I've run a trade business. I know the mistakes because I made them.

Most of the business owners I talk to aren't short of work. From the outside, things look good: jobs coming in, a solid team, money moving through the business. But it still feels harder than it should.

I know because I've been exactly where you are. I've run a tradie business, felt the pressure, and made the same mistakes before I became a coach.

What I hear more than anything is that feeling of being pulled in every direction. Busy all day, every day. Decisions non-stop. No one on site sees how hard you're actually carrying it. You can't show it in front of the team, and you're too proud to admit it to anyone else, so you carry it alone.

Here's the truth: it's rarely just a time problem or a team problem. It's rarely even just a money problem. Plenty of businesses turn good money and still have nothing left at the end of the month. It's that you can't see what's actually happening across the whole business at once.

That's where I come in

I don't start with big strategies or complicated plans. We get everything out of your head and in front of you, so you can see it clearly. Once you can see it, decisions get easier, and the business starts to feel like yours again, not the other way around.

You'll see a lot of my drawings on this site. Drawing is how I make the business side simple to see.

• Built Like a Boss, founded 2015
• 11 years as a business coach with ActionCOACH UK
• Based in Billericay, Essex