Quality of Life
Know Your Value and Avoid Overwork
This post was originally published on my restaurant blog in 2021 (as I used to run a group of restaurants for 14 years until 2020) and I thought it would be a valuable coaching lesson for anybody in business so am cross-posting it here. One of the greatest challenges – as a restaurateur – is the prospect of overwork. It’s a business where it’s accepted that you work round-the-clock, seven-days-per-week and consider this normal. While this may be a reality for many (and I’ve been there, clocking 80+ hour weeks), it doesn’t HAVE to be a reality. Any business can be designed and built to run well so that it…
The Miracle Morning: 6 Habits to Elevate Yourself
This book was recommended to be by a coach as an approach that I might benefit from. I have never been a morning person and, in the restaurant business, am seldom up before 10AM at the best of times (often finishing work around 10PM to midnight). I was sceptical as I have heard of many ‘get up early, do great things because this works for other great people you might admire’ systems. However, I listened to it as I know every self-help or self-improvement book has something inside its covers that I can learn and apply. And if there is more than one (ideally at least three) then the time…
Finding Authenticity – On Becoming Human One Year On
In late 2018, I decided I needed to learn more about business as I was running a small restaurant group and needed to fill in a few gaps in my skillset. I also felt overwhelmed and had experienced a series of – for me – significantly stressful events in the course of the business operation. I was working 80+ hours a week with no days off (and have done for 5 years now). I was not in my happy place but resigned myself to the fact that it was “just business” and that’s what being an entrepreneur was all about. But something gnawed at my soul. I saw other entrepreneurs…
Finding my Authenticity: Breaking My Chains
When I first had the idea for this blog I settled on the title “The Boy Who Forgot To Live” for the site. This is my journey from being a guy who was not happy with his situation in life – despite many on the outside thinking I “had it all” – to one where I would be very happy. That is still very true of the journey I am on and how I feel, though I changed the name just before launch to “Finding Authenticity” as this seemed more relevant and succinct for what I was doing and what so many others also seem to be seeking. I am…
Transformation Week
I took transformation week (by Brendon Burchard) at the start of 2019, shortly after I started my journey to become better in all areas of my life. I hoped it would help me jump-start my progress toward my goals. It didn’t, because only we have the power to decide to choose to do this, but it does provide the framework and tools to help you on your way. Transformation Week (which you can also join for free here) takes you through 7 days of learning based around the 6 habits of high performing people from his book of the same name. You can listen to the book for free on…
