Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon and the richest man on the planet (surpassing Bill Gates in July 2017) is known to still do the dishes at home. Until recently, his wife still drove their kids to school in their Honda Accord.

Last Friday afternoon, after a beautiful lunch and annual new year catch up with a friend, I was rushing down Elizabeth St towards the Myer Centre car park in Brisbane City.

If you haven’t had the chance to see The Greatest Showman movie over this Christmas break, I reckon it’s worth seeing.

Did you know that the average person spends an extra 10 hours per week at work? That’s 50 hours per week. Meanwhile, the average entrepreneur works about 80 hours per week!

Do you feel like you’re working hard and spinning the wheels but not gaining any traction? Most female entrepreneurs I work with have felt this stagnation at some point. I understand it only too well, as I was in the same boat.

In 2006, one of the fastest-growing businesses in the weight-loss industry began. It was the Tony Ferguson Weight Loss Program, started by Tony Ferguson himself in his Parramatta store.

In August 2011 I received a call from a new client who asked me if I could meet with them to discuss a program they were looking at running. I hadn’t met them before so I was well organised and prepared for the meeting.

When I was the head of training for a large organisation 10 years ago, I was sitting at my desk in my office on a Saturday. I was designing and finishing the time management program I was going to deliver the following week as I knew I wasn’t going to have enough time to finish it during the coming week.

My good friend and expert Tracey Hughes was born in the UK and backpacked around Australia in her teens. At 18 years she took up an apprenticeship, and after proving to be a pretty good stylist she was asked if she would attend an event to show people how she cut.

Being in business for yourself can be isolating. Lonely. Anthropologist and expert on tribes, Robin Dunbar identified that successful tribes and groups operate in groups of 5, 15, 150 and with a greater village going to 1500.

We are in a golden age of solopreneurs: independent, innovative experts who are turning the traditional working model on its head. No longer content with working under layers of organisational management, workers around the globe are increasingly making the decision to take full control of their careers.

Public speaking is a golden ticket to creating awareness and generating leads. It’s where you can truly let your personality and expertise shine. It’s also great for gaining an insight into your audience’s problems and how you can help, which is crucial for refining your services.

Leading Female Experts and Personal Brand: Last week Time Magazine shared some of the world’ best known Personal Brands: the profiles of the world’s 100 Most Influential People. Jeff Bezos graces the cover and each person featured is a celebrity or political figure.

My partner Mark and I recently saw the movie Hidden Figures. It tells the story of Katherine Johnson and two of her colleagues – three brilliant female African-American mathematicians working for NASA in the 1960s. (warning-spoiler alerts ahead!)

Do you ever feel as though you’re doing all the right things, but your business isn’t growing?

If so, you’re not alone. I recently worked with a client – an expert in her field – who couldn’t understand why her business was failing to grow.

Virginia is my Executive Assistant and is a baby boomer. She has had some incredible life and business experiences and can deadlift 90 kilos. She’s got heart, passion, skill, intelligence and energy.

Last Sunday night I was fortunate enough to attend Adele’s second sold-out concert in Brisbane. It was the city’s biggest-ever concert, with more than 60,000 adoring fans packed into Brisbane’s iconic sporting stadium, The Gabba. It’s no wonder.

You’ve probably heard of the Top Five Regrets of the Dying. It’s a stunning list that was put together by Australian palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware in her book of the same name. She undertook research of patients in hospitals to identify their regrets.