It’s great to be the boss – you can work any hours you like, right? Unfortunately, for many business owners, that means long hours, plenty of stress, and very few breaks and holidays. Gallup reported that 39% of the owners they surveyed worked over 60 hours a week. Owners often report they are unhappy with their work life balance, and after the challenges of the recent years you might find… Read more
Good news for families with little ones in early childhood education (ECE) — FamilyBoost is becoming more generous from 1 July 2025. If you’re already claiming, or thinking about it, here’s what the changes mean for you. 1. More Families Can Now Qualify Until 30 June 2025, you could only claim FamilyBoost if your household earned less than $45,000 per quarter.From 1 July 2025, that income limit jumps to $57,286… Read more
Heard of The Five Ways to Wellbeing? They are simple and proven actions you can introduce in your workplace to help staff find balance, build resilience, and boost their mental health and wellbeing: Connect: feeling close to and valued by others boosts wellbeing. Take a moment every day to connect with colleagues. Be Active: being physically active improves physical health and can improve mood and wellbeing, decreasing stress, depression, and… Read more
Are you a yes person? Even when you’re snowed under with work, family, and life admin, do you find yourself saying yes to things you don’t really have time or headspace for? The downside of being a yes person: You can enable others to develop a dependency on you You may be susceptible to people taking advantage Stress and burnout can zap you and your energy levels Your time can… Read more
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 97% of all businesses in New Zealand. As the owner of an SME, you’re doing your bit to provide employment, aid the economy and put Aotearoa on the map in an increasingly globalised world. But running your own business can be incredibly stressful! New research from RFI Global research, commissioned by Prospa, shows that seven in ten New Zealand SMEs are feeling stressed… Read more
At the end of the day, negative attitudes often mask a lack of energy to ‘just do it’. Negativity can be habit-forming, providing endless excuses to under-perform and becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. But you can change the way your day’s going and increase your success by being aware of negativity in your career and personal life and turning it around. Try these tips and see. Practise these simple tricks if… Read more
What you believe about money and how you relate and interact with it affects every aspect of your life and business. A belief is simply a story that you have told yourself so many times that you think it’s the truth. So, for us all to live a vital, vibrant, and thriving life, the story we’re telling ourselves and choosing to believe about money needs to be uncovered, understood, and… Read more
Have you ever found yourself struggling to achieve your goals because you just don’t have enough time to commit to them? Chances are, you’re doing things back to front. Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is a simple, yet crucial, planning concept depicting that we’ll achieve more if we set our annual goals (or ‘rocks’) first, then our 90-day goals (‘pebbles’) and actions (‘sand’). If we had a jar and first put… Read more
We believe our clients all deserve the three freedoms: Financial Freedom; Time Freedom; and Mind Freedom. In other words, more money and time to spend on important things outside of their business, along with less stress. Is your business stifling your freedom? Being in business is tough. At times, you might be worried about whether you’ll have enough cash in the bank to pay your team and suppliers. Perhaps you’re… Read more
The Achiever Matrix is made up of four quadrants and helps you prioritise tasks based on their importance; allowing you to manage your time better and achieve more. Quadrant 1 is The Quadrant of Urgency: This quadrant represents tasks which are both urgent and important. These tasks might be handling an unhappy customer, meeting a deadline, dealing with a crisis, or undertaking urgent re-work. While we must all spend… Read more
Let’s talk about your phone habits. It may not be a pleasant topic to discuss, but it does matter. How you use your phone can have a huge impact on your life and on your business. Sounds dramatic? Not at all. These mini pocket-sized computers are with us all the time and the constant flow of notifications can interrupt our workflow incessantly. Your mobile habits significantly impact your concentration span.… Read more
As a business owner, you often find yourself pulled in different directions by competing responsibilities. It can feel daunting to classify tasks and tackle the most time-consuming ones first. But why is it so hard for us to start – or even finish – seemingly insignificant tasks? Why do these tiny tasks become the bane of our existence, tempting us into procrastination limbo? Let’s explore why we get stuck on… Read more
Lack of energy is a motivation crusher for you and those around you. It’s unhealthy too. Slumped shoulders, bad posture, and inattention can all lead to workplace injury. And lack of energy shows up in office output or, rather, lack of output. Everyone’s different but it can help to run interference on your daily routine. Here are some simple ideas: Work out. Some people swear by a dawn session… Read more
Welcome to 2022! We are back at work and excited for the new year. We’ve made it through another year of Netflix binges, Zoom meetings, mask-wearing, and copious amounts of sanitiser. Who knows what 2022 will bring us, but no matter what happens, we’re here to support you to redefine success and achieve your goals. Once again, we can take our learnings from the past year and plan for a… Read more
Wellbeing Toolkit at Your Fingertips Heard of The Five Ways to Wellbeing? They are simple and proven actions you can introduce in your workplace to help staff find balance, build resilience, and boost their mental health and wellbeing: Connect: feeling close to and valued by others boosts wellbeing. Take a moment every day to connect with colleagues. Be Active: being physically active improves physical health and can improve mood and… Read more
Leveraging Your Technology Complimentary Webinar Leveraging technology is the easiest way for businesses to streamline their processes, increase their efficiency, and ultimately achieve time, mind, and financial freedom. A systemised business is more sustainable, scalable, and ultimately saleable. It can operate without a heavy reliance on its owners and can grow without the wheels coming off. On Wednesday September 15th at 12pm, join us for our complimentary webinar, Leveraging Your… Read more
Everyone should have a budget As a business owner, it’s essential you prepare a Personal Budget each year. Instead of being confining, a Personal Budget should be liberating as you can spend guilt-free, knowing other money has been allocated to your expenses. Think of it as a spending plan rather than a budget. By knowing how you’ll spend and save money and setting personal finance goals, you’ll know exactly what… Read more