These are some of the pumpkins we carved last year, and I'm really looking forward to continuing our annual family tradition again this year. It's such a simple thing. A pumpkin costs a couple of quid. You sit around the table together, carve out some ridiculous faces, laugh at each other's efforts and, more importantly, talk. About your day. Your week. Your year. What's going well, what's not, and what's happening in each other's lives. It's fun, it's therapeutic, and it's a wonderful way to reconnect. There are thousands of designs on Instagram, YouTube and across the internet if you need a little inspiration. But here's my real point. Not every day needs to be about business, profit, growth or productivity. Sometimes the most valuable, powerful and productive thing you can do is switch everything else off and spend a couple of hours being together. No agenda. No targets. No deadlines. Just family, laughter, conversation and a few pumpkins. Because ultimately, it's often the simplest traditions that become the strongest cement holding families or teams together. So why not grab a few pumpkins this weekend and make some memories? You might find those couple of hours are worth more than anything else you could have achieved today. Happy Halloween! 🎃

Some amazing news, 2027 going to be a year.

1955 – 2025 Two dates. One dash. When you die, those two dates will tell the world when you arrived and when you left. But they won't tell anyone how you lived. The dash in between? That's your life. And here's what troubles me. - So many people spend their entire lives preparing to live. - Working harder today so they can enjoy tomorrow. - Sacrificing another weekend. Missing another family occasion. - Postponing another adventure. Telling themselves: - "When the business gets bigger..." - "When I've made enough money..." - "When I retire..." But what if tomorrow never comes? I've met business owners who've spent 10, 20, 30, even 40 years building businesses that have become their prisons. - Millions in turnover. - Impressive offices. - Dozens of employees. - But no freedom. Some earn barely more than they could working for somebody else, except they carry all the risk, all the stress and all the responsibility. They own a business. But the business owns them. And the saddest part? They're so busy building a better future that they're missing the life they have today. I'm not suggesting you stop working hard, building wealth or having ambition. Quite the opposite: - Build something extraordinary. - Build something that gives you a life, not something that takes it away. - Build wealth, but make sure you have the time and freedom to enjoy it. Because success isn't just measured by how much money you accumulate. It's measured by what that money, time and freedom allow you to experience. The places you go. The people you love. The memories you make. The lives you change. Nobody knows how long their dash will be. But you do get to decide what you put into it. So stop waiting for retirement to start living. Stop confusing being busy with being successful. And stop sacrificing the one thing you can never earn back. Your time. One day, someone will write two dates with a little dash between them. Make damn sure that dash tells one hell of a story.

Great to see Mike this morning, and a few of the community including @Katie Humphrey and Mike was on fire 🔥 leading with 70 days left in 2026 to make a difference! I am hoping to make Mike’s mapping day on the 26th November 2026 gearing up for a great 2027! Thanks Mike for all you do in the wider business community!

Evening everyone! We are four days away from the Half Marathon for those registered and updates would have been sent to your emails as I have received along with your badge number. Please 🙏 for those who have booked in - please spend a short time familiarising the email along with the race guide. It shows all the details over parking, as some roads close early and the details over the event village, of which I aim to be at the Little Miracles tent ⛺️ early possibly from around 7am. You will need to register, bag as part of your number placed in the area, and in your designated pen ready for the start…. There is a warm up as well. So my advice is to get there early, so you can all meet up if you want to! My number is 07561 623563 but please 🙏 bare in mind I go off early than the masses in the wheelchair ♿️ and then we are to as Mike says run 🏃‍♀️/ walk your own race, but I do hope to meet at the end, and from 10 miles if you guys have not seen me, I will be looking out for you, but trust me, I will no doubt be at the rear and will find it challenging! Hope this helps and please 🙏 if anyone still wants to donate we are almost at £1,500 on the £2,000 target 🎯 and the link is in the previous post!