Today’s reflection feels special. This week marked the final awards ceremony of the year – a truly memorable evening where we felt honoured to stand among incredible businesses, despite being a small but fast-growing company. glidenotgrind

And now…
Our sights are set on the London SME Awards 2026 — and we’re ready.
One chapter ends, the next begins.

Another highlight was the Business Growth Workshop at Royal Holloway, University of London, brilliantly delivered by Roya C. in partnership with Business Surrey. Practical, insightful, and full of strategies that every founder should hear. We were privileged to attend, learn, and contribute.

✨ A Nugget From the “Glide, Not Grind” Book coming up

As we head towards the new year, I’ll be sharing a small extract from the upcoming book. Here’s today’s thought:

“Grinding is effort without direction.
Gliding is effort aligned with truth, clarity, and purpose.
Burnout doesn’t come from hard work – it comes from misaligned work.”
This book has been shaped by years of founder lessons, team growth, failed attempts, reinventions, wins, rebuilds, and the reflections I’ve been sharing every Sunday.

If you’d like VIP access, tools, worksheets, and business + personal reinvention templates, click here: https://lnkd.in/efUZgCcG

This will be the inner-circle space where we share ideas, share tools, and grow together.

Here’s to another purposeful week ahead. Hope you had a happy Sunday ✨

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