Reputation is such a funny beast. I've had approximately 3 million meetings this week, and we've signed up what feels like the same in new business. It's been a full on week and I'm super grateful that everything is flowing in - but holy dooley, is cashflow a major freaking pain right now. Between the Christmas break and the time/money spent on our rebrand, money has been tight and to be brutally honest, no matter what people tell me or how much work we sign - not having that cash buffer built yet makes me feel like a failure.
Have you ever had one of those days where you thought to yourself that you need a change? I’m certain that we all have and at the age of 45, I never thought that I’d find a career – instead of just a job – after being in the workforce for over 25 years, but I did.
By doing so, you can create a well-balanced lifestyle and be present with your decision making observing how powerful this can be when you are simply being yourself instead of judging yourself.
To help refocus my mindset on how to manage my time, structure my days and get things done - I reached out to a few people I greatly respect in the Mackay business community to see what they were doing, and find some new methods that I could try out and make my own.
From Karlee Hoog-Antink, Elders Financial Planning Mackay It’s no secret that workforce opportunities for women have increased over the last 50 years. However, women continue to face challenges which limit their income producing abilities.
From Karlee Hoog-Antink, Elders Financial Planning Mackay Forging a successful career, raising well-adjusted children, travelling the world, retiring comfortably – can women really afford to do it all?
From Fallon Drewett, The Just Saying Project When it comes to the lessons of Mother Nature, they aren’t always of the nurturing and cuddling kind. Instead they can be brutal, soul-baring and full of impact.
From Annabel Dolphin, Miles Dolphin Consulting Group I have three real examples of how we can all benefit – socially, economically and politically – if we look at achieving gender parity as a way to achieve prosperity for all.
From Rowena Hardy, Minds Aligned When life gets tough, we often feel as though we want to change everything in our life but have no idea where to start, what to do or how to do it and that leads to overwhelm and inaction.
From Fallon Drewett, The Just Saying Project As a creative, you sometimes believe it is your job to constantly have light bulb moments of artistic difference.
From Kirsty Mawer In times when businesses are struggling, your constructive feedback could be the help a company needs to turn things around and take a different course of action.
From Jason Chetcuti Dressing smart and looking great for work can often be a challenge, particularly when you live in the tropics. There are a few easy steps in order to get your corporate wardrobe looking sharp.
From Katrina Ryan, Next Accounting Using cloud technology, accounting software packages can help your business achieve a very high level of efficiency in data entry and recording of transactions, particularly with the automatic bank feeds.
From Nick Bennett, Minds Aligned The brain is lazy. It has a basic rule – move away from pain or threat and move toward reward and pleasure. Rewiring the brain, reframing our thoughts is tiring.
From Fallon Drewett, The Just Saying Project Having heart in my job is what makes me feel like a success. But on the flip side, I have to put this question out there; can we be too big hearted when it comes to our business and what we offer?
From Kirsty Mawer Let’s talk about phone manners and introductions. Are your employees (or even yourself) letting your business down by overlooking the basic introduction?
From Rowena Hardy, Minds Aligned I see it as everyone having their own unique ‘tolerance band’ for stress and, provided we stay within that ‘band’ and not constantly at the upper limit of our tolerance, we cope with life ok.
