Note from Steve, owner of Your Business Journey. This is a guest post from Natalka Antoniuk, a content writer for quadrant2design.com. All images used with permission from Universal Live.We are the events industry.We have a massive pool of talent under our wing that includes over 600,000 full-time employees. Hundreds of thousands of freelancers top up ..read more

Sometimes our decision-making gets confused. I’ve argued before that we don’t devote enough time to thinking things through and on that vain, I’d like us to explore the difference between strategy and tactics because it matters. What’s the difference between strategy and tactics? There are dozens of definitions for these terms. I tend to see strategy as ..read more

If you are an entrepreneur business owner, I wouldn’t mind betting that at some point you will be starved of sleep or have sleepless nights. This phenomenon is caused by any number of entrepreneurial challenges, including:Worries about how to pay VATStruggling to find cash to pay your PAYE billWondering how to improve your cash-flowYour accountant is ..read more

Why Not Just Get More Customers?As business ideas go, this one should be amongst the most important, unfortunately some and in fact many businesses tend to focus on other things, like getting more customers.Note: Click this link for example below I’m not saying don’t get more customers, just give it some critical thinking. Getting more customers would ..read more

Have you ever woken up feeling overwhelmed?I have, and in my case it’s because the task I must do seems so complex, complicated, and big, it clouds my mind. The outcome is procrastination, in other words the task doesn’t get done. I’ve found a reasonably easy way to overcome overwhelm and in so doing, clarity and ..read more

To all you perfectionists out there which happens to include yours truly…. Stop It and stop it now because it’s ruining your business and your life! Maybe this business idea should be titled, Save Your Life - but I thought it may be too dramatic? I also suggest you need to be careful because whilst perfection is ..read more

I’ve decided to create quick posts which will be added very frequently, the aim being one per weekday. These are all under the category of business ideas. Although these ideas seem quick, they are nonetheless of vital importance to your business success. With that said, lets get started on today’s post.Don’t go bust – Cash and ..read more

Are Your Gyroscope and Radar Connected and in Full Working Order?Some people are born leaders and perhaps you are one of them. Leaders, leading, and confidence go together like strawberries and cream. Leaders have a vision and know exactly where they are heading so why do so many visions fail to achieve the outcome wanted? Could ..read more

I’ve thought long and hard about the nature of business, why almost all businesses end up failing and whether there is a way to continue almost forever. Forever is obviously a long time indeed! So, with that in mind let’s look at what’s going on and what we can learn.Why do Businesses FailIf you have ..read more

​Is Your Business Focused on Efficiency or Resilience? ​efficiency/ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nsi/Learn to pronouncenounnoun: efficiency    the state or quality of being efficient.​resilient/rɪˈzɪlɪənt/Learn to pronounceadjectiveadjective: resilient    1.    (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.​​​Efficiency and Profit​Creating or focusing on profit has generally been achieved by creating ever more efficiency. Cutting ..read more