Waze is a brilliant and free (we like free!) satnav app for Apple and Android.
 
Imagine millions of drivers out on the roads, working together towards a common goal: to outsmart traffic and give everyone the best route to work and back, every day. You just hit a button to notify everyone around you about any traffic problems. This means you get alerted before you approach police, accidents, road hazards or traffic jams, all shared by other drivers in real-time. It's like a personal heads-up from a few million of your friends on the road.

It re-routes you if there is a better route and, to be honest, I find it more accurate than any of the paid ones. I even used it to drive in Thailand and managed not to get lost! (It even showed us the missing bits of road that you often find on Thai roads!) 

Keeping you safe and on time! :-)

Jo x

P.S. As always, if you need help, either pop along to one of our online Mastermind sessions or contact me for a 1-2-1.​

Having a clear vision of where you are heading and clarifying the values that will take you there can be very empowering.

I recently helped a client develop their vision for the next five years. We mapped out their Big Picture Strategy with milestones along the way, and clarified their values – what was most important to them. They are now very clear on what they are looking to achieve. 
 
The difference this has made to the business owner has been amazing. He is more confident and excited about his future and totally re-energised about his business.

Have you ever got really excited about a business idea and completed a huge amount of work on it only to find that nobody wants to buy it? I have seen this happen time and time again. And I can be the worst culprit!

​I've seen so many people spend a lot of time and money developing programmes, courses or services without doing their homework first.​

Are you slowing down long enough to really smell the roses? Or the freshly roasted coffee? Or your child when she’s just out of a bubble bath? Or to notice the beautiful sunset or the colour of the leaves on the trees? Do you really notice them? Feel them? Experience them with all your senses?
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Often being a small business owner means we live in a crazy muddled world where we juggle kids, pets, parents’ evenings, vet trips, the gym, our partners, families, housework, shopping and cooking, all while trying to run a professional business!

Many business owners and sole traders are really worried that they will lose clients if they increase their prices. If this sounds like you, hopefully, the following will help: 
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• If your present profit margin is 25% and you increased your prices by 10%, you could lose 29% of your sales, and still be making the same amount of profit!

So what are lead and lag measures? 

• Your lag measure is the end result. The goal.
• Your lead measures are the things you need to do every day to reach that goal.

So, for example:

Your goal is to find five new clients – this is your lag measure. Your end result.
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Your lead measures are the daily habits and activities that will lead to your end result.

• Post on FB 3 times a day.
• Deliver 100 flyers a week.
• Call 20 business owners a week.