An entrepreneurial journey is not easy, especially when you’re building something big. It can be tough to keep moving forward with confidence and positivity in the face of obstacles, set backs, mistakes, challenges, and adversaries that challenge your resolve. However, those who can, achieve amazing things. One of these people is Joy Mangano, a broke […]
It’s a warm and sunny Tuesday afternoon mid-winter in Brisbane, and I’m about to board my flight back to Adelaide. For anyone who’s been following my blog, you’d know that Adelaide, my hometown, the place where I grew up, is the place I’m returning to, because this is where we are currently based as we […]
For those of you who have been keeping up to date with my blog, you will know that after nearly a decade away living in two different capital cities, I have returned to my hometown, where I have now been residing for around 8 months. The music video above, by the Hilltop Hoods, was actually […]
Fear is an emotion that is as normal as breathing. It is a biological instinct that is there to help protect us from “dangerous” situations. In our modern, civilized world, however, the instinct of fear kicks in for irrational reasons. Afterall, we aren’t out in the wild being chased down by a tiger. We get […]
My 2017 New Year’s message that I published on my Entrepreneurial Journey Facebook page, included a heartfelt “thank you” to all the haters I encountered throughout my life. For those of you who saw it, you would no doubt be familiar with “haters”. The analogy I use is that haters can see you walk on […]
It’s the start of 2017 – a brand new year – and as I sit back with my computer, seat reclined on an evening flight to Brisbane, I realise that an awful lot can change in just one year. To my left, my five year old boy is watching the movie Storks on his ipad. […]
I have been on an entrepreneurial journey for many years now and know what it takes to be successful. One very important observation I’ve made is that entrepreneurs who wish to succeed cannot be victims. Entrepreneurship is all about taking initiative, forcing change and growth from within, continually making improvements; being innovative, inspiring and being […]
Have you ever been in the situation where you have needed to make a painfully difficult decision? You know… the type of decision that develops into a power struggle of competing desires deep inside you. It’s a battle like no other, and in all honesty, it’s not one that you want to experience too often. […]
Have you noticed how difficult it is to get, and keep, a job lately? I’ve seen people with extensive experience and various qualifications, being made redundant; unable to gain employment in their field or forced to take dramatic pay cuts just to have a job. The world is rapidly changing, and the easy go-to-option of getting a […]
You’ve probably heard the age-old saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” For many, this is sound advice to follow and most stick to this way of thinking throughout the course of their lives. I used to be one of them! Let me be honest with you though; the major drawback of this way […]