43 per cent of small business owners seem to be reluctant to go to networking gigs more than two or three times a year, according a survey conducted by the crew at Flying Solo. Networking can give me that feeling I had as a kid, when I got dragged in front of a distant cousin at a family function and told to ‘go off and play.’ This forced ... Read full entry

How to organise your paperwork. We needed to discuss this topic sooner or later, sorry to bring it up now... Are you struggling to manage the paper in your work day? Learn a super fast way to sort and organise your paperwork with the four Fs - finish it, forward it, file it or flick it. Winning the war on paper is all about having a great sorting system to organise ... Read full entry

Write the Script for Your Year like the CEO of a Major Corporation. Sole traders: think BIG, ok. A lesson I learned some years ago from a couple of people, including the motivational and sales speaker Brian Tracy, was to see myself not so much as a solo operator or freelancer, working from home as - to use Tracy's expression - the President of my own personal service corporation. My ... Read full entry

Happy Belli: "Happy Belli is the happy feeling you get when your tummy is full. It's also our linky heaven." Though only occasionally updated, Happy Belli is a plate full of delicious art, photography, and illustration. The lure of the conspiracy theory: Damn! I'm not a New Scientist subscriber, so I can only see the "preview", but this looks like an interesting article on the "popularity" of conspiracy ... Read full entry