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Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Tonto Digital helps small businesses use the internet, in all its glory, to attract new customers and grow their business. Read more

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Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot is a small business coach in Sydney who works with small business owners who want to make a big shift in their business and turn i... Read more

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Concept Coach aims to build conceptual clarity for business owners by providing them with simple yet effective coaching on accounting and finance r... Read more

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Altima Interactive provides web business consulting, web design and web development to help people grow their business online. Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... Read more

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell is a virtual secretary who does administration and back office work from secretarial to bookkeeping. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

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Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

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Tom Mewing, Aussie

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Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino builds WordPress websites, trains businesses how to manage a WordPress site and provides long term fanatical support for WordPress s... Read more

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Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!

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Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Akitso Web Design is a web design company that sells fully-featured professional websites to small businesses. They make getting a website for your... Read more

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. Read more

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria is an experienced bookkeeper organising small businesses. She assists clients with setting up their new business ensuring they have applied ... Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Compass Global Markets can help you with any aspect of the Foreign Currency transfers and Commodity markets from corporate hedging to wealth creation. Read more

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones provides property maintenance services within Ringwood, Ringwood North and Warranwood. Read more

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Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

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Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

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Live smart | Stress management

The stress of work can be overwhelming at times, but there are many stress management techniques you can implement to deal with stress in a manageable way.

In this section we look at ways of dealing with stress at work, setting boundaries to reduce stress, strategies to deal with anxiety in business and lots more. And to reveal whether you are susceptible to work stress related illness, take our stress test.


Tips for staying calm under pressure

07 May 12 | Maria Pantalone

Being a soloist is sometimes stressful, and high stress levels can impact on your communication style, which may ultimately damage your relationships. Here are some tips for staying calm under pressure. Read more

Comments: 4

Keep calm and carry on

26 Nov 11 | Lynda Bayada

Have you ever noticed that during times of turmoil and economic uncertainty, leaders remain calm? I think we should take a leaf from their book, and keep calm and carry on. Read more

Comments: 2

Note to self: Slow down

29 Mar 11 | Robert Gerrish

One person in particular needs to get the following message: Me. But if you’re moving too fast for comfort, I’m happy to share. Read more

Comments: 34

Coping with stress: Taking it one day at a time

13 Oct 10 | Peter Fehon

No matter how tough things are, you can get through it. I’m living proof of how coping with stress is possible. Read more

Comments: 16

Staying productive during stressful times

23 Jun 10 | Tristan Boyd

Wouldn't it be great to spring out of bed and get to work every day feeling fresh, exuding energy and smiling with confidence because your business is succeeding and you love your job? Read more

Comments: 5

Questions for the soloist dealing with stress

21 Feb 10 | Megan Hills

Dealing with stress? Not enough time in the day… or night? Clients behaving like your parents? Technology behaving like a fractious toddler? Is it all feeling too hard? Read more

Comments: 8

Coping with chaos: A moving story

19 Oct 09 | Sam Leader

Before embarking on the journey, I wondered why moving is said to be one of the most stressful things you can do. Shove a few things in boxes, put them on a truck - how hard can it be? Read more

Comments: 42

How NLP helps filter fear

01 Oct 09 | Deborah Keep

In the current climate there is a lot of fear in the air that is easy to absorb, however with NLP techniques we can choose to avoid this and only absorb the positive and beneficial elements around us. Read more

Comments: 7

Reduce stress: Get out of the emergency zone

02 Jul 09 | Zern Liew

Does your business seem to run from one emergency to another? Here’s how to reduce stress, get out of the emergency zone and get your business running smoothly. Read more

Comments: 6

Five steps to managing anxiety

17 Apr 09 | Kate James

Some of the small business owners I work with are feeling more anxious than usual. This is not surprising as these are unsettling times, so here are five steps to help you with managing anxiety. Read more

Comments: 8

Seven tips for reducing holiday stress

14 Dec 08 | Andrew May

Are you able to refresh, renew and recharge while on holidays or, like many, do you suffer from holiday stress? Read more

Comments: 7

Ten tips to help you manage stress

19 Oct 08 | Kate James

We all know stress has a negative impact on not only our emotional wellbeing, but it can ultimately lead to a range of very serious physical ailments, too. Don’t wait until you’re diagnosed with high blood pressure or heart disease to manage stress. Read more

Comments: 4

How to avoid burnout by managing stress

30 Sep 08 | Lucinda Lions

Stress fuels burnout, so if you want your business to last for life and avoid burnout, you need to understand what triggers stress. When we take a close look at managing stress, the first thing to realise is stress is actually a response. Read more

Comments: 10

How to handle stress and overwhelm

21 Jun 07 | Megan Hills

Both the stress of work and the stress of finding work are common causes of soloist overwhelm. But there are techniques you can use to clear your mind, lift your spirit and help you handle stress. Read more

Comments: 9

Handling stress: Avoid the hemmed-in feeling

05 Feb 07 | Robert Gerrish

If there’s one thing that makes me feel overwhelmed and tired, it’s the sense I’m going to be struggling to get the day’s work done. In my view, few feelings contribute so negatively to our ability to work effectively and our way of handling stress. Read more

Comments: 20

Live a healthy lifestyle and reduce stress!

25 May 06 | Sally Bruce

If you feel guilty about taking time out for self-care, remember we owe it to ourselves, our work, our loved ones & the community to prioritise our physical, mental, emotional & spiritual health. Living a healthy lifestyle helps you to reduce stress. Read more

Comments: 3

Are you susceptible to work stress related illness? Take our stress test and find out.

06 Apr 06 | Gabriel Perera

The amount of pressure you come under at work contributes to your chances of developing heart disease, diabetes and other lifestyle diseases. Try our stress test to see how susceptible you are to work stress related illnesses. Read more

Comments: 9

Ways of dealing with stress at work

03 Apr 06 | Megan Tough

Dealing with stress at work can be a good thing up to a point, as the extra energy can increase our performance. But what can you do when it becomes too much and performance starts to drop off? Read more

Comments: 0

Setting boundaries to reduce stress

07 Aug 05 | Megan Tough

Putting your foot down remains a challenge for lots of soloists, but setting boundaries is a great way to reduce stress and limit how often we overwork. Read more

Comments: 5

Ten strategies for dealing with anxiety in business

24 Jul 05 | Megan Tough

If you think there aren't enough hours in the day and need a hand dealing with anxiety in business, these tried and tested tips will help you work smarter and manage time more effectively. Read more

Comments: 2

 

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