by Chris | 27 Feb 2020 | 1st F - Financial Security, Busyness Delusion, Pricing Strategy
The self-employed rollercoaster. It's very real, and we've all ridden it. When the chips are down – which is usually when we're lacking financial security – we often start to doubt ourselves. And it can be hard to keep focus of WHY we are doing this....
by Chris | 5 Feb 2020 | 1st F - Financial Security, Strategy
Have you ever considered that the way you think about your own services could be impacting the very services you offer? Do you ever stop to think about the difference between WHAT you do, and what you're ABLE to do? … and how maybe, that difference could change...
by Chris | 18 Sep 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security, Pricing Strategy
Have you ever bought something … anything … when there was a cheaper alternative available?Of course you have – we all have. And why? Probably all kinds of different reasons, depending on what is it that you're buying. But I'll wager that you always have at...
by Chris | 3 Sep 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security, Pricing Strategy, Strategy
Imagine if you went to a restaurant, and rather than receive a menu listing the different dishes on offer, you were told all about the chef … “Our head chef has been cooking professionally for over 20 years. He has trained with numerous well-known and highly regarded...
by Chris | 8 Aug 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security, 2nd F - Freedom
You say: "I want consistent income." "I wish I could charge higher rates?" "I want more freedom?" You tell yourself this would help. You know it'd be good for you. You want to. Maybe even need to. You know what to do. And yet you...
by Chris | 6 Aug 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security, Busyness Delusion, Pricing Strategy, Strategy
I was chatting with one of my son’s friends the other day. He was telling me about how he is currently working three jobs, as he is desperately trying to save to buy a car so as to fully enjoy his newly acquired, shiny driver’s licence. It’s not quite going as well as...
