Jim Rohn said it best “profit is better than wages”. My interpretation of that comment comes down to control, when you are in business for yourself you have a level of control over your income. Profit doesn’t need to be associated with large corporations handling huge sums of money. It could be the extra $200 [...]
What role will solo operators play in disability support What place does self-employment hold in the future development of disability services and the expansion of the NDIS? This article will explore the trends of self-employment and casualisation that is growing in the disability services sector. It is critical to look at the perspectives of the [...]
The 5 simple steps you need to craft your business The demand for more flexible and personalised care is on the rise thanks to the introduction of the NDIS. As someone providing care or looking to start, this creates the opportunity for you to take control of your skills and experience that can make a [...]
What can you do to succeed in caring One of my favourite mottos is that ‘there has never been a better time to be in business’, which couldn’t be truer for self-employed care workers. So as a self-employed provider, here are three top tips to give you the competitive edge. The implementation of the [...]
Tips from successful entrepreneurs and business owners for sole traders. Going out on your own ain’t easy… so lucky for us, there are others who have already gone through it. We can take the “been there, done that” lessons from successful entrepreneurs, small business owners and sole traders and use it to our advantage. We’ve [...]
These 5 apps will help you work harder, better, faster, stronger. What do we want? More time. When do we want? Now. No matter how much we wish for a shift in the time-space continuum, resulting in freakishly long days, it’s not (as far as I know) going to happen. Unfortunately, there are only a [...]
When it comes to bringing home the bacon, it can get messy. As things get busier, work can start to spill over into your family life. There’s no denying a balance needs to be achieved between the two, otherwise family and fun ends up on the unreachable end of a lopsided seesaw. If you’re a [...]
You have to have a plan, man. Whether it’s for coaching, management or self-improvement, when there is a plan in place there is a greater chance of success. When it comes to business, there are many elements that will contribute to how successful an operation will be, and one of them is having a business [...]
Outsourcing – a word that gets thrown around quite a bit these days – is moving tasks, jobs or processes to an external contracted third party, aka getting someone else to do it. But, why? Isn’t the old saying, “if you want something done right, do it yourself?” That is the old saying, “old” being [...]
The fantasy of retirement with all its promises of relaxation and happiness may not be what people want after all. More and more I'm hearing of retirees who are not ready to retire or that are bored of relaxing and reading books. So, the next best options are to pester the kids and grand kids, [...]
