Synopsis
The purpose of growing a business isn't just revenue. Revenue and profits run the business, but it's the ability to do what you want, when you want, and where you want. That's control. And that's what most small business owners never achieve. The Three-Month Vacation shows you how to create a powerful business, while still taking generous amounts of time to relax and unwind.
Episodes
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Re-run 05 Why Writing Down What Delights You Can Help With Anxiety and Stress
23/08/2025 Duration: 16min -
Re-run 04 Storytelling:Why Storytelling Needs The Thumpty-Thum-Thump-Thump
16/08/2025 Duration: 28min -
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Re-run 02 Pricing Strategy: How to Increase Prices from Left to Right (or Right to Left)
02/08/2025 Duration: 06min -
Re-run 01 The Elegant Strategy
26/07/2025 Duration: 17minHow to Overcome Information Overload (And How To Do It Almost Overnight)
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How I Overcame My Three Fears
12/07/2025 Duration: 14minWhen clients look at us, me in particular, they see an almost unblemished trail of success. But you can’t see the fear behind what we’ve been through. Yes, it’s fear. Let’s go into storyland and learn about the fear and possibly how to overcome it.
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How to stay calm when the world is falling apart around you
28/06/2025 Duration: 16minIf you ask anybody, you will hear that things have gotten a lot worse. But is that the case? And do we have any control over what's happening around us? How do you stay calm even when things don't work for you? Let's find out in this episode
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Why We Write—Part 2
21/06/2025 Duration: 14minWe sometimes believe we write for a client, or for a website. And that belief is true. Except, it’s not true for most of the time. There comes a time when we go on a trip, a discovery of ourselves. We write for a completely different reason. Let’s have a look, shall we?
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Why We Write: Part 1
14/06/2025 Duration: 19minWriting seems so laborious at times. We feel like giving up, but there’s a reason why we write. Actually, many reasons.
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Why Every Day Learning Matters More Than We Think
24/05/2025 Duration: 22minWe all seem to know how every day matters. However, what causes people to plateau suddently and how does every day activity help in avoiding that messy situation? Dig deeper into the very average concept of every day learning and you’ll see it’s anything but mundane.
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25 years of writing: Simple advice that will improve your articles
17/05/2025 Duration: 22minI’ve now been writing articles for 25 years. And in those 25 years I’ve learned some things that you may not always find on a writing site, or even in any writing article. LIsten to this episode and you’ll suddenly have a completely different view of how to go about writing your article.
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The Four Tyrannical Arms of Perfection: A Deeper Insight
10/05/2025 Duration: 11minWe all want to be somehow perfect. It doesn’t matter that we know it’s not possible. In this podcast, we have four crazy arms of perfection brought to life by writer Keith Rhys. I wish I could have said it better, but Keith (alumni of the Article Writing Course) says it eloquently. You’ll relate to these arms of perfection, no matter who you are or what you do.
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The Concept of Take Off-Speed (And How it Enables You to Manage Many Things All At Once)
03/05/2025 Duration: 14minIf you feel overwhelmed and seem to get nothing much done, you’re not alone. That’s because many of us go around in circles. We never attain take-off speed and are doomed to circle the airport endlessly. Or are we? In this podcast, we will examine why top speed is so crucial and how to get to the point where you can fly on autopilot.
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The Five-Year Lease Concept (And How It Builds Resilience)
26/04/2025 Duration: 09minDo you sometimes think you have “shiny object syndrome”? Do you seem to hop from one thing to another, only to feel disappointed? What if you couldn’t change your mind so often? That’s what the “five-year” lease is all about. You somehow have to make it work. Let’s find out how to use the “five-year” lease concept to your advantage.
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Travel stories through India – another rollercoaster trip.
12/04/2025 Duration: 23minThis is back to back travel series. First it was Europe, now it's India. Enjoy the journey!
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How to become smarter by utilising the “Database Concept”
28/03/2025 Duration: 17minImagine there are two computers. One computer is a standalone connected to nothing but the electrical supply. The second one is connected to a network of computers. Which of the two is likely to be more useful to you? A similar concept applies to learning. People with a greater database are almost always seen as “more talented”. A database is something we can control, and learning how to use it makes us more “talented”. Here’s where you start on the journey.
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Stories of travel through India, Singapore and France
21/03/2025 Duration: 18minThis podcast is called the Three-Month Vacation, and yet we almost never cover vacation stories. Well, that’s about to change. Here are some stories from India and also from Singapore and France. Allons-y!
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How to get clients: An open secret
15/03/2025 Duration: 12minHow do you get clients? This is one question that repeats itself endlessly. You’d think the answer would be common knowledge by now, and it is. The answer lies in a concept called “groups”. We fail to understand the power of groups, and that’s where the struggle begins. How do you use the power of groups? Let’s find out.