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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Why Learning Is So Tiresome (And How to Identify and Overcome The Barriers)
11/10/2025 Duration: 19minWe believe that we’re talented in some areas and not talented in others. However, a lot of this understanding of talent is an illusion. It’s based on what we have been told and also our current behaviour. How can we overcome these barriers and become better learners? Let’s find out.
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The Dropout Factor: How to reduce dropout when teaching or learning
04/10/2025 Duration: 16minOne of the unseen enemies of learning is dropout. Clients get into a course very excited to learn. Then they go off a cliff. They don’t show up as often, if they show up at all. This dropout factor isn’t a new problem. It has existed for hundreds of years, but it’s only recently that we’ve understood how to get better results while spending less time. Let’s find out how to quell and even get rid of the dropout factor once and for all.
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How to Outsmart Procrastination with the 9/10 Principle
27/09/2025 Duration: 12minWe think procrastination means laziness. But often it’s just the first step that feels impossible. How do you make your clients move ahead quickly and recommend you more often than ever before? Let’s find out how this principle works.
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Why "distraction" isn't usually the reason you can't focus
20/09/2025 Duration: 07minIF you ask someone why they can’t focus, they usually say they’re very distracted. But are we really distracted? Or is it congestion, instead? Let’s dig deeper into this slight nuance, because distraction may be a good thing after all.
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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.