Work Smarter Weekly

Hi Reader I haven’t been in your inbox for nearly three weeks, and this email’s a little different, so bear with me... We’ve all heard of the fight or flight response, right? But did you know there are other ways the nervous system can react? Like freeze, fawn and flop. And depending on the situation, your response can change. I always saw myself as a fighter: someone who gets back up, keeps going and takes the next step. But lately? I’ve realised I’ve been in freeze mode for months. And it's...

Hi Reader, I have been busy. 😄 Last week I shared two free resources with you and today I have a third. But first, the urgent bit. Lifetime access to the Vibe Coding Lab closes at 11:59pm tomorrow. After that it is £35/month only. If you have been sitting on the fence, now is the time. 👉 Lock in lifetime access for £97 Right. On to the good stuff. Here is everything I have put together for you over the past week, completely free. And just to be clear, these resources are not tied to any...

Hi Reader 🎉 Yesterday afternoon JJ and I spent a few hours doing something that still feels a bit surreal. We built a geography game together. It tests countries, capital cities, flags and speed rounds. JJ thinks it’s great. I’ve discovered my geography knowledge is… questionable 😅 What made it interesting though, at least to me, wasn’t the game itself. It was how we built it. 👉 You can check out the game here if you fancy a go: World Explorer Challenge 🛠️ How we built it We didn’t plan it.We...

Hi Reader It’s not often I email you on a Sunday, especially a cold, wet ☔️ and dreary one like today, but it feels like a good time to share what’s been happening behind the scenes. If you have been around a little while, then you may recall that back in July I sent you this email about feeling completely frozen in my business.And honestly… that was one of the scariest moments of my business journey. I had built something that technically worked, but it did not feel like mine anymore. It...

Hi Reader Wow, it's that time of year again where everything gets loud with Black Friday offers. It can be hard to decipher what's just hype versus what's a genuinely good deal, so I've been scouting around and here are a few deals I think are worth looking at. These are all tools I either use myself or highly recommend to clients (and though I'm an affiliate for many of them, I'm not including any affiliate links, I just want you to snap up some good offers). Black Friday offers to check out...

Hi Reader Ascendz turned 3 today 🎉 I’ve been working in the online world since 2016, but these last three years of running Ascendz have been the most transformative yet. In these past 3 years, I'm so proud of what we've achieved. As a team, we’ve handled over 5,000 support tickets, supported 140+ businesses, and built more funnels and automations than I can even count. It’s wild to think how different the online business world looks now compared to 2022. Back then, the focus was funnels,...

Hi Reader According to Xero’s SME Fallacy research (Dec 2024), leaders of the smallest businesses (1–9 employees, including sole traders) spend less than half their working week on core business tasks. The cost? An estimated £61,000 a year in missed revenue opportunity. And it is not just about money. The same report found that 46% of business owners feel stressed and burnt out from constantly juggling non-core tasks. Here is the reality I see every day: Admin, chasing, onboarding,...