Yes it would be great if we all were where we wanted to be in our lives, profession, finances, etc. The truth is that most of us aren’t. Just because you aren’t doesn’t mean you can’t be. Take each new day, each new week, each new month and each new year as a fresh start…
NEXT ZERO
The reason is you.
Successful or unsuccessful; we all better take ownership of where our businesses and professional lives are at. Take ownership of the failures and take credit for the successes. It’s your choices or lack of them that have got you where you are.
Provide Great Service…
Everyone has been affected differently during the pandemic but safe to say most businesses out there (like ours) have not been able to provide their usual standard of service for a few months now because of varying reasons. Great service every time is the aim and the quest to get there continues for me and…
Why so busy?
Since I started the business several years ago, there have just been 2 short periods of time when I wasn’t busy. Period 1 when I started the business having resigned from my full time job and Period 2 was when I moved cities and was like starting the business from almost scratch again. Except those…
No one likes it but here we are…
Being mindful is the need of the times we are living in. Tension between stakeholders of businesses is at an all time high but we need to understand that none of us wanted to be in the position of having to put our businesses, lives and plans on a hold but we all may have…
ATO doing their bit to help businesses affected by COVID-19
The ATO have made options available to assist businesses impacted by COVID-19. These include: Deferring by up to four months the payment date of amounts due through the business activity statement (including PAYG instalments), income tax assessments, fringe benefits tax assessments and excise Allow businesses on a quarterly reporting cycle to opt into monthly GST…
You cant keep the markets down
It’s very easy to get into panic mode with your finances when you hear what is going on around you and the world generally but remember your long term goals and try not to get caught up in the daily headlines. The markets have always overcome whatever challenges that have been thrown at it.
How open is your business?
Everything about a job interview is hush hush in most small businesses. When candidates come in they are rushed away to a room and after the chat (Aka interview) they are rushed out of the door so no one knows anything more than they should. The only thing the candidate knows about the work and…
Misinformation in plenty
Was reading a finance article and came across a piece of article that claimed that a certain company is suffering X millions of dollar loss per month because of a certain virus. Massive number I thought, let me look around and see if this is true. Checked around and came across articles that said: X…
Putting your money where your home is
There is always need to support your local businesses but if a disaster strikes or the economy is not going well the need to buy local and support local small businesses multiplies. Outsourcing services to overseas providers, sourcing cheaper ingredients or importing products might save you a few dollars but at times as business leaders…