by John Drury | Sep 1, 2025 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Small Business
In business, we often focus on strategy, systems, and sales. But there’s a deeper, quieter battle that determines whether we succeed or stall: the battle of the mind. Before we step into the marketplace to lead, influence, or sell, we must first win the internal war...
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 | Jun 25, 2025 | Finishing Well, Personal Growth, Rhythm of Life, values, wellbeing
They say, “Your attitude determines your altitude.” Dale Carnegie estimated that SUCCESS was 85% attitude and 15% who you know. Well, I am coming to see that finishing well in business and life depends on attitude (in our control) more than circumstances (not always...
by John Drury | May 30, 2025 | Finishing Well, Personal Growth, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, wellbeing
On a recent trip to the Gold Coast, I booked an Uber from the airport to Surfers Paradise. The Uber driver had been a successful businessman who had recently retired from all aspects of operating his businesses. After a few months, his wife told him to get out of the...
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...
by John Drury | Feb 25, 2025 | difficult conversations, Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, Small Business, wellbeing
Uncomfortable is very different to Unsafe Uncomfortable does not mean unsafe. The opposite of uncomfortable is comfortable. Unsafe means dangerous. An uncomfortable conversation is not automatically dangerous. In fact, it is not usually dangerous. When a manager or...
