My final excuse for this series is a lie from the pit of hell!!! Excuse no.6 “I cannot afford it” or “I don’t have the money”. I’ve used this excuse many times, but what I was saying was “I am not ready to start small”. Everything can be done on a smaller scale, and I...

Excuse no.5  Hmm, what can I say about my relationship with this excuse? This one has certainly cost me. I’m humble enough to say I have used this a couple of times as an excuse not to do something I really wanted to do, and so this excuse elicits some feelings of regret. But thankfully...

Excuse No.4 is the one that threatens everything I try to do. It showed up when I wanted to get married, start having babies, start @xclamations, and it raised its ugly head big time when I wanted to write my book. This excuse will convince you that you are not lazy, you don’t procrastinate, you...

Excuse No.3 is the worst of all my excuses. I almost always think “I am not good enough” before stepping up. We give this excuse fancy names like imposter syndrome or inferiority complex because we know this one runs deep. Personally, I have accepted that this feeling of inadequacy will never go away and so...

Excuse No.2 is the one I have used the longest… the one I share with the busy bees amongst us, the one that never gets old. This excuse sounds noble… even makes me feel important. You say it with an attitude… shoulders raised… “I don’t have the time” “I am too busy” “So much on...

So, I am writing a book. It’s possible you know that already. I am so excited about this, it’s almost all I talk and think about. My book is about two passions of my life… the first one you know already – Business but the other may come to you as a surprise – Fitness....

Happy new month Am I the only one thankful to see the end of January?   I am glad for the gift of a new month and all the possibilities it holds. But word from the grapevine is that business is a tad slow…. they say that customers are not buying as much because they...

A good friend of mine once admitted that she felt guilty for not buying from me. I felt bad that it burdened her like that, especially when I didn’t consider her an ideal customer. She was a superb friend and I never once doubted her loyalty, but somehow society had fed her the lie that...

You really can’t avoid customers getting upset with you. No matter how customer-focused your brand is or how wonderful your products are. You will have situations where your customers are upset. One reason customers get disappointed with you is that you over-promise. Over-promising is something that we all do sometimes, even without knowing in the...

“So you want to give up ?”.  After a 15 minute long conversation this was my conclusion. “I don’t think I have a choice if it’s not working”  was her candid response. When you have invested 9 years of your life in a passion that despite all your efforts remained unprofitable you are justified to...

At some point in your entrepreneurial journey, you realize that what you know is no longer enough. The experience and knowledge you have cannot take you past where you are or take you where you want to go. At this point, you have to take a move towards learning new stuff or unlearning old ones....

I think it is time we started talking about selling again. We have been inundated with gloom and doom and with images of big businesses shutting down. We have also been force-fed so much information through webinars and lives it’s easy to look so far into an uncertain future that we ignore or miss out...