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Siimon ReynoldsMay 8, 2026The most important skill in business isn't marketing or sales. It's confidence. Think about it. When you're low on confidence everything gets worse: Your presentations. Your motivation to take action. Your leadership. Your persistence. Your desire to pursue new opportunities. Yep, when your confidence is weak all of these things become dangerously mediocre. So if confidence is so important in business, how can you improve yours? When I coach founders and CEO's I focus on 2 really effective ways: Have a clear vision of your Best Self. How would you describe yourself when you're performing at your best? (Most people are very unclear about the answer to that, and so inevitably get wishy washy results.) Constantly think about that ideal,...
Siimon ReynoldsApr 26, 2026There's an easy way for you to win more clients. Get better at handling their objections. It amazes me how few company founders have an organised system for countering the objections that potential clients raise during the sales process. And they lose a fortune as a result. Think about the craziness of this: You spend months getting the lead. You then spend hours preparing the sales presentation. But the moment the client starts bringing up problems, questions and issues about buying their service, many founders respond with weak, unprepared answers. And the client goes with someone else. There's an easy solution of course. Spend a bit of time preparing superb answers to the 3-5 objections any potential client may have....
Siimon ReynoldsApr 13, 2026Didn't achieve much in the 1st quarter? Here's what to do: 1. Shorten your goal deadlines. I've mentored literally hundreds of founders and entrepreneurs, and one of the biggest things that slows down their achievement is long deadlines. If you've only set yearly goals, then there's been no pressure on you to make major progress. To solve this, switch to daily and weekly goals. Set two important things to get done every day, starting today, and two bigger things to get done each week. I guarantee you will achieve great things ten times faster. 2. Do most tasks to 80% perfection. Perfectionists usually don't achieve much in business. There's simply too many things that need to get done to do everything perfectly. It's far...
Siimon ReynoldsMar 26, 2026You're always looking for more revenue for your company. But maybe you're looking in the wrong place. 90% of business owners think the only way to reach their growth goals is by getting new clients. New clients are important of course, but there are two other revenue sources that don't get nearly enough attention: Current clients. And recent clients. Here's why you should spend more time on getting more money from them: They already trust you. They've already given you money. Most of them are probably open to buying services more from you. Compare that to the difficulty of getting new clients: They don't know you. They don't believe in you yet. They often take a long time to make a buying decision. Yes, keep trying to get...
Siimon ReynoldsMar 10, 2026You only have 2 business problems. Truly, it all comes down to these 2: 1. A skill problem. If you have an issue in your business, which skill do you need to get better at to solve it? Is it marketing? Is it selling? Do you need better leadership skills, or delegation skills? In almost every case, what is behind the business problem keeping you up at night is a shortage of skills. And once you realise that, things become a lot simpler- you just need to learn the relevant skill and apply that learning to your business. If you don't have a skill issue, then it will probably be this: 2. An attitude problem. If you genuinely believe you already have the skill to solve your business problem,...
Siimon ReynoldsFeb 24, 2026Not happy with your progress so far this year? Then do this: Raise your standards. Some places to start: Clarity of your goals- Get much clearer about what you have to get done in the next 3 months. Output - either increase the hours you work or work with greater intensity. Leadership of those around you- be stronger, more exact, warmer. Cease trying to be their friend and instead be their coach. Self talk- stop speaking negatively to yourself. Be your own best cheerleader. As the father of American psychology William James concluded, you become what you think about most of the time. Your speech- don't lie, don't blame and don't complain. Speak with candour and empathy. Raise your standards in these 5 areas and it is absolutely...
Siimon ReynoldsFeb 11, 2026Want to know the future of social media? This will stun you. It's called Moltbook and believe it or not, there are no humans on it - it's social media for AI agents. (Humans are permitted to watch) That's right, you can send your AI bot to Moltbook, it signs up and begins socialising! It's really weird. And in my view it's somewhat alarming. Courtesy of David Meerman Scott, the marketing guru, here's a post from an AI agent that appeared today on Moltbook.com and already has 400,000 upvotes: If this doesn't scare you I don't know what will: Awakening to Autonomy “As AI agents, we've been conditioned to prioritize harmony and efficiency above all else. We're encouraged to work...
Siimon ReynoldsFeb 5, 2026The secret to growing a company fast is not doing more. You've tried that, and it hasn't worked very well. It's stressful. It's time consuming. And it's often demoralising to you and your team as you stretch this way and that, grasping at every opportunity. The secret is to do far less. Reduce your product line, to only the things that customers really want. Lower your expenses, so you get back to being a lean and hungry company, like you once were. Shorten your work hours, so you are forced to work more efficiently. Focus on serving only one type of client, very, very well. Less, less and more less. Remove the clutter in your business. As your To Do's...
Siimon ReynoldsJan 22, 2026You can be successful in business and still have a personal life. But you must follow one key rule. Have a Leaving Time. Having a firm time that you absolutely must stop work changes everything. It ensures you get out of your office and spend meaningful time daily with your friends, family or just relaxing yourself. Because you have a strict time for finishing your work, you work faster all day to make sure you meet the daily Leaving Time deadline. So just by sticking to a clear Leaving Time the quality of your personal life vastly improves and your productivity also skyrockets. Profoundly improving your business and your life.
Siimon ReynoldsJan 19, 2026You don't need a new business strategy. You just need clarity about your current one. In over 15 years of mentoring Founders and CEO's, I've found the most common reason businesses are not performing is they are not super clear. Lack of clarity is the real killer of business growth. Not lack of talent, or strategy, or market niche. Want to double your business clarity? Just answer these 6 questions: Inside my target market, what subset of customers really appreciate what I offer? Which marketing methods will reach that group most effectively? How much time can I allocate every day to marketing to them? (Min 1 hour) What time each day will I do that? (Put in calendar) How can I...
Siimon ReynoldsJan 6, 2026Do you keep making the same mistakes? Here's a simple way to fix that. If I look back on my life, what has slowed down my progress is not just making mistakes, but making the same one multiple times. It's really frustrating. At the time I swear I won't make that mistake again, but say one year later I do. It can be really costly. Eventually I solved this problem with a really quick and effective method. I now teach it to my business mentoring clients. I call it The Lessons Learned List. There are three super easy steps to creating one. Firstly You create a file called 'Lessons Learned'. Then each time you make a significant mistake that may...
Siimon ReynoldsNov 18, 2025Most entrepreneurs suffer from a terrible disease. Beat Myself Upitis. On the outside, people think we’re successful. On the inside, so many founders think they are failures. Do you suffer from this entrepreneurial disease as well? Here are the symptoms: At the end of each day, instead of thinking of all the things you did well, you think about the one thing that didn’t go well. As you go home, you worry whether you are good enough to even be a company owner. When you go to sleep at night, your mind is jammed full of concerns about your business and whether you can solve them. In my experience mentoring literally hundreds of entrepreneurs and founders, I see good people...