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When was the last time every hair on your arms stood up? … full on goose bumps!? I recently interviewed Chris Spurvey for my podcast. A really lovely man who lives in the most eastern point in Canada and in fact is closer to Ireland than most fo the rest of Canada. He loves to […]

Recently we looked at FOBO: Fear of Better Options and the way FOBO is holding some of us back from making decisions – in business and personally. If you didn’t have the chance to read it click here A few people emailed me to let me know they tried out the 2 minute timer technique […]

I have a huge confession to make – there are some occasions when I am so indecisive that I almost get nothing done!  Decision paralysis! “No way!” I hear you say. “That cannot be true. Ingrid – not YOU!!” Admittedly it happens to me very rarely – thank goodness! I’m a great one for taking whatever […]

So many clients ask me about leases and the pros and cons of signing a commercial lease. Of course it applies to pretty much any cost/ expense in the business – what does it take to pay for it? There’s a lot of talk about “greedy landlords” and maybe it’s true. Rent certainly is a […]

Some days it is really tough to be in business. Can you believe we are already 4 weeks into the new year!? My goodness. January has gone by so quickly, hasn’t it? We have 11 months of 2019 to fill with growing our businesses. There will be challenges just as there have been in the past. Lately, […]

Welcome back for 2019. We’re back after being unplugged for a couple of weeks. The weather was so lovely in Sydney, we managed to get to the beach pretty much every day. I just had to try to get my beach shot with the wave wiping out 2018 and in fact had a lot of fun […]

Nick Cave is a cult legend and is currently touring Australia “In Conversation” – an evening combining conversation as he answers audience questions, interspersed with his playing piano and singing. His wisdom is timely. An early question: “I’m a writer and wonder where do you get your creative inspiration?” Nick Cave: “I sit down every […]

How are things going in your part of the world? We’re heading into summer here in Sydney as the rest of the northern word heads into winter, I’ve just had my birthday and that it’s not far to next year and the future looks bright for small businesses pretty much everywhere in the world. My […]

Recently we featured a podcast interview with Kayla Houlihan to coincide with the first birthday of Tribe skincare. Kayla has created a pretty fantastic business and recently posted her success to a FB group we are both part of. As you can see in this screen shot/image she made more than $91 000 in sales […]