I get asked this alot. Like really alot! I can remember the very first day we started working together, a Monday, how most weeks start. I showed John how to answer the emails that came in, bag up products to sell, how to take payments etc. It was lovely. That first month flew by and then the first 'payday' came. We no longer had a full-time wage from one of us coming in. But it was fine so we put one food shop on a credit card, some petrol on it a month later. Soon our

I came across Nathalie Lussier and her awesome 30 Day List Building Challenge (check it out here). Shortly after taking her course I found out she works with her husband Robin. They named their business AmbitionAlly as they are allies in business and life-I love that! Recently I stumbled across a blog post Nathalie had written about working with Robin and wanted to share some takeaways with you and my take on it too. You can check out the original post here. Separate Rooms

15 years ago today. Half my lifetime. My life diverted off course never to return back to the plan I once had. On that fateful afternoon, after I had been helping in my Dad's business doing some photocopying and filing I decided to go and dance. This wasn't and still isn't an unusual thing for me. My happy place is letting my body move in anyway it can to whatever music is on. I had dreams. I was going to dance on Broadway and tour with Michael Jackson. My dreams and m

How are you today? I feel awesome as I'm eating Nachos and chocolate cake! It's a majorly busy time for me with my other businesses in the summer. Where we are in the UK and run a dance school and dance shop, everyone has their shows at the minute so each an every weekend until August I am helping at, performing in or running my own show- wowzers! Anyway, this got me thinking this week about being precious with my time. I have to make sure that I take off at least one day

Happy Thursday How are you today? I got the news today, I'm 65% done! That's 65% done with my braces! yay! I've had a wink front tooth all my life. I had braces as a child, followed all the instructions and still they moved back. I started new treatment with those super funky clear removable braces and it's going great. Only 35% to go! woohoo! Do you calculate how far you are though with a project at work? Or do you just get on with it? I love tracking the goals espec

That's it! England are out of the World Cup (plus the suns gone away again!). There seems to be a general gloom over London today. This made me think of a conversation I had with a friend this week about how we pick ourselves back up after a disappointment. It is alright to feel down, It is alright to not want to fancy doing something, It is alright to stop, but do not unpack and live there forever. Allow yourself time to digest what happened and why then take the disappo

I have a question for you today? How do you make a joint decision? Especially when you both have different ideas or opinions. For us, it often ends in a row BUT over the past fews years of us working together we have had to come up with some solutions to make it easier. First, I would suggest fully talking about the problem. Lay it out in full and then each plan your idea out in steps and 'pitch' it to the other person, just like if you were in a business meeting, after a

Check out this post about the 5 love languages by Gary Chapman (Buy Here) It's a great book and I would highly recommend reading it to understand more about your relationships. #workingtogether #troubleshooting #couple #couplesinbusiness

You had a business, it was going great. You needed extra help, your partner hated their job. BOOM! Idea hits! You’ll employ them to do the work. It will great you think, we can see each other all the time, we have romantic lunch dates in cute coffee shops and travel to meetings together. Chances are however, you didn’t interview anyone else to fill this job role, they properly aren’t the best candidate out there and they are actually causing you more stress than you thou

I get a good break at Christmas, I think it is the one time of year that people don't expect you to answer emails or calls and you can spend some much needed time off. I don't know about you but I always feel a lot better for a few days of rest and relaxation, it makes me come back to my business with fresh eyes and a new found energy. I'm actually quite good at setting New Years resolutions. I set one 12 years ago that I still keep - Not to buy magazines. There is the odd