Lorraine Pirihi - The Productivity Queen

Mary is a typical small business owner, she keeps herself busy doing the ‘hands on’ work. In her case it is doing beauty treatments and she told me she keeps doing this because she really enjoys it. Her clients constantly told her how great she was, which made her feelappreciated...

When you look at the list of what women ‘do’ in their businesses it looks something like this: 1. General administration 2. Email 3. Website maintenance 4. Phone calls...

Hi, I’ve been invited to speak at a number of events in the coming weeks including the ‘Home Biz Chicks Success Summit’ and ‘Accelerate in Business’...

One of my clients used to run his own successful accounting practice from home. With pre-school children and trying to grow his business, he and his wife used to get very frustrated with the fact that they could never remove themselves from the workplace...

Hi, You know when you’re getting old when your youngest child attends their Year 11 formal! The time finally arrived this week…and here is my ‘baby’. I told him to ’smile’ for thephoto and this was the result. This is one of those milestones in life that I’ll always remember...

Before coming to me for coaching, a client of mine was so sick and tired of the long hours he had been working for years that he wanted to get out of his business. We found he was spending 20 hours a week on general paperwork that could easily be done by an administrative assistant...

Hi, Received an invite to attend the ‘Women in League’ pre ‘State of Origin’ event this week.And of course, I had plenty of business cards with me. Also attended the game against Queensland and New South Wales...

Do you find it frustrating knowing that there must be a better way to manage your time, yet you can’t seem to pinpoint exactly what you need to do? Well here’s a simple secret that could easily save you a couple of hours a day...

Hi, Now that I’m the Team Co-ordinator for my son’s football team, Moorabbin RamsJunior RugbyLeague Club, I felt it was necessary to upgrade my first aid skills last weekend… and I’m so glad I did. I’ll definitely be putting these skills to practical use at the next game...

Before you start complaining that your team are causing you headaches and not performing the way you want, take a look at yourself first. Gary who runs a plumbing business has 5 staff. He was always complaining that they were lazy, didn’t use their initiative and would take advantage of him...

With the end of the tax year fast approaching, it’s With the end of of the financial year fast approaching, now is anideal time to focus on your personal affairs...

Hi, I’ve been out and about this week. I attended 2events,one was to learn how to make the most of my database and the other was on personal developmentand investing. Both events were very beneficial and it really does pay off to make the effort and get out there...

Networking is a very important marketing component for most businesses, yet so many people just don’t seem to understand that to make it work thereis a crucial step that must be done right…the follow-up...

Hi, Been going through the stages of ‘pottering around’ at the moment. There are various times in the year where you go full steam ahead and others where you tend to ‘potter around’, take it easy andchill out more...

Why is it in life that when something is working, you stop doing it? Jack has a well-established electronics business which he started 10 years ago. Over this time the business has grown and he now has a team of 7 people...

Hi, Enjoyedthe weekend at The Essentially For Women event. It’s so importanttonot only run my own events and speak at others but also to participate for my own learning. That’s me walking over broken glass with Gold Medal Olympic Beach VolleyballChampion Kerri Pothurst holding my hand...

What I’ve noticed about very successful business owners, they are always learning and growing. The majority do not achieve their high levels of success on their own...

Hi, I’m really looking forward to myupcoming workshop next month ‘Ramp Up Your Revenue Without Working Any Harder’. It’sperfect timing to run this powerful event again.Unless you have a plan in place,it’s very easy to lose your way and get distracted by the ‘gloom and doom’...

On a recent walk I noticed that one of our local bakeries had closed down. There was a sign in the window saying that due to the passing of the owner, the shop was closed until further notice...

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With four of us in the family who are all into health and fitness, we used to attend this particular practice. The actual environment is lovely; however therewas always a high turnover of physiotherapists...

Had some time off to recharge my batteries over Easter. Enjoyed some retail therapy and just loved that extra hour or so to sleep in. Usually I’m up by 5.15 a.m. to get ready for fitness training. My son, Trent hadall his wisdom teeth removed last week and had no pain...

Do you sometimes or often lack energy? Even if you do exercise regularly and eat heathily you can stillbe lethargic because of a simple thing, most entrepreneurs don’t do…get enough sleep. Youfind your brain is ticking all hours of the day and night...

My son Trent hurt his shoulder at league training this week,so it was off to thephysio (again). It’s all happening for him at the moment, next week he has to gethis wisdom teeth removed...

Do you ever feel it’s just too hard being in your own business...

It’s been a big week. Spent most of the weekend at the MegaNetworking and Referral event. It was well worth attending, not just because I was speaking but thevariety of presentations and networking activities were extremely beneficial foreveryone...

I presented at the MegaNetworking event this week and was surprised whenI started to get all choked up when talking about how vital technology was when my daughter was overseas. By using Skype and a webcam we would be able to see each other...

I finally completed the update of my on-line store this week. What seemedto be a simple project, took hours to do, even though I wasn’t doing thehands-on work. It’sbeen worth it, now I can reap the rewards. The response I had when I notified my ezine subscribers was overwhelming...

Some time ago I facilitated aVIP Planning Day for a small accounting practice. During the course of the day we reviewed the progress they had made since Planning Day we had the year before...

My son Trent israring to go with the football season now upon us. I’ve been procrastinating on getting involved with the organisation that is required to ensure everything is running effectively both on and off the field.However, someone has to and that ’someone’ is me...

This week I attended an event where the guest speaker showed us how to use ‘Twitter’ to boost business. Social Networking isexplodingso make sure you don’t miss out. You should at least have a presence on ‘Facebook’...

I’ve mentioned this many times, but I am constantly amazed at how the simple things that I take for granted, to other people it’s a great revelation. Do you feel that you’re snowed under with paperwork and clutter and cannot seem to get a grip on it...

I’m curious. How many of you are feeling affected by the economy right now? Are you worried about your business? Are you looking for more income streams? Do you want to start a business but are afraid this isn’t the right time? Or are you doing great right now...

It’s interestinghowall the seminars and events that I want to attend always seem to happen in the one week! Lots of great events are coming up over the next few weeks and I’ll keep you informed of the ones I am speaking at or would be worthwhile for you to attend...

I’m constantly amazed at the amount of people I encounter who seem to invest a big chunk of their time and money attending seminars, joining coaching programs and investing in very expensive products only to do nothing with them...