Have you ever worked in a cluttered environment and found yourself getting easily distracted, wasting time searching for information or just feeling overwhelmed? 

Well clutter has that affect.  A messy environment creates a messy mind. In fact The Wall Street Journal did a study some time ago and found the average ‘white collar’ worker spent 6 weeks a year looking for things around the office!   As an entrepreneur, you cannot afford to be so unproductive!  

Jenny who is a coaching client told me that since removing the clutter from her home based office she is calmer, more relaxed and can concentrate on getting much more done than ever before.

Are you one of those people who gets excited that it’s a new year…a new beginning?  This year is the year you will have more time with your family, get fit, get healthy, enjoy more holidays, make much more money and so on…

What will you do this year to turn your ‘wishes’ into a plan, with a clear focus, deadlines and actually make things happen?

It’s really easy to fall back into your past habits and get the same results.  If you haven’t already done so, you need to plan right now and seriously knuckle down and take consistent action.

What a great start to a brand new year.  I just had my 52nd birthday and landed on the cover of a nationwide Women’s Magazine…’Working Women’ which is published by Women’s Network Australia.

I’ve heard that life begins at 40, so what happens in your fifties?  Haven’t had any ‘modifications’ yet.  After seeing some people who have had a ‘nip’ or ‘tuck’, there’s no way I’d even consider it.  Make the most of what you’ve got before rushing off elsewhere for a solution…that’s my motto!

I’ve been out and about to a couple of different Christmas functions this week.

I won a raffle prize at the Women’s Network Australia lunch for afternoon tea at The Windsor Hotel!  If you’ve ever been there, you’ll know it’s no ordinary cup of coffee and piece of cake event.  You have to book 3 weeks in advance to attend.

It will be the ideal place to go with my daughter Tia when she comes back from London.

Can’t wait to see her.  It will be a year since we saw her in person.  Only 7 sleeps to go!

How often do you hear business owners complain that their clients are ’slow payers?’

Before working with me, one of my clients who has a pool building business, told me that they only asked for a 10% deposit at the start of the project and then invoiced the balance at the end of it.

The process of building a pool takes weeks! In the meantime her company would have to cover wages, equipment and all other costs throughout this time. What often happened at the end, the clients were slow to pay causing them even more financial stress.