Last month’s budget came and went. Did anything in it actually move the needle for your business? If you're a small business owner like me, probably...
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When Nobody Knows What to Do – Part 11
A Note for Wage Earners — You're in Business Too! This idea will be new to many people, so let me explain it plainly. If you earn a wage, you run a...
When Nobody Knows What to Do – Part 10
The Brydon Take — What Have You Got to Lose? "Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." — Bruce Lee If you're...
When Nobody Knows What to Do – Part 9
Don't Wait for the Government "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." — Albert Einstein “I'll say this...
When Nobody Knows What to Do – Part 8
Where to Put Your Resources During a Transition I'm not a financial adviser. I can't tell you where to invest your money. But I can share what the...
4: What Killed Businesses in Every Disruption
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." — Will Rogers The research identified consistent patterns in who...
Part 3: What Happened Last Time
(and the Time Before That, and the Time Before That) "It's not what you don't know that kills you, it's what you know for sure that ain't true." —...
Part 2: There Is No Going Back
I need to say this clearly because a lot of people — good, smart, hardworking people — are still operating on the assumption that things will "get...
Identity Addiction – Part 2 – The Hard Turn
You’re Not Failing Your Resolutions. You’re Addicted to Your Life. Let’s stop calling it a motivation problem. Most people don’t change because...
Addiction Identity – Part 1
Goal Setting has a fatal design flaw January 15 Is When New Year’s Resolutions Tell the Truth January 1 is hype. January 15 is feedback. 15th...
2015-2025… WTF just happened?
Ten Years On: What Changed for New Zealand Businesses (and What Didn’t) If you’d started a business in 2015, you were living in a different country....
Stop Problem Solving and Start Solution Creating Instead
THERE IS NO PROBLEM: WHY SOLUTIONS ARE A STATE OF BEING, NOT A REACTION "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of...
Your Better Business Pathway
How to Build a Business That’s Actually Built to Last Most small businesses don’t collapse because their idea was bad. They collapse because their...
The Bamboo Suit
THE PARABLE OF THE BAMBOO SUIT A simple truth hidden in plain sight: to get what you want, help others get what they need. Once, a king threw a...
Time to Wake the Hell Up
NZ Business Owners Need to Get Smarter in 2025 Right. Let’s cut through the fluff. It’s 2025. The world’s moving faster than a cat on a hot tin...
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