Adrian Ashton

I recently openly asked people who've had had type of interactions or contact with me over the last 20 years, what they thought my most ...

I take an unusual approach to helping people understand the balance sheet part of their accounts: I play the Talking Head's song "o...

As some may know, every few years I pose a seemingly random question to clients, collaborators, and other cheerleaders, to help me better un...

So we're officially now in June - half way through 2025, and only 6 months to Christmas!  And tied to our collectively reaching this cal...

I'm increasingly coming to the idea that most training, workshops, seminars, events, etc, that are created for, and aimed at, freelancer...

My business is 20 years old. 20 years! Only about 10% of enterprises that start-up get this far.  To put this in perspective - when I starte...

I was recently invited to be the 'headline act' at the monthly Facilitators cafe - a gathering of people with an interest in facili...

It's that time of year when we're all encouraged to reminisce as business owners, freelancers, and entrepreneurs. And I've decid...

A lot of people have probably heard of 'Maslow's hierarchy' - it's based on the idea that as human beings, we have different...

I've blogged in the past about the risks that being a freelancer can have on your confidence , and also highlighted in my book about imp...

Reflecting with fellow freelancers as part of a recent networking get-together, we all shared and identified that we're really self-crit...

In January 2005 I officially became self-employed. I never meant to be (and still don't), but in seeking to try and make the most of it ...

Last year, as part of my ongoing CPD, I asked people what they thought a statue of me should hold in its hand ( see  https://thirdsectorexpe...

So, here we are - it's the end of another year, and traditionally a time to reflect and reminisce about the period that's just been ...