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I was recently involved in a discussion about motivation and discipline and it got me thinking about how we have misunderstood the concepts. Why is it that a seemingly motivated person loses track somewhere along the road? What is the [...]

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 [...]

With 2021 just around the corner, it is the perfect time to start thinking about the goals that we would like to achieve for the upcoming year, and what we are going to do to ensure we successfully achieve these [...]

As we enter the final month of 2020 many of us can look back on this year and agree that it has brought about many challenges that none of us would have thought of or planned for at the start [...]

Peter Drucker once said, “Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” We could not say it better ourselves. Understanding why time management is important, will change the way you look at your [...]

Let’s be honest: 2020 has been a pretty crappy year.  Really weird things have happened all across the world.  Whilst you’re still trying to get your head around one issue cropping up another five others have already happened somewhere else.  [...]

We have just entered the first week in Level 1 of a long Lockdown as well as the fourth quarter of 2020 and it is a reality that our economy is facing many headwinds. Business owners have had to face [...]

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; [...]

ActionCOACH Business Coaches follow the 10x10 marketing strategy approach when we coach our clients.  This means you should always aim to have at least 10 marketing strategies running for your coaching business.  In theory, each strategy should deliver 10% of [...]

How did that even happen?  I find myself quite conflicted when it come to the concept of ‘time’ in 2020.  In some respects, it feels like it’s one big blur and time has really flown by – other times it [...]

One of the benefits of being a business owner is that your business can run with or without you. Currently, are you working IN your business doing the day-to-day operations of your business or, are you working ON your business [...]

It may seem a little obtuse; a man writing a blog post advising women entrepreneurs on how to thrive, but after spending more than a decade interacting with female entrepreneurs across South Africa, these are my findings on the areas [...]

For Business Owners time can be extremely hard to come by. You have orders to fill, products to manufacture, employees to manage, and emails to answer. For your business to grow, however, you cannot get away from the fact that [...]

It’s July already and half the year has already passed! To make it even worse, we’re already into the second month, of the second quarter, of our 2021 financial year.  If your year has been anything like ours, it’s gone [...]

John D Rockefeller, a man who commanded incredible amounts of money, once said: “Those who have leisure time to spend pursuing their passions and dreams experience the real wealth in life.” Knowing how to spend time is a more valuable [...]

Weekends are usually days of rest but for workaholics the day of rest never comes. There is always unfinished work; one more email to read and one more phone call to make that simply can’t wait until Monday. Ask yourself [...]