How to stop drowning in overwhelm in 2019
Finish this sentence for me: “When I’m not feeling stressed out and overwhelmed I have more time for …” Was your answer some variation of the following? My family Hobbies/creativity …
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7 ways to change the game for your business 2019
How long have you been in business for? One year? Three? Ten? No matter how long you’ve been at your particular business game, it’s important to spend a little time …
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How I won my battle with entrepreneurial stress in 2018
As I’ve reflected on previously in my book, 20 Simple Shortcuts to Small Business Success, running a business never really gets easy, and it’s pretty much always stressful. As fast …
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We ungrew our business and it was the best thing ever
Back at the start of it all, (October 2006), Swish Design was just me – Kelly. Let’s call that iteration of the business Swish 1.0. I’d set myself up in …
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10 things business owners can do to get better sleep
Sleep. It’s the first thing that gets sacrificed when life gets busy. And there’s no busier life than that of the average business owner. We’re never on top of our …
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8 great nutrition tips for a maximum energy work day
We can’t change the number of hours we have in a day. But we can change the energy we bring to those hours. That’s why I do my best to …
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Are there really shortcuts to business success?
Business success. For many people today, those two words tend to conjure up an image of someone lying in a hammock on a tropical island, cocktail in hand, with their …
That feeling when … you pay your last ever office rent bill
Swish Design has always had an office. Right from the very beginning 11 years ago when the business was just ‘me’, I sub-let a little 3m x 3m room in …
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5 steps to taking a real holiday this Christmas
When you’re a business owner (who’s not in retail or a restaurateur), it’s tempting to use the quiet weeks over Christmas and New Year to ‘catch up’ or ‘get ahead’ …
Are you working hard now and planning to live later?
Three years ago, Anthony and I attended a conference. It was a 5-day ‘live at a resort’ affair and when we arrived we were both so burnt out we could …
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8 ways to medicate stress without alcohol
So, it’s been a stressful day. All you can think of is the glass of wine or beer you’re going to have when you get home. It’s the least you …
5 things to do before Christmas to set your business up for 2018
So, we’re into the final quarter of the year and there are nine weeks till Christmas. Traditionally, this is a crazy time of year. Our personal obligations increase markedly at …
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One big lie all business owners believe about their poor mental health
Many years ago, I found myself in a very bad place mentally. I’d been running and building Swish Design for four or so years and was stressed out of my …
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7 times ‘more’ isn’t better in business
Don’t like watching videos? Here’s the transcript! Okay, so today, I want to kick off with a quick story. I was out running earlier this week, and I was doing …
VIDEO: 3 ways to reduce business burnout
In this video I talk about burnout in business. It was sparked by a response I gave when somebody asked recently how they could help their partner manage their burnout. …
Is your point of difference killing your business?
Back when I first started Swish Design a major point of difference was my responsiveness to people. Clients loved how fast I got back to them; morning or night, weekend …
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The one thing every business owner should outsource, but doesn’t
When it comes to outsourcing stuff in our business, the equation is simple: If we charge $100/hr for our time, and can pay someone else $40/hr to do something we …
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5 ways your brain is secretly sabotaging your business
Imagine if, every time you needed to make a decision, big or small, you had to stop, evaluate and come at the decision from all directions. If you’re thinking, ‘Gee, …
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The NEAT solution to any business challenge
Nam Baldwin is a mindset expert who specialises in helping people achieve success under extreme pressure. This makes him a natural fit for elite athletes and, unsurprisingly, he’s worked with …
5 things lucky people have in common (hard work isn’t one)
‘The harder I work, the luckier I get.’ We’ve all heard this, and probably subscribe to it too. But, if it were true, every person we know would be lucky …
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9 business building things to spend money on before the end of financial year
So, it’s June, tax time is just around the corner, and you’re in the enviable position of having made too much money and you’re looking for something to spend it …
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Courage, failure and what you can achieve when you re-think fear
In 2012, I wrote a series of posts on my personal blog detailing how being a typically Type A, serial over-achiever and dedicated people-pleaser led me to such a hopeless place, …
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5 psychology hacks to make your price seem like a total steal
Regardless of whether it’s a service or product you’re selling, pricing is always a vexing topic. Even when we’ve done all the hard work of: Communicating how that product or …
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3 no-brainer ways to spend $199 on your small business this year
As a rule, small business owners and solopreneurs don’t have a heap of cash to splash around when it comes to making their business better. And, even if they did, …
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