Category: adapting
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I’m at a stage where my ‘business’ tends to run itself. Even though I don’t reflect too much on this landmark, it makes me happy. It’s a destination I’d always hoped I’d arrive at some point. Life in business is rarely plain sailing … There was a point not so long ago when I though…
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Sue and I sat down at the kitchen table to sample the latest cake. Wonderful! I felt I must be getting on in years if I’m feeling excited about yet another appointment with cake? Yet, that’s me, I’m in my happy place! Anyway, I was about to sink my teeth into a rather generous slice…
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(an excerpt from a forthcoming book of the same name by Kevin John Ragnarsson Wilson Lee Clarke) PART 2 I sat in my cell at my small wooden table, beside me was my solicitor, opposite me was the investigating detective beside my ‘jailer’new friend) PC Lonigan. Just tell us your story Michael, start from the…
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One of the great things I’ve learned whilst working for myself, and I’ve learned a lot of really great stuff … is that I wasn’t really going to be happy until I accepted the idea that I couldn’t be all things to all people … It wasn’t until I embraced my own fallibility that I began…
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Hello Bill, are you OK for our catch-up next week? Can we leave the catch up until after August, Charlie? Most of us have had to make adjustments this time of the year. For me, August always seems like the world and his P.A. are on, or planning a holiday. Everyone but me …( just…
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Maria Popova and Hermann Hesse ponder how to be more alive. Read that full story here: https://mailchi.mp/themarginalian/change-wonder?e=73733b688f
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I’m not going to tell you how to run your business. I’m going to try and help you realise your goals and make business more enjoyable. Here are four questions to ask yourself that may help you: Do I have direction? Who (or what) is your audience … Is the business visible (bizable?) Am I…
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A friend had been having trouble negotiating a demanding work-life balance. A passion for the side-hustle seemed to be getting in the way of prioritisation. Cathy was so busy with the day job when she realised she was unhappy. What she wanted most was a business that reflected her passion. … You’re in the wrong…
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As business owners we understand that tough times can beset the best intentions. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’re trying to stick to the plan, the strategy is in place and suddenly … it all goes pear-shaped. Why? It may be because of market conditions, budget cuts, a rise in operating costs, mortgage rates,…
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May Sarton on the Art of Living Alone “There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone,” the young May Sarton (May 3, 1912–July 16, 1995) wrote in her stunning ode to solitude — the solitude she came to know, over the course of her long and prolific life, as the seedbed of creativity. Living alone can be deeply…
