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...
by Chris | 6 Jun 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security, Busyness Delusion, Strategy
In business, everyone has their own meaning for “success”. I wonder what it means for YOU? I guess it will include some financial element – we all need to make a profit, and a business without enough financial control won’t be around for very long. YOUR definition of...
by Chris | 29 May 2019 | 1st F - Financial Security
Did you hear about the Hawksmoor wine mix-up last week? One of the waiters at the restaurant’s Manchester branch served customers a £4,500 bottle of wine … by MISTAKE! Apparently the customers had ordered a £250 bottle of wine, so they would have been expecting...
