Are you ready to – finally Figure out your Business Financials? The number 1 reason I started my business was to teach business owners about Financial Literacy and numeracy – the Business Financials! Over the years I have created many different products and courses and worked with a wide variety of clients. Everything keeps coming […]
READ MOREHave you ever thought about going into space?
How are you going in your part of this strange covid-19 world? We’ve certainly seen a new level of uncertainty here in Australia in recent days. If you are feeling a bit “worn down by it all”, it’s so perfectly normal and here’s why: Back in April I ran a Masterclass where I explained the […]
READ MOREPreparing for the Unexpected
The unexpected – are you prepared? These boots belong to Carl Oberg who is a volunteer firefighter and shows the soles of his boots melted from the heat. Each and every one of us is so enormously grateful to the dedication of our career and volunteer fire fighters and to everyone working to save lives; human […]
READ MORE‘If I knew this, I wouldn’t always be broke’ – Financial management is VERY important
“Is it really that simple?“ asked Caroline We were working through her financials and figuring out just how much her business was really making and calculating how much money she needed to make in order to pay her expenses and pay herself. “If I knew this, I wouldn’t feel so broke all the time” Every day when I […]
READ MOREHow can you Be Brave when you are exhausted?
Running a business takes courage, resilience, persistence and much more. Running a business requires us to be brave. A recent article on this blog attracted a lot of comments: “Why can’t people be honest about how much help they have?” If you missed it click here Felicity wrote: “Ingrid, thanks so much for this. I’m exhausted and […]
READ MOREWhy can’t they be truthful about how much help it takes?
Last Thursday I had a coaching session with a woman I have known for many years. Kate* is super smart and is returning to running her business after a few years living overseas and starting her family – she has 2 young children. Kate said: “I’m really struggling with trying to do everything. How do people do it?” […]
READ MOREThe importance of resilience and ‘grit’
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 […]
READ MOREDecisions decisions! Do you suffer decision paralysis?
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 […]
READ MOREHow many cup cakes does it take to pay the rent?
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 […]
READ MOREBe brave and even if you’re not, pretend to be!
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, […]
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