Why small business owners could possibly need self-development?
Self-development is such an important aspect of any small business owner’s life. Actually, it should be one of the most important things in anyone’s lives. But, what is self-development? Self-development is the process by which a person takes steps to better themselves […]
How a mentor can help a small business owner
Think of any top professional in any field. Let’s say, for example, Serena Williams. Do you think she knows how to play tennis? Without a doubt! Then why does she need a coach to travel around the world with her? The answer is of course that she wants to be the very best […]
Planning avoids stressing
Have you ever heard the famous 7Ps: “Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance”? or the saying by Benjamin Franklin which goes: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”? Of course, you have. There are just so many quotes from various successful people all highlighting the importance of planning […]
Save yourself the stress, outsource
All small business owners have been in a position, at least once in their lives, whereby they need a particular task to be done but they do not have anyone on their team at this stage with the necessary skill set to do it for them. Well thanks to the internet […]
Save yourself the stress, automate
Gone are the days of manual processes and paper trails. It is now a digital world, and everything is conducted digitally. This has raised the standards of business. How so? Well… not only are business processes these days expected to be conducted quickly […]
Time management helps stress management
Albert Einstein said “Time is an illusion” Yet time feels very real when you’ve got so many things on your plate and you’re struggling to get them all done at once. Especially as a small business owner these days. We all suffer from the stress […]
Save yourself the stress, just delegate
How is your current workload working for you? Does it make you feel overloaded and overwhelmed? Because if you do then let me save you from any more stress and introduce you to the art of delegation. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, delegation is defined as “the act of giving someone authority or responsibility” […]
Don’t let fear stop you, take action!
In this era, all the advice and/or information you as a small business owner could possibly need is available right at your fingertips. Literally. All you need is a simple Google search or a call to someone who knows more about the situation than you do […]
Dealing with stress
We all need a certain amount of stress in our lives to drive us along. Stress lays in the middle of a spectrum. Whereby eustress (the good stress) is on the positive end of the spectrum and distress (the bad stress) is on the negative end of the spectrum […]
Stress in small businesses
Small business owners at this time experience more stress than ever before. I don’t think I’ve ever known a time when there was so much pressure on us as small business owners in terms of time and competition. We have the internet to thank for that […]