Be brave, be brave, be brave: If you’re not sure you can do it, do it.

Be brave, be brave, be brave: If you’re not sure you can do it, do it.

Still on holiday this week (now I’m on the Isle of Skye). 

So instead of a full Note, here’s a sketchnote from an event I went to, which gave me a great deal to think about as a business owner. 

The topic was “strategy”, which can sound really boring. It’s been used and overused until we think it has to do with documents or long meetings or buzzwords like blue sky thinking. 

When really, it has to do with being brave. 

What impressed me most with this talk from @bigdogagency were statements like “be brave, be brave, be brave”. 

“Be brave and stick to it.”

“Be better than the day before.”

“You have to make time for it. It comes down to you.” 

“If you’re not sure you can do it, do it.” (Richard Branson)

“Tactical means you win the game. Strategy means you win consistently.”

Be brave, be brave, be brave: If you’re not sure you can do it, do it.

What i’d love to hear from you today is: 

Where do you need to be brave – in life or in business?

 

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Just some highland cows wandering ❤️✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Day 57/100 Video Challenge 

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For today’s video I simply present the sun setting behind the sea in North Carolina. 

This is from a visit to the beach last year, and one of the loveliest sunsets I’ve gotten to enjoy. 

Take a moment - or just 90 seconds - to breathe and enjoy it too. 

Day 56/100 Video Challenge 

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This week I took a trip down to Manchester for some strategy and finance meets with my own accountants. 

I captured a lot of video footage, none of it including the hours of meets, deep discussions, laughter, curious considerations, suggestions, advice, and support I got from the good people at @wearemap_ . But when you’re in the depth of those deep convos you don’t really remember to whip out the time lapse video (and tbf it would simply show a lot of talking!). 

MAP have been my accountants for over seven years and I continue to be daily grateful for their experience - and the way they ask good questions and suggest ways to think about situations but always respect that the decision and business are mine. 

Now I’m on my way back to Edinburgh and then home! Happy weekend all 🙏🏻❤️✨

(Ps the goofy faces are me attempting to record my video of the day yesterday! Ha!)

Day 55/100 Video Challenge 

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Still plugging away, day after day on this 100 day video challenge . 

I’m waiting until I’ve completed it to start gathering all the learnings…but I can tell you now that doing something every day for 54 days so far is definitely beginning to give me glimmers of progress. 

I continue to be curious about how I’ll sum it up when I’m done, but I can already see the impact of doing something small, every day, showing up, and seeing what happens.

What would you love to get even marginally better at? 

(Ps first time I’ve been BLEEPED on insta captions! Haha! Enjoy!!)

Day 54/100 Video Challenge 

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