Business Coaching Q&A

I find that limiting yourself to times (or short bursts) of concentration to be very helpful. For example block off 30 minutes or an hour to focus on a specific task. Include time to get up and walk around to let your thoughts marinate and solidify.

Particularly with Covid_19, everyone is using Wifi when they work from home. When you work virtually, reliable fast wifi has never been more important. When the NBN slows down to a crawl, so too does your time management and scheduling plans. Definitely slow, unreliable NBN. Broadband was so much faster and reliable. 

My business income has dropped significantly in the last 2 weeks and will do so for about 2 months. I feel after that it will pick up and return to what it was.

For me as a marriage celebrant, it was a bit of a shock at the beginning of the lockdown as we really didn't know what we are facing, as well as weddings were limited to only 5 people for some time, then 10, 20 and we can now see how it's slowly opening up for outdoor venues - at least in NSW.

So I actually used this situation to develop the option of the small wedding at my place in my backyard garden, of course, following the Covid regulations, as they change. Surprisingly enough this alternative actually worked for many couples. Whether it was because of the mandatory regulations, or because couples actually liked the idea of avoiding the big demanding wedding scenario and going with a small intimate wedding ceremony.  
At least this way, I could offer couples a nice alternative option to tie the knot.  

Hi there,
I'm Tobias Sherson, head of operations for Local Restaurant PTY LTD which  has a new online platform for ordering meals for pickup only.

As a former Publican, the restaurant business is a topic that is very close to my heart and it is extremely painful to watch the businesses struggle throughout the Corona Lockdown.

Something had to been done to support the owners in their time of need.

Enter localrestaurant.com.au which is the creation of my wife Lauren Sherson and her Tech co founder Rafael Cohen.

The company was founded 12 days ago in response to all the local restaurant owners discussing how their margins on delivery orders via the various delivery apps were killing there business. Couple that with the fact local residents were crying out to know which restaurants were actually open and who offered normal take away as picking up food was a legitamate reason to leave the house and get your excercise at the same time.

At localrestaurant.com.au ( our online offering) we provide the customers to order their favourite meals to pick up with 100% of the profit going back to the restaurants as we charge 0% commision on all orders. We have also partnered with a local charity and are encouraging customers to order a second meal which will be donated to a local resident in need, as well as doubling up on the money making its way to the restaurants bottomline.

The restaurant owners are so grateful to find that people are out there activly looking for ways to help them stay afloat.

I encourage everyone to do what ever it takes to keep all industries ticking over.

Local Restaurant is just our little contribution to protect an industry we care about.

If you own a restaurant, please get in touch and we can get you up on our site ASAP to get your profits rolling in again.