Why “New Year, new me” rarely works and what does instead. A gentle, realistic approach to sustainable change for creative business owners.

It's never about the time - the hesitations to us starting the tasks we need to do come from other, deeper places.

Modal thinking is a nifty label (that I might have just invented?) to apply to the thoughts that occur most in our minds.

Cover reveal for "How to Embrace the Four Fears® of Business Ownership" - publishing February 2025

"Act, auction... avoid" will give clarity on what you should be doing in your business. But what about the bravery to then actually do it?

A little taste of freedom and fun will make a massive difference to the energy you subsequently bring back to your desk, after 'playtime'.

As your "lawyer for the emotional defence", I will prove, beyond reasonable doubt, how capable and brave you are / have been / can be.

What if you DID have enough time to do all the things you should be doing... what might still be getting in the way?

Almost a third of small business owners believe that not having enough time is preventing them from moving their business forward.

This is the origin story behind the principle of the Four Fears® - based on four brave & brilliant personality types.

Every time you take action in your business you create impact and you expend energy. Carrying on from my previous blog - my second question on this topic is this: How can you increase your impact without expelling more energy? Indeed, is there a way to have greater impact by using less energy? Looking beyond simple processes, productivity and time management, what if you developed and practised a better technique that allowed your business, your team, your resources to creat

Every time you take action in your business you create impact and you expend energy. My question today: are the actions you take and the impact you create the most appropriate and valuable to your business? If you think of your business as a song - a piece of music you are composing in order to share with the world and invite your audience to “add it to their playlist”, put it on repeat or even dance to it… Every element of your business is a potential instrument, chord, rif