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Busy times can be the enemy.....

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  I have had some interesting conversations with various franchisees over the last few weeks.   And, in all honesty, not necessarily good ones!! Here is an email to read and reflect on…………….   We all need reminders, including me… WATCH THE VIDEO HERE OR READ THE BLOG     You will appreciate that running your own business is a tough gig and we all want to find the magic something, the one thing, that will make it all good.   Success is about a constant turn of the engine to keep moving forward even if there are a few bumps in the road.   The reality is there is rarely a magic one thing that will help makes things easy. (I really wish I had a magic wand 😊 ).   Doing the necessary things can become repetitive or even boring, or we can become lazy or reach a place of “comfort” and stop doing things because we don’t think they are important.. Making your life easy is by doing the things that aren’t always easy. As I once heard – “do ...

Positive bias….. worth a 2 minute watch

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I am not going to apologise for sending this and I know you may be someone that thinks this is all nonsense. However, I know from personal experience, and from working within our fantastic community, that our brain can be our worst enemy....     Maybe yours is to? I see the impact of “negativity bias” play out every day with people looking for reasons why things are going well or to plan. They search out reasons to validate their negative thoughts… many of which are just things that fit the narrative rather than the truth. This is a natural fight or flight reaction of the brain, so this idea of “positive bias” could be hugely powerful to you and help push you and your business forward?   Check it out – it is only a couple of minutes.   https://www.facebook.com/share/v/173bNvPZdh/?mibextid=wwXIfr   Since I took on running my own business, I have opened my mind to listening and learning (almost on a daily basis).  Much of what I have learned ...