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How to fix staff shortage
Are you short of staff? It's probably the #1 challenge for many small business owners right now. You can’t grow without having staff. You’ve got a lot of work on the books, and potentially a lot of profit to make. But if you’ve not got the staff, your sort...
When your business partner is your life partner
Not a walk in the park Running a business can put relationships under severe strain, especially when you’re in business with your life partner! I’m talking from experience here, having owned and operated a restaurant with my ex-wife and later a veterinary clinic with...
Ready to sell your business? Now? In this environment?
Can you sell your business and exit successfully in this uncertain economic climate? Yes you can! An example is Powertools and Servicing Tauranga. What did it take? Read this case study now and find out.
Top 15 questions business owners should ask themselves
As small business owners, we don’t ask ourselves enough questions that really make us think. What questions would make you squirm? These are the Top 15 questions that every business owner should ask themselves.
How to Beat the Covid Blues
If you feel like you have to dig deep to stay positive and stick to your routine in these challenging times, you’re not alone. How do we snap out of it and get our motivation back? It starts with taking good care of ourselves and keeping our focus on what we can control.
Business Owners’ Mindset Pitfalls
Being in business is empowering, challenging and exciting all in one. Achieving wealth, freedom and keeping your sanity at the same time is the trifecta of business success. But running a business will change you as a person and you’ll need to be ready for that.
7 Tips for Effective Time Management
The #1 issue that business owners struggle with is that there never seems to be enough time to get everything done. It’s frustrating when you feel like you never really cross things off your list. Here’s how you can manage your time instead of letting it manage you.
The Impact of Business Coaching
Our big point of difference is the coaching and support around the mindset piece. Be Bold is a significant part of why the clients I work with operate at a higher level, and grow faster and sustainably, personally and in the business. Kevin and Cherie from Weinbox Builders near Cambridge. are going for it.
Are You Being Bold in Your Business?
Everyone has a least some idea of what it would mean to go after stuff. To do things in the business. To do things in life. To give it more. To do things better. To live a life in alignment with your motivators. It requires stepping up and stepping out. Mandy Riggir from Olio Design in Cambridge did just that.
How to Stop Procrastinating
Do you find yourself wasting time instead of working on important, meaningful tasks that drive your business forward? Do you catch yourself doing trivial things when you really should be productive and working smart? That’s procrastination.
Mindset Is Where The Magic Happens
Martine says that for reasons she didn’t quite understand at first but now sees clearly, there were some behaviours that sabotaged her success. She now recognises the things that are holding her back, and she’s started to approach them differently.
Stopped Loving Your Business?
Have you stopped loving your business? The Covid-19 situation has created a significantly changing environment. What seemed reasonably predictable before, has now turned into massive uncertainty for many. This creates a lot of fear and anxiety and is consciously or...
11- ways to help you and your business get through Covid-19, and be stronger at the other end
Consider who is already involved in your business and if they have not already reached out to you, reach out to them. Consider, if you have not done so already, to apply for staff subsidy. This most likely can include yourself also. Put this money into a separate...
Which zone are you in?
"Once you are aware that you are moving towards the red you can change it quickly, but if you don't know or don't have the tools to choose you are always going to be in the red." A client of Douwe's recently said after completing some of our Be Bold Mindset...
Helping your boat go faster….
Before heading out onto the water, know the rules and check essential equipment.Sailing the ocean… such a great analogy for what it is like to be in business! Sometimes its smooth sailing, sometimes rough. Sometimes we feel like we’re not going anywhere fast. We need...
**Guest Blog** The Fuel Tax Increase
Fuel tax increase, can a business claim it back?? Well the answer is yes and no. Firstly excise tax is applied to petrol to help fund roading costs and repairs and it is charged at the pump. If the petrol driven vehicle is used on the road then normal business expense...
Ten reasons to join our Business Boot Camp
1. Make a plan! Sort stuff out and reduce the stress Have you got lots of ideas in your head? Not sure where to start, what needs to be done first and too many priorties, urgent stuff, operational things getting in the way, and, and, and…..Included in the crazy price,...
**Guest Blog** 10 Networking Tips
I have often been heard saying that for me networking is not about business card poker, the old how many cards can I collect, how many appointments can I get booked in, how many people can I talk to. No thanks, can smell it a mile off and I hate it!...
How comfortable is your comfort zone?
We’d just finished breakfast on Friday, Phil and I, and we were walking to the office, and there was this sign. I’m not even sure what zone we were in that was ending, but it got us talking about change and comfort zones.... Change has a way of making us feel...
Don’t say Good Morning on The Mount… A story about commitment.
I caught up with a Liz Fry recently who was camping at The Mount and had decided to climb it early one morning. She does a fair bit of travelling and enjoying her walks says hello to those she walks past! Liz reflected on the fact that she did not get many responses...
International Day of the Midwife – Who do you stand for?
Being in business can be fun. It can also be rewarding both financially and lifestyle wise. It can also be bloody frustrating. Especially when things just are not working as well as it should. I have meet soo many business owners who are stuck, frustrated and...
One Guaranteed way to get Ahead
“We were never that good at school. But one thing about us, as a family…. we are all good at making a decision. It might not always be the right one, but we make our mind up and go for it”. I caught up with a local farmer recently who I have known for some time. We...
Profits are Sanity, Sales are Vanity
I love going to networking events and watching business owners beat their chests about how much their sales have increased over the year. Don’t get me wrong, sales growth is vital in many businesses… BUT not at the price of good old-fashioned profit. It’s interesting...
Leaders with Personality
Great leaders understand other people and often are brilliant communicators. How come they seem to get along with everyone and get people eating out of their hand? What is it about them? Is it their personality? What is it? What is your reality? How is...
Mindset is Everything!
Be Bold is a break through mindset philosophy and method developed by Love Your Business. It is the foundation of all the coaching work we do with business owners and their teams. When applied it is GUARANTEED to create sustainable results in business and in life.
Most people complicate life (and business!), but in essence it's simple. Keep applying the Be Bold principles and tools, and you will see results, MASSIVE RESULTS!
