Category Archives: Business planning

Is your organisation anonymous?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Jon Stow

If anyone wants to stay in business and be successful, they must get out there, have a decent website, and learn to use social media so that.customers can find them. Continue reading →

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Kindness and indifference in the supermarket

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Jon Stow

Last week in our local Co-op I dropped my walking stick when paying at the check-out. The cheerful young lady rushed round to pick it up for me. I was a little embarrassed but thanked her. She was very considerate … Continue reading →

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Dilemmas and degrees of honesty

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Jon Stow

he was certainly dodging tax on any cash he took, and of course deceiving his accountant as well as defrauding HMRC. Continue reading →

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Death and life getting in the way

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Jon Stow

It is over four years since I posted on On Our Bikes. Why the hiatus, or maybe that word is not enough to convey the long interval? Never mind. After the last post in July 2017 things just happened. My … Continue reading →

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Should I be retired?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Jon Stow

Being of “a certain age”, which means no longer young, a lot of people I meet socially and even some who have known me a while think I must be retired. Well, I suppose I could have retired, but since … Continue reading →

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There is more to life than work

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Jon Stow

Doesn’t our work routine get in the way of real life sometimes? We need to have interests which take our minds off the daily routine. Even if we enjoy our work very much, which I hope we do, we need … Continue reading →

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The pain of business envy

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Jon Stow

We can always look over the fence and see how our colleagues and contemporaries are doing. Sometimes business acquaintances or former work colleagues are making shed-loads of money; much more than we are. I know people who get very jealous … Continue reading →

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Staying in touch

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Jon Stow

Human beings are social animals. We like to hear from people. We like to know that we are in the thoughts of others. We like to belong. Our clients and customers are human beings. They like to hear from us … Continue reading →

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Don’t be greedy

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jon Stow

I believe in value billing. That means that I bill my clients what my advice and service should be worth to them. They get something they are happy with, and I get rewarded properly for my efforts. However, greed for … Continue reading →

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Schedules? Boring but important

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jon Stow

“I don’t want to be hemmed in by my diary” I am not a business coach, and have no ambition to be one. I do know a lot of business people and one who is in complementary therapy claims she … Continue reading →

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