In September 2018, Driving School trainer Dave Foster fell off a two story building.

As he was falling through thin air to the cold concrete below, his life flashed before his eyes - and he had an epiphany. Until that moment, Dave was working 10-12 hour days every day in his business, and fully believed that "no one can run this business, except me."

Faced with being unable to work for six months, Dave had no choice but to remove himself from the day-to-day operations, and instead work ON his business.

And now, 8 years later, Dave has taken a "false exit" - running the business in an hour or two a day from his home in sunny Spain, after years of touring Europe in an RV.

In this episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, Dave implores anyone listening who says that "my business is different - and WON'T work without ME" to think again.

I recently came across my all-time favourite review of my book Big Ideas... for Small Businesses - from my ten year old son.

He's 16 now, so it really made me chuckle to see what the younger version of him made of a book that's aimed at ambitious lifestyle business owners, not ten year old kids!

How do you make sure you stay hydrated throughout the day?

By creating an easy-to-follow (and hard to forget) routine, of course!

Taking a leaf out of my own book Routine Machine, I've created the "5 teabag rule", to make sure I remain well lubricated through the working day...

"I'm sorry, that price is for new customers only"

A guaranteed way to get my blood BOILING... 😡

In this snippet from my forthcoming book Retention First, I share the story of a completely fictional broadband company, called "Emerging Media", who decide to tax the loyalty of their best customers, and give the best offers to those people who've never spent a penny with them...

Some of my "favourite" 1-star reviews:

"smug look at how awesome the author is"

"no help for small business owners unless they're already millionaires"

"my god you have to wade through an awful lot of pointless rambling to get there"

My books have attracted more than 2,000 five-star reviews.. yet it's the handful of negative ones that stick with me...

Here's what happened when I tried to get up at 5am and follow Hal Elrod's "miracle" morning routine:

It'd take a miracle for me to follow it again!

THE morning routine doesn't matter.

What matters is that you HAVE a morning routine - one that's 💯 designed for YOU...

Time happiness is about enjoying your work and life. It's essential to be proud of what you do, and understanding what makes you tick is crucial for happiness.

In this episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, One Percenter Neil Symonds introduces us to "Time Happiness" - the guiding principle that Neil uses to run his business - and TRULY enjoy his life.

A few weeks back, I had my left knee sliced open, and was signed off work for two weeks.

Upon being handed my sick note, I laughed out loud.

Because I run my own business.

"If I don't work, I don't earn"

Only that's not strictly true...