I used to be amazing at delaying, procrastinating, justifying and not taking action on the big things that I logically knew would move my business forward. 

But once I got serious about our businesses growth and focusing on the 'big rocks'...well, everything changed.  

As I look back on 2024, it’s incredible to think that we’ve now helped 100+ business owners: 

 - Grow their revenue. 

 - Shape their business plans and their goals for their businesses future. 

 - Gain the confidence they need to take their business to that next level. 

 - As well as meet and make friends with a whole bunch of other incredible business owners along the way. 

We've also helped our members get serious about the growth of their businesses and focus on their 'big rocks'. 

And the results... 

The average increase in revenue for our Boardroom members was 46% in 2023 and 67% in 2024! 

In an industry that's only grown by 0.5% over the past year.  

That’s insane! 

There is a...

Here we are! The start of a new year. 

I hope you had an incredible break and are excited about the year ahead and its opportunities for you and your business.  

Our office is back open and myself and the Ignite team are energised about another exciting year ahead.  

Have you ever wondered why this is the only time of the year that most are actually setting goals, thinking about the changes they’d like to make and what they want their future to look like? 

For some - it’s because it’s a new year, new me, this year will be different etc etc... 

But for most - it’s because you’ve actually had a decent holiday and you’ve actually allowed yourself to relax and think about something else apart from the looming deadlines every week and the pressure of having to deliver all the time.  

There’s a reason why your best ideas come to you when you’re in the shower, at the beach, on a bush walk - or on holidays. 

It’s because you’ve actually stepped out of the logical...

I wanted to reach out and say a huge thank you for an incredible year! 

Thank you for being part of our community and your ongoing support this year.  

It's been an amazing year - full of opportunities to learn, grow & develop as both an individual and a business owner. 

I'm really looking forward to the opportunities that lie ahead for you and your business in the new year. 

We'll be taking our annual break over Christmas and the New Year. 

The office will be closed from Saturday 21st December (Sydney) through to Monday 6th January 2025, when we're back on deck all rested up, recharged, and ready to hit the ground running. 

Have an amazing Christmas break. Make sure you relax, have fun, connect properly and deeply with your family and loved ones and take time out for yourself. 

As a special thank you - I've included a link to a workbook below we created for our Boardroom members for you to use over the break.  

It's called "Rest & Recharge" and it's got...

The results are in!! 

At the end of each year - we look at the results of our individual members.  

As well as Boardroom as a whole. 

And this year we smashed our records from 2023! 

For 2024, the total additional revenue added into our Boardroom members businesses was $6,813,441! 

Our Boardroom membership ROI was 13.5 x times their membership.  

And the average revenue increase per member was 67%!! 

I'm blown away by these results and I couldn't be prouder of our members this year.  

They've put the effort in and the results speak for themselves.  

This year we've also celebrated a bunch of business wins and milestones with our Boardroom members. 

For example: 

 - Armin, John, James & Haydn added $1.13M in revenue since January and grew by 77% over the year.  

 - Amanda & John grew from $1.2M to $2M in 10 months.  

 - Jason added $1.1M in revenue since January and grew by 59% over the year.  

 - Bill & Adam grew by 111% and are now hittin...

We’re here!! 

Commandment #10 for consultancy business owners.  

And this commandment is arguably the most important.  

Making sure you’re building a business that you actually want to build. 

And not a business based on what others want.  

Now as you grow, it’s natural to look around you.  

At what other business owners are doing and how they’re doing it.  

And it’s natural to look at them and tell yourself “that looks great how they’re running XYZ - I’m going to copy that”. 

But the 2 x big mistakes I often see with this approach is: 

 1) It isn’t right for you and how you want to run your business at all. 

Or 

 2) It’s not the right timing for where your business is at.  

People often blindly copy what others are doing or implement advice from others, without running it through these 2 x filters first.  

At the end of the day - please remember, this is your business.  

How you want to run it, work in it, take holidays from it. ...

Ahh - one of my favourite topics.  

Delegation.  

We all know we need to delegate right? 

So what gets in the way? 

From you delegating, getting help and elevating your role in the business? 

Today we’re exploring commandment #9 for consultancy business owners. 

Thou shalt delegate and elevate. 

Now as your business grows, your role shifts. 

From you doing all the work.  

To focusing on training and building a great team. 

So that they can do the work. 

Freeing you up to focus on bigger strategies and higher value actions in the business. 

But this can’t happen. 

If you don’t delegate.  

Now the single biggest unconscious driver I see preventing business owners from delegating more to others and getting help in their businesses is… 

Trust.  

“No-one can do it as good as me” or “It’s quicker and easier if I just do it myself” or “What if they get it wrong?”. 

I get it.  

You’ve built your business to this point off ...

The fear of the unknowns and the ‘what if’s’ can often be the biggest hindrance to growth and goal achievement.  

We simply get stuck (or too comfortable) at the level we’re at right now - because we don’t have a roadmap to follow to get us to that next level.  

But it doesn’t need to be like this.  

Everything in life has a roadmap if you look hard enough.  

Career progression, getting fit, building wealth etc. 

There is always a formula, a recipe, to hitting your goals and getting to the next level. 

And building your business is no different.  

There is absolutely a roadmap, a staged business growth approach, to growing your business. 

And if followed, means that you can confidently move through the steps and the stages and continue to grow and uplevel your business… 

…without falling into the trap of the fear of the unknown. Which causes procrastination and losing time to indecision (or the wrong decision). 

It’s called the ‘Business Stages R...

I was chatting with Steven recently and he’s just let me know… 

“I’m pretty stoked, my revenue increased over 300% for the year”. 

and 

“I’m expecting my revenue to double for the new year”. 

How good is that! 

From being reactive and having no time → capitalising on key opportunities and growing the business. 

When I met Steven he: 

→ Didn’t have the time to think about the longer term future of the business. 

→ Was working with not so great clients. 

→ Had been stuck in the same business position for the past three years. 

So we got to work. 

Together we worked on: 

Raising his prices and increasing his fees. 

Focusing on better clients with bigger fees. 

Building the team to support him growing. 

And now...  

He’s celebrating a 3X in revenue from this time last year. 

And is looking forward to a great year ahead. 

We could not be prouder of the results Steven has achieved and he’s only getting warmed up. 

So if yo...

As the business owner, your role is to always be looking forward to that next phase of growth. 

And what the company needs to do, be and look like in order to achieve this growth.  

But often you get caught out, when you haven’t thought at all about the future and what the next phase looks like. 

That’s when growth stalls or stops.  

That’s when stagnation starts to creep in.  

Being purely focused on the here and now. 

Doing, delivering & putting out fires.  

Immediate action with short term results - but no focus on the bigger picture.  

This is what often leads to you waking up one day and realising that you haven’t built your business in a way that actually serves you.  

That you haven’t actually created your business in the way that YOU want. 

But it doesn’t have to be like this. 

In fact, with some simple tweaks and a small amount of time each week focused on the right areas - your business could look (and feel) very different. 

But...

Would you like December and January to be some of your best months? 

Would you like to go into the Christmas break knowing you’ve finished the year strongly. 

And you’ve got the work secured to start 2025 with momentum? 

I ran a training for our Boardroom members yesterday called “Clients Over Christmas”. 

Where we unpacked the 5 x strategies to generate revenue quickly.  

And go into Christmas with a confident pipeline of work.  

Would you like a copy of the video recording and workbook? 

Send me an email at [email protected] with the word “Christmas” and I’ll send it over.  

Would love to help you generate more revenue over the Christmas period. 

To your success. 

Josh 

PS: If you’re interested, here are 4 ways I can help you right now: 

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