Life changed during the pandemic. We didn’t know at the start, how it would blow up our lives, take our loved ones and keep us wondering if we’d even survive it. It’s been a hard route back to normal, whatever ‘normal’ is now. As we head back after the holiday period and toward FY23, many […]
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Last week my ego nearly did. I planned to do the climbing part of the 3 peaks challenge and drive the support vehicle for the other climbers between each one. My son Joseph was joining me. Was I doing it to impress him? Not consciously, but my ego definitely was. 20 minutes into the first […]
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I’ve never made a secret about leaving school at 16, formal education just didn’t do it for my teenage self. I wanted rugby, I wanted fishing, I wanted real life. The week after leaving school I got a job on a trawler, making tea boy, gutting fish, scrubbing fish boxes and generally cleaning the boat. […]
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Dover. The day of our Channel swim. The clouds are heavy and there’s a residual swell still rolling in. We climb into the support boat, declare our swim order and gently steam towards our start point and I pull up my hood against the wind. I feel lightheaded after only four hours sleep and can’t […]
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Winston Churchill summed it up perfectly when he said: ‘Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.’ This is even more pertinent when applied to leadership. Leading by example is by far the most successful way to motivate people and inspire them to give their best effort. Leaders are not […]
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When I was asked to be on Sam Thomas’ Podcast: ‘Everyone has a story to tell’, I thought I’d just chat about the Atlantic Row and throw in a few business anecdotes. Since I came back, I’ve been easing back into my business life and I’ve been interested in the parallels between training for the […]
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It’s exactly a month since we made landfall in Antigua after rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. I’ve starting to get back to some form of work schedule, but what else have I learned and noticed since my return ? Work is only ever going to be ‘part of my life’ and not ‘all […]
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No doubt like me you’re seeing the term ‘Playbook’ appearing in more and more posts ranging from those helping your business to those helping your personal finances. With so much leading sales content originating in the US, I’ve been a regular consumer of such language for quite some time now. So much so that it […]
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You know that expression ‘Lonely at the top’? Well it especially applies to running a company. A Founder/Director is likely to sacrifice a significant amount of time, sleep and often their social life, to make sure their business stays on track. The job can be tough and challenging, especially when they’re also the primary revenue […]
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