Are you one of those people who bounce out of bed at 6.00a.m. and race to the gym for a workout and by the time you leave for work, you’ve showered, had breakfast and organised everyone else in your household.  You arrive at work and you’re on fire!

Or do you wake up at the last possible second and drag your weary body out of bed, walk around like a zombie and gradually get yourself organised? You need your morning coffee to snap you out of your sleepy state and finally drag yourself into work.

One of my clients used to run his own successful accounting practice from home. With pre-school children and trying to grow his business, he and his wife used to get very frustrated with the fact that they could never remove themselves from the workplace. They felt their business totally overwhelmed them and caused many challenges which affected their personal relationships.

We were able to identify exactly where their time was being spent and found that there were simple ways they could do more in their growing business and still have a life. Three years later with the growth of their practice they have had to move their business to new premises.

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Do you know how it feels when you’re running so fast in your business, that you can’t keep up? That no matter what you seem to do, you just can’t get the most important tasks done? Every time you go to work on your business some disaster or distraction grabs your attention and your time?  The importance of planning your time to focus on what’s really important cannot be expressed enough.

Dennis and his business partner Graham own a health retreat. They never seemed to have any time to market their business because they were ‘too busy’ dealing with the unexpected every day.  They wanted to spend time on ‘marketing’ but never got around to it.

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Did you know that 60-90% of all doctor visits are for stress-related illnesses?

Stress is costly in terms of your health, relationships and performance. When you’re affected by too much stress your body wears down and you get sick. Highly disorganized people seem to be more susceptible to sickness as they are always under extreme pressure, running from one disaster to another.

What many business owners fail to realize is one of the major reasons they are not getting ahead is they are disorganised! They constantly repeat the same  mistakes and do not address the fundamental issues that are the cause of their problems.

Why is it in life that when something is working, you stop doing it? Jack has a well-established electronics business which he started 10 years ago. Over this time the business has grown and he now has a team of 7 people.

When Jack initially contacted me, he was at a point he felt like walking away from his business. He was working in the business at least 10 hours a day and it was consuming his life. There was no time left for him to do anything else (or so he thought).