The Small Business Companion Blog Space

Energy = Performance

Boost Your Performance at Work In 6 Easy Steps    

How successful you are at work is determined largely by your attitude and how you spend your time, you can do many things to boost and improve your performance.  Simple things that many people don’t even consider.  Here are 6 EASY ways to improve your performance at work that you may never have thought of.

Read more ...

Confidence Plays a Major Role in Not Only Your Daily Life - Your Business Also..........

I have read a lot of books on how to build a successful business.  I have read an extensive range of "How To" books for a range of different entrepreneurs.  Believe it or not, every single book I have read has at least one chapter about confidence   and how it is the key to success.

 Confidence plays a major role in everyone's lives, it is said that people with high levels of confidence expect and experience greater success.  How you think and feel about yourselves has an enormous impact on how you perform in your business as well.

If you find yourself asking, "Why is confidence the key to success for my business?"  Well, I like to say that confidence is defined to a few key points:

Read more ...

Festive Season

With Christmas and the school holidays fast approaching, many businesses around Australia will either be be flat out, or very quiet period with little sales. We look at how to manage your business’ seasonal fluctuations and how to manage your cash flow during these ups and downs.
 
WHAT ARE SEASONAL BUSINESSES ? 
Seasonal businesses are determined by a number of triggers, such as Christmas, school holidays, summer and winter, and the end of the financial year.  During these periods some business will be busy and some quite

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE BUSY ?

Christmas is a really busy time for most businesses.  Retail and tourism are booming, builders and painters are completing renovations in the lead up to Christmas, mechanics are getting cars ready for summer holidays.
To make the most of the festive season, it’s important to be prepared, so consider the following:

Read more ...

The Big Day Off - Are You Feeling the Pressure?

ARE YOU FEELING THE PRESSURE?

WE ARE SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN TRIALING OUR NEW ONLINE TRAINING AND COACHING  PROGRAM "REST-LIVE AND STAY FULLY CHARGED to be more Profitable in Your Business"                                                    Trials are FREE AND FOR A LIMITED TIME - please SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS.

Many Small Business owners feel trapped and unable to get out of the treadmill or complete what they need to get done.   This overwhelming feeling with back to back meetings, customer demands, staff conflict, endless emails all add to the constant pressure.


 This constant pressure then creates a circus or round about for procrastination, disarray, stress and flow on to family conflict.  There is also the depletion of energy focus and motivation.

Getting back on track to gain energy, rewards making progress, being creative and improving your productivity of yourself and your staff is all in your lap.
 
As an employee we have sick days, stress leave and annually allocated holidays, as business owners there is no allocated switch off button. 

The Big Day Off is encouraging all business owners to take a day off to relax, renew and revive to thrive.

Read more ...