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No matter when your year end is, there’s something about the end of calendar year and the start of a new one that energises us with fresh ideas, renewed hopesRead more

I’m back! I hope you’ve had a great summer. It’s been 6 weeks since I wrote my blog. I’ve finished all my treatment and I’m ready to share what I’veRead more

It’s something we don’t really think about as business owners. Well, we haven’t got time to think about it have we?   But you know, if something did happen, howRead more

Last Friday I went on my quarterly retreat for a well overdue day to reflect on the last few months and to plan the next quarter. And as usual thereRead more

It’s been a pretty intense week this week. I’ve been busy writing two brand new finance workshops that I’m delivering for Nottingham Trent University’s flagship business support program. One workshopRead more

We all know people who stopped learning years ago. The people who don’t ever go on courses, listen to podcasts, read articles, who don’t go anywhere new, or have newRead more

You might have picked up from last week’s blog that I’ve been away on week-long advanced retreat studying neuroscience and quantum physics in Mallorca. Now you might well ask whatRead more

It’s a week of anniversaries for us here at The F Word. 7 years ago I took the leap to leave the company I’d founded 12 years earlier. I’d beenRead more

You’ll probably know by now that I’ve got a particular interest in stress; it’s played a big part in my life, and affects almost every business owner I know. SoRead more

There have been a couple of high profile business failures this week in the East Midlands, and you can’t fail to have noticed that business failures are definitely on theRead more