This Focus Friday I'm sharing my quick fix for dealing with the distractions of all the external stressors on at the moment - things like the election, climate change and Christmas - and staying focused on my work.

80% of your success in sales comes down to this one thing. Do you have it? Do you create it?

Todya on Worksmart Wednesday I look, albeit a little too late, at the Eisenhower Matrix and how to use it cut out those time-wasting tasks.

Today I was going to talk about political marketing tactics... but I couldn't do it without getting far too deep into the actual politics of it all. So I'm talking instead about one element that we can take from the politicians and use to make our business successful.

Being a victim is a great reason for not being where we want to be - but it is also a barrier to us getting there. Time to challenge it.

Today on this 50th podcast I wanted to talk openly about how I'm planning to deal with my own eco-anxiety after finding it has disrupted my work and affected my focus in recent months. It's a bit unstructured and apologies for some of the sound issues.

We've all done it, discounted our original price to land the sale without thinking about the impact. Well, today I'm going to talk about how you should approach this situation.

Today I just share a little bit about Deep Work as I begin to look into Cal Newport's book.

It is the one tactic that almost guarantees victory in any war - it's time to apply it to your business. 

Change your friends, change your life. As advice goes it's damn harsh but is it an important way to change your mindset too?