by Evan Bulmer | Jul 8, 2025 | Journal
Are You Up For the Challenge? Some business owners drag their feet each day as they head off to work. We’ll call them plodders. Others hit the ground running each morning, full of enthusiasm. What opportunities will each new day bring? We’ll call them...
by Evan Bulmer | Jun 24, 2025 | Journal
Making It Right Most of us know when we’ve done the wrong thing. Sure, we hope no one noticed. Maybe we’ll get away with it! But we feel uneasy. When we’re challenged, we fess up. Even better—acknowledge our wrongdoing before the accusations start to fly. That way we...
by Evan Bulmer | Jun 11, 2025 | Journal
Baptism of Fire Friday night. I’m tearing down a mountain bike trail on O’Halloran Hill. A hairpin corner looms; I’m coming in too hot. The rear wheel slips sideways and down I go, sliding to a halt only inches from an anthill. By the light of my headlamp I see the...
by Evan Bulmer | May 27, 2025 | Journal
9 Tips for Managing the Daily Grind Boredom is no excuse for failure. As business owners, there are some tasks we relish—and other tasks we’d rather avoid. Often, we neglect tasks we find boring. Trouble is, they’re often essential. So how do you knuckle down and...
by Evan Bulmer | May 13, 2025 | Journal
Maximise the Value of Your Business When’s the best time to think about selling your business? Ten years ago. The second best time? Right now. ‘But Evan,’ you might argue. ‘I’m not ready to sell. I’m not planning to retire until 2035.’ I hear you. You have a...
by Evan Bulmer | Apr 29, 2025 | Journal
Can You Really Predict the Future of Your Business? ‘It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.’ This pearl of wisdom has been attributed to many people over the years, from Yogi Berra, the Yankees baseball catcher famed for his oxymorons, to...
