Gary has a business, employing 7 staff. When he contacted me he was at a point where the stress from his business was so bad, that he would constantly wake up 3 or 4 times a night worried about everything …his cash flow, staff, lack of clients and the affect all this was having on his personal well-being and family life.

He didn’t use a diary, had no way of planning and kept everything ‘in his The Productivity and Profit Homestudy System head’. Often his staff were idle because he hadn’t spent time training them. That ensured the work didn’t get done therefore causing Gary to lose clients.

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I’ve been coaching Greg for only a couple of months and in that time he has made big changes in his business and his life by actioning what he has learned.Now that he is planning his working day he’s found he has easily saved 2 hours a day.  That’s 10 hours in a basic working week or, in other words, he has gained an additional day a week!

With four of us in the family who are all into health and fitness, we used to attend this particular practice.

The actual environment is lovely; however there was always a high turnover of physiotherapists. It’s only a small practice yet it seemed that apart from the owner and one other physio who looked after us, the rest seemed to come and go fairly quickly.

I could easily see what the problem was…the owner. He lacked fundamental communication and business skills. Sure he knew his ’stuff’ about how to help someone heal their body but he sorely missed basic skills in leadership and managing his own staff.

I’ve mentioned this many times, but I am constantly amazed at how the simple things that I take for granted, to other people it’s a great revelation.

Do you feel that you’re snowed under with paperwork and clutter and cannot seem to get a grip on it?  Do you get confused by the vast array of gadgets available to help you manage your time?  Are you determined to use that palm pilot or Iphone because you can avoid having to write things down or you get excited that it syncs to your computer?

Over the Christmas break I enjoyed time out with my family, particularly my daughter Tia who has been in London for the past year.

We spent a couple of days doing the rounds of the post Christmas sales. She’s home at the moment and will no doubt leave us again soon. That’s one of the downsides of having grown-up children, they go where they want, when they want.  For some parents that’s a good thing, but for my husband Tama and myself, we prefer to have our children nearby (at least in the same city).