The past few years have been a rollercoaster for borrowers in New Zealand and that’s being polite. Rising interest rates, inflation, and tougher lending conditions have made home loans more expensive and investment strategies more difficult to execute. But finally, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel. The RBNZ has been easing back […]
In the hospitality industry, whether it be in a café, bar, or restaurant, the drive to achieve better is a foundation of successful. The terms “good,” “very good,” and “exceptional” are frequently used to categorize and evaluate performance or quality. While these terms are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct levels of achievement, each with […]
It is no great shock to suggest that we are in the midst of a technological revolution that is reshaping industries and redefining the way we work. What is generally underestimated though, is the pace at which this is happening and the exponential nature of the gen AI advancement that is fuelling this revolution. Rob […]
Dunning, co-discoverer of the Dunning-Kruger effect, investigates the misinformation gap built into our brains: We don’t know what we don’t know. Overestimating your skills can land you in a world of trouble. David Dunning: “The list of creative ways people have for reaching conclusions they wish to reach and dismissing conclusions they find threatening is […]
Leaders, are you time short? If so then listen up! Time is the ultimate non-renewable resource, so why do we fritter it away so freely? Your time, energy and focus are precious, but are you in one of these predicaments: ● You find it easy to think of exciting ideas and start projects but you’ve […]
My favourite quote of all time is by Winston Churchill: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” This quote is particularly pertinent because we are experiencing an economic downturn. Some business owners will likely be the architects of their own demise – mainly because they focus […]
Change is a beautiful thing when it brings hope and new benefits but can be cruel and less palatable when it takes something away. Change is a force that continually balances our world, so we are adjusting to what is happening around us all the time. Most of the time we don’t even realise that […]
The macroeconomic landscape over the last couple of years has had global implications, but it has also had a very individual impact on most people. Restrictive credit, inflation, and the general cost of living make for daily headlines. Of course, we don’t need to read the newspaper to know that it can be hard to […]
At a time of year when finances have been getting a workout, it is easy to lose sight of the long term, but those day-to-day decisions can have profound impacts on savings goals. To help Kiwis manage both, New Zealand financial services company, Booster has unveiled its latest innovation – the Booster Savvy Fund. This […]
Business owners must leverage their natural strengths to make their business a success. Recently, I gave that advice to an owner we were working with only to be told that her two strengths were humour and patience. She asked me, “How on earth am I going to use those?” This prompted an insightful conversation where […]
We are starting to see people getting back into positive routines, supported with good habits. This alone will deliver a massive shift in a person’s mental state, but is also foundational in you achieving next level success. Have you managed to get back into a new established routine? Have you managed to shake off any […]
Coming up in March this year, BBT will be 8 years old. Crazy to think we are closing in on a decade in business. It feels like yesterday we started tapping away on a couple of computers in the back of a storage room. Now we’re a team of over 40 people with clients in […]
One of the world’s most sought after performance coaches, Owen Eastwood, (Ngāi Tahu) has made a global impact across a number of fields by drawing on the universal human need to belong and tapping further into the idea of Whakapapa and an “unbroken and unbreakable chain of people who share a sacred identity and culture.” […]
It seems we all self-sabotage, but depending on the scale that each of us is doing this, as to how much it is impacting our success. There are literally hundreds of ways you could be self-sabotage, but most of them are caused by similar reasons. So, let us look at the five big reasons why […]
