A little win I wanted to share with this group because I know so many of you have seen parts of the journey behind the scenes. Last night I won two Peterborough Top 100 Awards: Workplace Champion and Rising Star. I’m really proud of it, but more than anything it made me stop and reflect on how much has changed in a relatively short space of time. When I started Curiously Divergent, I had a big vision for what I wanted to build, but I definitely didn’t have every part of the plan figured out. The ambition has always been bigger than just running a consultancy. I want to build a neurodivergent support hub that brings together practical support for individuals and families, alongside work with employers, schools and community organisations. Over the last year, that idea has started to become something much more tangible. We’ve grown the team, secured new contracts, built new partnerships, expanded our services and started moving much closer towards that bigger vision. There have also been plenty of difficult moments, uncomfortable decisions and lessons I probably wouldn’t have chosen to learn in quite the way I did. That’s one of the reasons I really value being part of this group. Having access to Mike’s mentoring, and being surrounded by people who are building, growing, questioning things and sharing what they’ve learnt, has helped me think much more strategically about where I’m taking the business rather than just focusing on what needs doing today. I’m still very much in the building stage, and I know there is a lot more to learn, but winning Rising Star and Workplace Champion felt like a really lovely marker of the progress so far. So I wanted to share the win here and also say thank you. The advice, conversations, challenges and encouragement in this group genuinely do make a difference. Now back to building the next stage.

I have religiously been attending The Board meetings for over a year. Every Wednesday and every Saturday meeting. Sometimes I would say to myself “ Surely if I miss the Wednesday meeting I will catch up on the Saturday but NO I don’t ! Here is to why : Every single meeting has different topics that proved to be gold dust for my business . Topics include how to close and increase sales, pricing, networking, goal setting, self-worth, branding, PR, hiring, scaling your business. The list goes on, and everyday is different. Today again , another business supercharging meeting : apprenticeship and grants. This is a great idea for me at this stage of my business. Definitely going to approach my local MP and this , believe me , ties up with my PR (from the Board meeting) article I featured a few month ago in my local newspaper re: getting young people into work https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/popular-lindfield-plumbing-company-aims-to-build-directly-employed-team-while-passing-skills-on-to-next-generation-5607942

It was April last year when I picked a Checkatrade magazine and found @Dr Mike Greene DL advert with 20mins free consultation. This is when my life changed. During the 20min free consultation @Dr Mike Greene DL gave me a lot of tips including simple things like keeping my truck clean ,clean uniform , small changes that has made so much difference to my business. Old school flyers : 10 houses to the left 10 house to the right on jobs has resulted in us doing 6houses on the same Close with 2/3 Bathrooms each. Rebranded my truck , my entire business , logo ,new uniform and brand new attitude. Rumour started going around my area that Godfrey’s C & G Plumbers Ltd had landed an Investor for his business. The transformation was that good. Pre qualifications on all my leads , on the spot sale handshakes , pricing and all we have learnt through what was Growth Syndicate and now The Board’s weekly meetings has tripled my business from constantly looking for work to being booked 4 months ahead and having to control work influx until we employ at least 2 experienced bathroom fitters. Air Condition Installations will definitely help us in scaling our Business too. Why am I posting this ? 1: To say thank you to @Dr Mike Greene DL for all you have done for us since April 2025 2: For anyone out there thinking to travel this journey with @Dr Mike Greene DL The Board : IS A GAME CHANGER 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 3: To say thank you to all The Board members for the amazing positive energy on this group Attending The Board’s weekly meetings is a proven way of recharging the mindset and keep me laser focus to scaling my business PS @Dr Mike Greene DL this is not AI generated 🤣🤣 🚀🚀🚀 🙏🙏🙏

Which matters more when it comes to building a successful business? Through my Success Is A System podcast, and decades of global business and networking I’ve met extraordinary people at both ends of the spectrum. Some have several degrees, remarkable academic intelligence and world-class expertise in their chosen fields. I’ve also interviewed people who received very little, if any formal education, including Gypsy billionaire Alfie Best, who was taken out of school before exams age, and whose wealth has been reported at $1.2 billion, and centi-millionaire entrepreneurs such as Charlie Mullins, Kevin Byrne and Neville Wright. Education can provide knowledge, discipline and an invaluable foundation. But I sometimes wonder whether it can also become a restriction: - ...teaching people to seek the correct answer, follow an established path and avoid failure, - ...when entrepreneurship frequently demands the opposite. I say that as someone awarded an honorary doctorate in education, but also as someone brought up in poverty, who went bankrupt and subsequently built a business operating across 20 countries. I’ve experienced the value of both. Academia can teach you what is known. Street smarts can teach you what to do when none of the accepted answers work. The strongest entrepreneurs probably combine the two, but if you had to weight them, which matters more? Vote below, and tell me why in the comments. What matters most when building a successful business?

With problems? With thoughts? With feelings? Or with intent, action and focus? Most people wake up and immediately hand control of their day to someone else. Emails. News. Social media. Messages. Worries. Before they’ve even got out of bed, they’re reacting instead of leading. I try to do something different. Fresh air. A walk. A glass of water. A few minutes of movement. Time to think. Time to notice what’s around me. Time to decide how I’m going to show up today. One thing I’ve learnt after mentoring thousands of business owners is this: - Thoughts and feelings aren’t facts. - Thinking about the gym doesn’t make you fitter. - Feeling like making that sales call doesn’t win the client. - Wanting a better business doesn’t build one. ….Action does. Most people don’t fail because they lack ambition. They fail because they never turn intention into action. So here’s my question… How are you going to start your day ? Not what will you think. Not what will you feel. What will you do? Because it’s rarely a lack of intent that holds us back. It’s a lack of action. Intend. Act. Do. Succeed.