The Business Fixer

A few weeks ago, someone messaged me after seeing one of my posts. 📱

Not to say hello. To tell me who I am.

Based on one post. Out of context. Read in about ten seconds.

Apparently they had me all figured out. 😅

I read it, felt that little flicker of "well that's not fair"...
And then got on with my afternoon.

A few years ago, I'd have sat with that for hours. Maybe longer.

Wondering if there was something to it. Whether other people saw me the same way. Whether I needed to do something about it.
This time? It just... passed.

And that difference says a lot about what actually separates business owners who keep moving forward from those who plateau.

It's not luck. It's not connections. It's not having an easier run of things.
It's how they're built to respond to what happens.

A bad month for one owner becomes a story about why things never work out.
For another, it's one slow month in an otherwise reasonable run. Filed away. Moved past.

The events aren't that different. ⚖️
What's different is the internal operating system processing them.

And here's the part that matters most:
That operating system isn't fixed. 🔑
The qualities that let some owners keep moving through exactly the same conditions that stall others?
They can be built. Deliberately. Gradually. Regardless of where you're starting from.

A settled sense of self. Resilience. Consistency.

Not personality traits you were either born with or weren't. Built through repetition, in fairly ordinary ways, by anyone willing to put the building blocks in place. Which is exactly what this week's blog is about. 👇

If you've ever wondered why some weeks feel solid and others fall apart for no clear reason, or why progress doesn't always show up the way you'd expect, even when you're putting in the effort, this one's for you.

Read it here: https://www.rfr.bz/f4328ebfd

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭,
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰
𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺.” ~ 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘩𝘯 ~

Most people don’t stay stuck because they lack ambition.
They stay stuck because they stay comfortable.

The usual routines.
The safe decisions.
The “I’ll do it when the time feels right” mindset.

But the truth is, growth rarely feels comfortable.

It asks you to take chances before you feel ready.
To step into uncertainty.
To do things differently, even when it would be easier not to.

What you want next in your life or business will almost always require a version of you that’s willing to take a risk.

✨ A risk to be seen
✨ A risk to try something new
✨ A risk to back yourself when there are no guarantees

Because playing it safe might protect you from failure… but it can also keep you exactly where you are.
This week, ask yourself:
Where am I choosing comfort over growth? 🤔

And what would happen if you chose differently?

You don’t need to take a huge leap.
Just one bold step outside of your “usual” can change everything. 🚀

Because ordinary outcomes are built on safe decisions… but extraordinary ones come from the risks you’re willing to take. 💫

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥... 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩...”
~ Edward Dube, Buxton Recruitment

One of the biggest challenges business owners face isn't a lack of knowledge.

It's perspective.

When you're in the business every day, dealing with clients, managing a team, solving problems, and making decisions, it's easy to become so close to everything that you can't see what's really holding you back.

Sometimes the next breakthrough doesn't come from working harder.

It comes from thinking differently.

That's why mindset matters.

Not the fluffy, motivational kind.

The practical kind that helps you:

🟣 See opportunities where you previously saw obstacles

🟣 Challenge assumptions that are limiting growth

🟣 Make decisions with greater confidence

🟣 Step out of firefighting mode and focus on what really matters

🟣 Lead the business instead of being consumed by it

Often, the businesses we work with already have more potential than they realise.

They don't necessarily need more ideas.

They need clarity.

A different perspective.

And sometimes someone willing to ask the questions they've not thought to ask themselves.

Thank you, Edward, for your kind words and for recognising the value of that work. 🙏

If you've ever felt like you're working hard but not quite seeing the progress you expected, it might not be a strategy problem.

It might be time to look at things differently. 💭

For years, I had a list. 😅

Not a vague list either. An actual list of everything I wanted in a partner.

Ambition. ✅

Confidence. ✅

A genuinely good sense of humour. ✅

And somewhere near the top of the list...

Six foot or above. 😂

Non-negotiable, I told myself.

Then I started talking to someone who ticks every meaningful box.

The ambition is there.

The confidence is there.

The humour is definitely there.

And because he has everything that actually matters, the fact he's slightly shorter than my self-imposed ideal barely even registered.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

We convince ourselves certain things are essential until something comes along that makes us realise they never really were.

Business owners do exactly the same thing when they hire.

They create their own version of the list.

Usually not written down, but sitting somewhere in their head.

A certain qualification.

A specific amount of experience.

A particular industry background.

A degree.

A certain type of CV.

And before long they've mixed up what they genuinely need with what they've simply convinced themselves they need.

The result?

❌ Great candidates get filtered out for the wrong reasons.

❌ Poor candidates get hired because they ticked all the surface-level boxes.

❌ The business owner ends up carrying even more responsibility than before.

Because the best hire isn't always the one with the most experience.

It's often the person with the right attitude, behaviours, values and cultural fit.

Yet most business owners don't discover that until after they've made a costly mistake.

The reality is that most hiring mistakes happen before the first advert is ever published.

Not during the interview.

Not during onboarding.

Before the process has even started.

Because if you're not clear on what the role actually needs, every decision that follows becomes harder.

The businesses that hire well aren't lucky.

They're clear.

Clear on what the role is.

Clear on what success looks like.

And clear on the difference between what's essential and what's simply desirable.

Because hiring isn't really about filling a vacancy.

It's about deciding what kind of business you're building.

Every person you bring into your team either gives you more freedom, more capacity and more confidence to step back... or creates another layer of dependency that keeps you stuck in the middle of everything.

The right hire becomes much easier to spot when you know what you're actually looking for. 🎯

If you've ever wondered whether it's the right time to hire, who you should hire first, or why previous recruitment decisions haven't worked out as planned, I've broken down the entire process in this week's blog.

Read it here: https://www.rfr.bz/f39fdea

I don't often talk about why I left the law.

But it's the reason I do what I do — so it feels relevant here.

For seven years I ran a law firm. I carried everything: clients, team, decisions, standards. It all sat with me.

Then I went through a regulatory investigation.

It was the test of my life.

I came through it. But it pushed me further than I'd ever been before — and ultimately, it led to my breakdown.

My breakdown became my breakthrough.

Because on the other side of it, I realised something I couldn't unsee:

I didn't want other business owners to have to learn things the hard way like I did.

So I closed the law firm, rebuilt my life, and created The Business Fixer.

Everything I teach comes from that experience. Not theory — what actually works when you're trying to build a business that doesn't depend entirely on you to function.

That's what I'll be sharing in a free live webinar on 10th June.

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝗗𝗮𝘆: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵.

If it resonates — comment "𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛" for more info 👇

✨ New Monday, new week… and a fresh opportunity to step into the next season of your life.

“𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺.
𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

Sometimes the biggest shift doesn't come from doing more. It comes from letting go of what's weighing you down.

The doubts.
The setbacks.
The habits, thoughts, and stories that no longer belong in the future you're creating.

This week, choose to focus on what’s possible. Trust the progress you're making, celebrate how far you've already come, and keep moving forward with confidence.

Your next chapter isn't built by looking backwards. It's built by believing there's something even better ahead. ✨

Have an amazing week and don't be afraid to let your light shine bright. 💫