Author name: Annemaree Jensen

The initial phase of a business journey is pretty amazing, but it’s also hugely challenging.  It’s one of those beautiful periods of time where your brain is constantly learning but your capacity is also being tested in every way.  While you’re working your furry little rear off and learning so much that some days you …

6 Tips to Help you Survive Developing and Growing a Business Read More »

Getting older and wiser is absolutely bloody awesome.    Personally, I reject the ageist beliefs that a lot of people go along with in our society.   Instead, I choose leadership.    By this I mean that I recognise that I am in a leadership position relative to people younger than myself.  And I have …

Why Getting Older and Wiser Rocks Read More »

We often don’t think about the Australian businesses that make a real difference in our rural communities. Yet their products are important tools in our businesses and our homes.  Their products are a staple in our lives and become part of the infrastructure that makes our communities work.  And where these businesses are Western Australian …

Australian Businesses that make a Difference in Rural Western Australia Read More »

I spent so much of my life waiting for things. I used to have this terrible passive belief that “everything was going to work out.”  I believed that I just had to keep enduring things because I’d be able to look back eventually and smile happily, when everything had worked out. Embarrassingly, I literally spent …

What are you Waiting for? Read More »

I’m not a huge fan of the norm. From what I’ve experienced, when things become standard or run of the mill, they’re often a less than great experience. I didn’t always feel this way.  I actually used to look at the websites of other businesses in my industry and feel absolutely earth-swallow-me-up-dismal.  I’d feel so …

Following the Norm is Boring, Different is Awesome Read More »

Time management has certainly been an absolute shit show for me. Feeling like you’re fighting an ongoing battle with time and always losing is awfully painful.  Because time is of course one of the most precious resources each of us has, and it’s the one thing that all of us would like more of. My …

Time Management a Total Shit Show for you at the Moment?  Here’s a few tips I Learnt the Hard way Read More »

Has shit gone seriously south for you? I can relate. But these days when shit goes wrong I’ve got a few more tricks up my sleeve to handle it, without wearing my body out feeling miserable and stressed. I’m going to look at two different scenarios, in ascending order of shitfulness. 1. Making a Mistake, …

Life Gone to hell in a Hand Basket? You’ll be Okay Read More »

I don’t know about you, but I’m roundly sick of being continuously emailed and texted for my feedback. Often such requests are presented after the most trivial of interactions with a business. Or, worse, I’m both texted and emailed an identical request for feedback. Seriously, just duck off. Such emails and text messages represent a …

A Feedback Survey is the Most Offensive Thing you can Send me Read More »

Small business people have the most amazing work ethics.  They work whenever they can.  They’ll often even use their weekends, public holidays and evenings to squeeze more work in.  They love to get their hands dirty and to make beautiful things happen. But they can also easily kill themselves with exhaustion, if they’re always on …

Block some time off Before you die of Exhaustion Read More »

I love people who run their own small businesses. The reason I love people who run small businesses is because they all share the below awesome traits.  To clarify though, I’m not saying that other people don’t have the below traits, they certainly do.  However, I’ve noticed that all of the small business people I …

Some Common Traits of People Running Small Businesses Read More »

How are you doing? I hope that you’re going okay and that you’re not feeling completely reamed up the proverbial. Because let’s face it, if you’ve got a small business you would’ve experienced severe fatigue at one point or other.  Firstly, I just want to state that this article is not about small business owner …

Surviving Small Business Fatigue Read More »

1. Do Your Homework Before you engage a business, do some research.  If you know other people who’ve used their services, talk to them.  Look at their website and any other information they provide. Most importantly though, speak to them and ask questions.  This gives you a good feel for the person or people you’ll …

How to get Better Service From Businesses Read More »

It was March 2022.  The WA Government was enforcing “emergency” laws left right and centre, because there was a pandemic on.  Where previous pandemics had always previously been responded to with calm, this time there had to be panic, and it had to be widespread. All of us were kept hyperventilating and hot in masks …

Why Government Over Reach Must be Prevented Read More »

The human spirit is a pretty awesome thing, and I’m so glad for mine. I boarded at a co-educational private school known as Sacred Heart College in Perth for my five years of high school. I’d come from a sheep station, where all of my primary education had been through School of the Air with …

How Giving the Finger to Ballroom Dancing in High School Helped me in Business Read More »

Now more than ever, businesses who know right from wrong will thrive.  A business owner’s ethics have always been absolutely critical, but these days we’re all more tired of being poorly treated than we used to be.  We’re more wary of businesses that aren’t worthy of our trust, and we choose who we support more …

5 Reasons Business Ethics are Paramount Read More »

The most beautiful thing about business is that you can do it exactly how you want to do it. Want to do a thank you video after a customer makes a purchase on your website showing yourself in a leotard doing a bad rendition of Irene Cara’s Flash Dance . . .  What a feeling”?  …

Why Running Your Business Your way is Powerful Read More »