Welcome, this is for you.
What you can expect from this. Updated 28 Nov 2019. This will be a collection and collation of the information I have gleaned from all over the Internet. Why is this of interest to you? If you have any interest in generating extra income, no matter how little, from a home (or away from home) […]
What Can I Sell Online If I Think I Have Nothing to Sell?
Think you have nothing to sell online? You probably do. Here’s how to find it, price it, and get it in front of people today.
Driving a truck from 632 km away
When something stops working, the hardest part is not fixing it. The hardest part is figuring out what went wrong in the first place. A friend of mine recently came back from visiting her son, who works at a mine near Kambalda in Western Australia. Most of the heavy machinery out there is remote controlled. […]
Why Am I Always Getting Ready But Never Actually Selling Anything Online?
If your online business week is full of tweaking and researching but no actual offers, you may be stuck in the Getting-Ready Trap. Here is how to spot it.
To finish first, first you have to finish
When Motor Racing Reliability Teaches You Something Business Schools Never Will The most famous saying in motor racing is not about speed. It is about finishing. “To finish first, first you have to finish.” It sounds obvious until you watch it fall apart in real time, right in front of you, with three laps to […]
Why Is My Online Business Not Making Money Yet?
If your online business isn’t making money, the problem sits in one of four places. Here’s how to find yours and stop wasting effort on the wrong fix.
“Don’t see me”
When my three-year-old grandson climbed onto his balance bike and started charging around the rear deck at his birthday party, I realised something worth writing about. This kid is rambunctious. Look that up. He uses a leaf blower to clean the back yard. His most-used expression is “Me do it.” He wore his Lightning McQueen […]
If you know, you know
When I was a young technician fixing office equipment, there was no apprenticeship program for the job I was doing. The company trained us directly. They showed us how to read the service manual, how to find the components, and how to diagnose what was actually wrong with a machine. We learned by doing, day […]
It’s not living on the streets
When the fear of starting a small business feels bigger than the risk actually is Most people who never start a business do not fail at it. They just never begin. That is worth sitting with for a moment, because it changes the whole conversation about starting a small business. We tend to frame the […]
What if you’re not lost?
When finding the right business niche feels impossible, you might not be failing, you might just be in the wrong place Most people who struggle to find the right business niche assume they are doing something wrong. They read another book, buy another course, tweak their headline, and wonder why nothing is clicking. But what […]
I know what being lost means: Part 2
When you lose your sense of direction in a place you already know, that is a different kind of lost entirely. I found that out the hard way one morning in the CBD of Adelaide. I had an appointment in an area I used to work in. I knew those streets. But I also had […]