• From Referrals to Recognition: Navigating Today’s Market

    From Referrals to Recognition: Navigating Today’s Market

    I’ll cut to the chase. How do you keep your team happy and productive, even in small ways? You might think it’s about grand gestures, expensive lunches, or elaborate retreats. But what if I told you it’s simpler than that?

  • Swap a Beer for a Book: Finding Time for Growth

    Swap a Beer for a Book: Finding Time for Growth

    I’ve just come back from an enlightening chat with some trade-based clients—we won’t go into their exact business interests, but the conversation was one for the books. Or should I say, one for the beers? We delved into what I call “Beers Versus Books,” an idea powerful enough to shift the way you shape your…

  • From Referrals to Recognition: Navigating Today’s Market

    From Referrals to Recognition: Navigating Today’s Market

    I’ll cut to the chase. How do you keep your team happy and productive, even in small ways? You might think it’s about grand gestures, expensive lunches, or elaborate retreats. But what if I told you it’s simpler than that?

  • Identifying Your Hero Product: The Key to Business Growth

    Identifying Your Hero Product: The Key to Business Growth

    Ah, the hero product. It’s the gem in your business’s crown, the thing you’re best at selling. It’s time to ask yourself, “What’s my hero product?” This question might seem simple, but the answer is where the magic begins.

  • The Secret to Success: Answering the Questions You Already Know

    The Secret to Success: Answering the Questions You Already Know

    Business is a journey full of challenges, surprises, and revelations. At Project X Academy, we believe that the capacity to question, reflect, and address our thinking shapes the path to success.

  • The Power of Small Gestures in Team Morale

    The Power of Small Gestures in Team Morale

    I’ll cut to the chase. How do you keep your team happy and productive, even in small ways? You might think it’s about grand gestures, expensive lunches, or elaborate retreats. But what if I told you it’s simpler than that?

  • Bring Your Business Dreams to Life: The Power of IVVM

    Bring Your Business Dreams to Life: The Power of IVVM

    In the heart of the vibrant entrepreneurial hub that is the Mornington Peninsula, where dreams are chased and caught, a unique approach to business planning thrives.

  • Building a Sustainable Business: Lessons on Focus and Finding Your Niche

    Building a Sustainable Business: Lessons on Focus and Finding Your Niche

    Running a business can often feel like juggling flaming torches while balancing on a tightrope. Every decision, every strategy, and every interaction feels crucial. But one night at an event turned that frenetic energy into razor-sharp focus for several business owners as we explored a seemingly simple, yet profoundly effective, principle: simplification.

  • The Secret to Thriving in Trades: Teamwork and Respect

    The Secret to Thriving in Trades: Teamwork and Respect

    When it comes to working in trades or any service-based industry, one of the things I’ve found essential is ensuring that your team can get along together. A great team isn’t just about people co-existing; it’s about collaboration, understanding, and mutual respect for one another’s talents. But why is this so vital?

  • Building Success: The Power of Teamwork in Trades

    Building Success: The Power of Teamwork in Trades

    Trades require more than skill. They need cooperation and mutual respect. In constructing anything—be it a house or a business—having the right crew is essential. Let’s look at two workers in construction.

  • Monday Adventures with Spencer: Books, Brains, and Bucks

    Monday Adventures with Spencer: Books, Brains, and Bucks

    Today, let’s reflect on an unsuspecting yet profound event that unfolded recently. This tale is not only about books and learning but about crafting the future, one step at a time.

  • Marching into Media Mastery: A Journey of Teamwork and Dedication

    Marching into Media Mastery: A Journey of Teamwork and Dedication

    The mind behind Project X Acedemy, the lifestyle business coaching {dream world} where we dare to do things differently. Today, I want to share a story about how sometimes even the best-laid plans can falter and what we can learn from those little hiccups in life. It’s a bit like that British saying, “The cobbler’s…

  • Avoiding Losses: The Unseen Path to Financial Success

    Avoiding Losses: The Unseen Path to Financial Success

    The great feeling around money is making more money, but there’s a bigger one. There’s a bigger emotion that feels great, and I’ve just experienced that thrill. It’s not just about making more money or having more—it’s about something far more profound: losses avoided

  • The Jellycat Phenomenon: A Lesson in Supply and Demand

    The Jellycat Phenomenon: A Lesson in Supply and Demand

    Life throws us many opportunities to learn about the way the world works, even in the most unexpected scenarios. Picture this: a simple outing with Spencer after a long day at school becomes a lesson deeply rooted in economics. The tale orbits a peculiar item, a Jelly Cat, which for the uninitiated among us, is…

  • Will to Live vs. Will to Survive: A Mindset Shift

    Will to Live vs. Will to Survive: A Mindset Shift

    Have you ever wondered why some people seem to live life with boundless energy, purpose, and drive while others merely go through the motions? It all boils down to one pivotal question: Do you have the will to live, or are you merely surviving?