IT might sound dramatic, but stress really can be a killer. It’s not the stress itself, of course, but the impact it can have on your body. At the extreme end of the scale, stress has been linked with everything from heart disease to suicidal impulses, so we really do need to take it seriously. […]
WAY back in March, when the media reports first started to trickle out about the global pandemic, sweeping the world with Death’s borrowed cloak and scythe, I was one of the first to lock down. I finished a running training programme, on the evening of March 18, and didn’t leave my house again until I […]
THIS past week, I’ve heard some crazy limiting beliefs from people in business. Maybe it’s the current climate kicking people in their confidence, maybe it’s stress, anxiety, exhaustion, burnout or just sheer overwhelm with all the negative / confusing messages coming from the media and Government. Whatever it is, as business owners, we need to […]
HAVE you ever read one of those posts online that has thousands of passionate punters vying for supremacy in the comments? There’s Diligent Dave sharing links to what he insists are the facts of the matter, Conspiracy Kam calling ‘fake news’, Right-wing Ray calling everyone a snowflake and Leftie Linda reminding us all to just […]
ONE of the biggest mistakes I see people making in service businesses today is assuming their popularity is greater than it actually is. People look at the numbers on their social channels and hugely overestimate the loyalty of people who clicked ‘like’ or ‘follow’ on a whim. I see it most with coaches, therapists and […]
ASK me what I’ve learned during lockdown and I’ll start waffling on about how much my introversion has come to the fore and how much I’ve enjoyed the total lack of pressure to leave my house. I’ve learned that I’d quite happily stay locked down forever more. And that I’d quite like a house with […]
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 […]
