Breakpoints: How to Shift Your Business to the Next Level

Your Business Won′t Change Until You Do

Has your business stalled, got stuck or gone stale? Do you want more life and more profit? This book shows you that the best way to grow your business and reach the next level of performance is to first grow yourself.

Breakpoints shines a light on the common mistakes made by business owners and offers simple, practical and manageable solutions to break free of your constraints, and achieve a game–changing leap to the next level in your life and your business. Through his proven insights, Dr Mike Ashby will help you achieve best–ever results in all aspects of your business.

Packed with proven ideas, real–life examples and easy–to–use tools, this no–nonsense guide will reveal how to:

recapture your energy and drive remove the clutter and reclaim the time to grow your business energise your business by defining your vision and purpose build a loyal team that wants to work with you, not for you.

With no jargon, only two acronyms and plenty of humour, Breakpoints will give you the courage to play a bigger game.

Foreword by Justine Ross ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction xv

Part I: The seven mistakes 1

1 Thinking small and under–marketing 3

2 Settling for less and working too hard 15

3 Complexicating, spending too much time In and not enough On, and knowing but not doing 27

Part II: Breakpoint Get a life 43

4 Physical energy 47

5 Mental wealth 59

Part III: Breakpoint Get free 71

6 Freedom 75

7 Allocation 97

Breakpoints

Part IV: Breakpoint Get clear 113

8 Aspiration 117

9 Your Most Important Goals 137

10 Leverage plans 149

Part V: Breakpoint Get help 185

11 People plan 189

12 The work of team 215

13 Governance 223

Part VI: Mastery a bigger game 233

14 Mastery defined 235

Last words 247

Index 251

DR MIKE ASHBY is the Founder and Director of The Breakthrough Company. He is a sought after business speaker, industry thought leader and adviser who has run development programs for business owners for over 10 years. His vast experience and his authentic voice make him one of Australasia′s foremost authorities to business owners.