Finance

I love it when people say to me: "but Harry, it's not about the money." Really?!  Do you actually believe that? Now I'm the first to support that money isn't everything. There are a lot of things that are important. [...]

As we find ourselves in the month of Freedom, it is only apt that we reflect on what Freedom means for us in our businesses. To start with, a reminder that ActionCOACH's definition of a successful business is: “A Commercial [...]

In business, it’s not uncommon to have millions of Rands worth of turnover without generating adequate cash flow to support business growth. It’s a well-known fact that growth in any type of business consumes cash which according to Verne Harnish [...]

So what exactly is a "Small Business Lone Ranger?"  A "Small Business Lone Ranger" is a business owner who does all the work themselves. No matter how big or small the project, the Lone Ranger handles 100% of it. Either [...]

People ask: What stage of a life cycle is considered to be adulthood? Research results say: “Adulthood is the period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as [...]

Think of a 911 Porsche. The Porsche 911, launched in 1963, traces its roots back to the 356 Porsche of the 1950s which actually shared a drivetrain with the Volkswagen Beetle. Similar underpinnings but a vastly different package. Which would [...]

The majority of business owners we—as business coaches—get to interact with, work extremely hard to increase their profits, and the sad part is that they don't realise that they are missing the opportunity to make huge gains on their bottom line by simply not leveraging [...]

Freedom, in general, can be said as the state of being free, or not being imprisoned or enslaved. It could as well be interpreted as the ability to act without restriction. Something is "free" if it can easily be altered [...]

As a business owner, do you truly believe you could have or even deserve freedom? Do you know what real freedom actually tastes like? As a business coach for more than a decade, I have more often than not, discovered [...]

As I write this, it is the last working day of the financial year-end for most business owners. The mad rush to get your finances into final shape for the close off is almost complete and you are looking forward [...]

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I’m sure like me you’re feeling a little overwhelmed.  Despite the never-ending COVID-19 issues and corresponding madness, it’s already February!  The excitement of a new year is by now long gone and the reality has surely kicked in.  February is [...]

The beginning of a new year brings renewed energy, focus, and determination, especially if you have just returned from a relaxing and enjoyable year-end break. It is critical to set adequate time aside to plan for the year ahead before [...]

Results. It’s a small word that holds big expectations. We all want results, but do we really know what they are? Do we truly know what we want? For most people, ‘results’ means achieving something, but therein lies the problem; [...]

For a very long time, the concept of results was foreign to me. I don’t think I even noticed the word but I can tell you now – the frustration of plodding around the same hill, expecting to reach the [...]