THIS week, I’ve been inundated with enquiries from fearful business owners, all worried that continuing to actively make a living in the midst of the corona crisis will create bad feeling towards them. It’s a crazy situation. Ironically, most of those I’m seeing shrinking into the shadows, governed by judgement-related anxieties, are the people whose […]
PRESS RELEASE: NO EMBARGO. FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION. UNITED WE STAND: BUSINESSES MUST STICK TOGETHER TO AVOID PLUNGING DEEPER INTO CRISIS A Lincolnshire business consultant is calling on the community to pull together and avoid making knee-jerk service cuts, in a bid to give our economy best chance of surviving the coronavirus lockdown. Taz Thornton, an […]
THE UK has only been in lockdown for a matter of days and, already, we’re seeing businesses folding, professional people panicking and thousands of usually sane human beings bulk buying toilet rolls and pasta! It’s entirely understandable that people are afraid, anxious, and listening far too readily to Bob and Barbara on Facebook — we’ve never […]
HAVE you ever gone to pay your dues on a toll road, only to find out the driver in front already paid for you? What about coffee shops? Ever ordered a latte to discover it had been pre-paid by someone ahead of you? I’ve been the donor in both of these cases. I’ve also deliberately […]
IWANT to start with a question to you all: how do you feel when you see a rainbow? Those beautiful, big icons in the sky — they might remind us of happiness, of possibility. Some people say rainbows are a sign from God. Whatever our beliefs, when we see a rainbow, it IS a sign, […]
YOU’RE always all over my Facebook feed, you get thousands of views on LinkedIn and you have celeb pals on Twitter. It’s not fair. You have so much more time than me — AND a team!” That’s the kind of comment I’ve heard time and time again — largely from ‘solopreneurs’ or small business owners […]
In a world where consumers are pushing for less BS and more authenticity, why are so many coaches hiding their prices? The day of the ‘upsell’ phone call is dead and buried — it’s time to build more trust in your brand. Can you imagine going to the supermarket and not being able to see […]
I’VE just delivered my third TEDx talk. Next year, I’ve been asked to compere another one so, technically, that will make it four. Not only am I a seasoned TEDx speaker, but I’ve also coached TEDx teams, so you might say I have inside information when it comes to what goes into organising the events […]
I’VE been ill. Who am I kidding? I’m still ill! 🤢🤧🤒 We’re talking the whole Linda Blair look. Okay, my head might not be spinning all the way around and I don’t have the energy for the spider walk, but you get the picture. Aching limbs, temperature, ridiculous amounts of snot, voice that sounds like […]
IMAGINE one of those giant thermometers — you know, the ones they use for fundraising to give us all an indication of how close they are to their target amount. Got it? Awesome! Now imagine you have your own, personal thermometer gauge, and this one is purely for measuring your potential. This thermometer is huge […]
