by John Drury | May 25, 2026 | Mindset, Planning, Self Leadership
Profit is only part of the story. If you want stronger cash flow, better decisions and more sustainable growth, these are the numbers you need to track before 30 June and beyond. End of financial year has a way of forcing business owners to pay attention to the...
by John Drury | Apr 29, 2026 | Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Self Leadership
One third of 2026 is done. Gone. History. Assuming you set some goals back in January, this is the time to be checking if you are on track to achieve those goals. If you want to achieve your annual goals, May is probably the last chance you have to check and adjust...
by John Drury | Jan 26, 2026 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life
Over the past few months, and especially over this recent Christmas / New Year break I have made several small changes that have surprisingly acted as kickstarters of new growth for me as I head back to work in late January. Phone free bookend to my day. In October...
by John Drury | Sep 25, 2025 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life, values, wellbeing
They say practice makes perfect. But that’s not quite true. Practice makes permanent. If you repeatedly practice a poor golf swing, it won’t improve, it will simply become ingrained. The same principle applies in business and life. Consistency alone doesn’t create...
by John Drury | Jul 29, 2025 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Planning, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, values, wellbeing
Our new long lives When the aged pension was introduced in New South Wales in June 1900 the age at which men could access it was 65, and for women it was 60. The average life expectancy for males in 1900 was 51.8 years, and females 54.8 years. This meant there was a...
by John Drury | Apr 25, 2025 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, wellbeing
I was meeting with a client yesterday who is having challenges dealing with a new person in her business. He is quite task driven and not very intuitive about reading people. It doesn’t help that he has been working mostly on his own in the past 5 years, with few...
