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Most businesses donโ€™t fail because of the market.

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Most businesses donโ€™t fail because of the
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They fail because leadership doesnโ€™t evolve.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU donโ€™t get the team YOU want โ€”

YOU get the team YOUR leadership creates.

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HOW DID JIM MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY, AND HAVE MORE TIME FOR HIMSELF DURING THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS?
HOW DID JIM MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY, AND HAVE MORE TIME FOR HIMSELF DURING THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS?
Jim owned a medium sized retail shop right in the centre of the CBD.ย  The shop was light and airy with floor to ceiling windows.ย  The furniture in it was... Read more...
That's what ๐.๐‘.๐€.๐ˆ.๐. is for.
That's what ๐.๐‘.๐€.๐ˆ.๐. is for.
๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž. Read more...
๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: ๐€๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ, ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž
๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: ๐€๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ, ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž
Leadership isnโ€™t only tested in crisis. Itโ€™s refined in inconvenience.๐€๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ, ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐žThe Danube cruise was cancelled. We adapted.The light bar was impractical. We upgraded.The snake disrupted the business session.... Read more...
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ...
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ...
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.ย  ย ย  https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ItUM2MDMdyIaqbPbBsTS7R1Zh_ahGFk/view?usp=sharing Read more...
What does a detention in Iran have to do with your ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ?
What does a detention in Iran have to do with your ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ?
๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ in that stretch that I have never been able to unlearn โ€” and every one of them applies directly to running a business under pressure.Iโ€™m sharing... Read more...
๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก
๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก
๐ˆ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ.๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐. ๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐. ๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. Read more...
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ%.
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ%.
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ%.Hours up. Something doesnโ€™t add up โ€” and itโ€™s not your effort.Most owners respond to a squeeze by ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„. Read more...
๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ
๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ
๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐š๐: ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌRomania surprised us. It wasnโ€™t just the mountains, the roads, or the history carved into its valleys. It was the people... Read more...
๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ 
๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ 
๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ .ยท Longer hours.ยท More effort.ยท Fewer results.And still that quiet voice at the end of the day asking, โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ?โ€ Read more...
๐๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ
๐๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ
๐๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌRoad signs are easy to ignore.They sit quietly at the edge of the asphalt โ€” static, ordinary, sometimes ridiculous. Yet miss one at the wrong... Read more...
Connecting with a story of resilience, faith, and finding a way through
Connecting with a story of resilience, faith, and finding a way through
Janelle and I recently had the privilege of speaking to the combined Clubs of Probus about our overland journey home and our detention in Iran. Read more...
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง
๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐งTurning left required flexibility. Handling refusal required composure. Walking six kilometres in wet shoes required humility.๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง... Read more...

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Business Pain

The real problem in your business isn't what you think.

If you don't fix the real issue now, it won't wait. The biggest problems tomorrow are created by what you avoid today. Avoided conversations. Unclear roles. Weak systems.

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Persistence beats intensity.

Success is not just how hard you try โ€” it's how long you stay committed. Small disciplined actions, repeated over time, create extraordinary outcomes.

Does Your Business Income Look Like a Rollercoaster?

Fluctuating revenue is rarely random โ€” it's structural.

Motivation is not a strategy. Stable income comes from systems, KPIs, and cashflow control. Revenue stability is engineered โ€” not hoped for.

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Think of the hardest decision on your desk right now

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