When we recognise we’re unique, we stop wasting time looking for ready-made financial plans – from bloggers, influencers or the money pages of the Press. Instead, we focus on designing what we need – a plan for our unique circumstances and financial life goals. We are unique in many ways, as we’ll see, but we…
If you plan to continue working for several years but are thinking about changing direction, this Insight is for you.
If you’re planning to travel by aeroplane again (at some time in the future!) you’ll be pleased to know that pilots are trained to avoid goal obsession. In this short Insight, I want to explore why you need to avoid goal obsession too – and why you need to be extra ‘wary’ of those around…
Most people in business say ‘I don’t like selling’ or ‘I don’t want our marketing to be salesy‘ … and I absolutely get that. No one wants to be viewed as a ‘cheezy, sleazy’ salesperson, do they? But if being ‘salesy’ is absolutely not what selling is about, what’s the secret?
Updated following the tragic recent death of ‘day trader’ Alex Kearns. This Insight is aimed at helping anyone (like my fictional character Joe, in the story below) to understand the real and horrendous risks of spread betting before it’s too late. Please share with your friends.
Hello there! This guide is for you – if you own a financial advice business and feel you could use some help in designing your future work life. If you already have thoughts about what work you’ll do (or you don’t plan to work) after selling your business, this guide could help you confirm or…
Hello! This is the third of four posts designed to help you explore your motivations for selling your business – and help you design a good future work life. There are many complex factors to consider when selling a business – and at Melo we can guide you through those when you’re ready to start….
Hello! This is the last of four posts in our series, which aims to help you explore your motivations for selling your business and offer ideas for planning your future work life.