Get your Mojo back in 2021
Where 2020 was about innovating, pivoting and staying in business/employment the theme of 2021 so far has been one of managing our mental health. A New Year, of new lockdowns in the UK and around the world has seen many of us lose our mojo’s in a haze of winter weather and challenging news. For…
The best books to read if you want to start your own business
I’d always wanted to start my own business, but not knowing anyone who’d done it before meant I had no idea how to get started and even less of a clue about what I should be doing on a day to day basis to actually run said business. There’s a lot more to it than…
The Productive Wellbeing Show | Journey to 52 Episodes
My name is Abigail Barnes I am the Founder of Success by Design Training, an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker and corporate trainer on time management and productive wellbeing. I am also a qualified coach and creator of the renowned 888 Formula. On Monday 16 March 2020, I became the host and producer of The Productive…
How do you measure success?
This month we hosted the final panel discussion of our 2019 Redefining Success Series. This year we asked Annik Petrou, Siobhan Kangataran and Lovelda Vincenzi (Feb) Lucy Chamberlain, Angela Cox and Michael Kurn (May) and Ruth Kudzi, Jess Gardiner and Laura Try (Nov) to share their stories with us. Each of our panelist’s has redefined what success means to them and fundamentally changed their ‘career/life plans’ to create the…
3 marketing beliefs stopping your business from growing
Here are 3 marketing beliefs that are stopping your business from growing, forcing you to work harder than you need too and will ultimately lead to burnout, bankruptcy or both (there are more but these are the most common in the business owners we meet/work with). 1. Hope Marketing – The belief that if you…
Are you investing or wasting time?
The clock is always ticking, days become months, months become years, and years become a lifetime. No one has worked out how to stop or rewind time, are you investing or wasting time? Everyone gets the same 24 hours, but not everyone is getting the same results. WHY do some people get more return on…
Get brutal about your busyness!
EVERYONE gets the same 24 hours, but not everyone is spending theirs in the same way. Some people are investing their time in activities that make them happy, with people that inspire and empower them. Making their health a priority, and saying NO more than they say yes! Maybe it’s time to fire some friends, ditch…
Burnout is inevitable
When your to-do list looks more like a shopping list surely it’s impossible not to burnout / live on the edge of it? Everyone you meet has a story to tell you about how they’ve either been on the verge of burnout several times or did indeed burnout! The irony is that most people who…
What does Success mean to you?
Here at Success by Design, through our training & events, we are on a mission to help people redefine success and their relationship with time. The people we interview tells us not about a car/watch/house/handbag/holiday/promotion/pay rise, success means something else to them now…one or all of the following 3 things: > Financial Freedom Enough money…
Why Redefine Success
Redefining Success: implies that how you’re currently defining it is wrong. Don’t read on if you are happy with the life you have, the results you are getting the amount you are working and the way things are unfolding. Read on if you know you should be grateful for the life you have, but you…