent.
Sibling.
Friend.

The role is defined, the expectations are set, and the behaviours come naturally.

But who are you when you're not being something for someone else?

Who are you when you're not being asked to provide a service, not helping out, not caregiving, not supporting, not matching?

Who are you when you are completely alone, and have hours all to yourself with zero external expectation on how you experience those hours?

Do you know what you would do?
Is it something you ever get to experience?

The problem with having your identity tied up in the roles that you play is, most roles will come to an end eventually - none are permanent.

And if there is nothing of you outside those roles when they finish, you're going to feel adrift.

This is something I see a lot in my clients who are retiring or exiting a business where they have been the leader for as long as they can remember.

Those who do not have an identity outside of "leader of my business" really struggle to let go, and really struggle with their new normal once they have.

Don't wait till you are close to a role ending to find who you are underneath all the roles you play.

19/10/2026

Performance punishment comes when you "reward" an employee or team member by giving them their colleagues work to do as well.

"You're just so good at this"
"You're such a team player"
"This will be great for your development"

Or, more likely, it will make them resentful and eventually leave.

There is a balance to be had between developing our best employees and helping them to achieve not only their potential but also their career ambitions, and requiring them to work harder because their colleague or the companies systems and processes are inefficient.

15/10/2026

Sometimes baby steps are necessary.

And sometimes you just have to take the leap.

13/10/2026

A plan that depends on uninterrupted time, full energy and nothing going wrong is... pretty pointless really.

Because when was the last time that actually happened for you?

Life didn't life, you got 7 of the best nights sleep of your life, you felt like you had all the time in the world, you were motivated to do everyone on your to do list and everyone responded to you within seconds so there were zero delays in your productivity?!

Sounds like a dream!

One of the most productive things I have done for myself, is planning for the worst case scenario.

Not because I am pessimistic and don't expect anything to ever work..

But because if the PLAN is based on me achieving the very least each day, then when I'm feeling great, everything over and above is a bonus, and when I am having a hard day, I don't feel guilty about it.

06/10/2026

It’s amazing how much stopping worrying what other people were thinking about me has changed my life.

Whether they like what I’m wearing.
Whether they’re judging the weight I’ve gained.
Whether they think my dancing is cringe.
Whether they think I’m too loud.
Whether they think my jokes are lame.

These things used to govern my thoughts and my actions.

Thank goodness your 30s appear to be the antidote to it!

02/10/2026

I’ve been to 3 events where Haydn | Inclusive Branding Photographer had his booth set up and they ALWAYS have a queue.

So when I saw him briefly unattended at Peakefest you bet I marched right over.

And 🤯🤯

I knew he was good, because the event photography at SpicyCon in difficult lighting was incredible…

But bloody hell!

Next time we’re at an event together I’m queuing!

30/09/2026

Each quarter I take a look at my numbers.

I have a spreadsheet that tracks my monthly income... by calendar year, by tax year and by business year! I also track by quarter, and I track by offer type.

Which means I can see, each year, which have been my best sellers, which have taken a back seat and which months have been bigger & smaller.

It helps me to project forwards, to look for opportunities, and to map my launches by actual financial trends in my own business.

I know that Q4 is always my biggest quarter, because year on year (since 2020 though I only started tracking categories in 2022) it always has been - October and November specifically because December I take a lot of time off.

It shows me that in 2023 and 2024 I was selling a lot of courses, and that has tailed off in 2025 and 2026 - a missed opportunity or a change in how my work is consumed?

It shows me I fell back in love with my consultancy work in 2025.

Money can be a difficult topic to look at, there is so much shame and awkwardness that society has pulled into the conversation unnecessarily.

But it IS important to know your numbers in business.

How well do you know yours?

NB: 2026 has another 3 months so this may change, this graph shows percentages of total income.

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