January 2026 – For Small Business Owners That Feel Stuck

Most people know me for business development. Fewer know my background is financial services. I spent over 30 years in that industry. One thing became very clear early on. Most people have serious mental blocks around money, work, and investing. There is no magic switch. No instant fix. Anyone selling that is lying. But there are ways to reset how you think and behave. When that shifts, everything else starts to move. This podcast has always focused on business. Planning. Strategy. Growth.Today I want to talk about mindset. How the brain actually works. And why so many capable people feel stuck. I am about to launch a new programme on my sister site, MoneyTrainers.co.uk. It made sense to introduce the ideas here first. We are taught a simple story.Set goals. Make plans. Follow steps. Everything works out. Business owners know that is nonsense. Plans break. Life interferes. Circumstances change. You end up somewhere you never planned to be. That is not failure. That is reality. The Buddhists say it well. The problem is rarely the problem. Your reaction is. I want to talk about being stuck. Not lazy. Not broken. Just stuck. Most of us already know what we should be doing.Get up earlier.Move more.Focus.Stop scrolling.Stop avoiding. The issue is not knowledge. It is behaviour. Your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Distract you. Protect you. Preserve energy. Sit alone for an hour. No phone. No noise. You will see it. Thought after thought. Tens of thousands a day. That is not a flaw. That is survival wiring. The brain blocks action in three main ways. First, uncertainty.Your brain does not believe the effort will work. Second, distance.The reward feels too far away. Big goals overwhelm the system. Third, threat.Fear of failure. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of damaging your identity. When all three are present, action stops. This is why motivation fails.This is why positive thinking fails. You do not need more effort.You need less friction. A reset is not about dreaming bigger. It is about starting smaller. As we get older, this matters more. I am in my 60s now. Looking back, the real question is not “why didn’t I know?” It is “why didn’t I change?” For years, I did not believe change was possible. Life was fine. Career was fine. Family was fine. But something never shifted. That changed when I started working with meditation and reset principles in my late 40s and 50s. I began to understand the mechanics. We do not need another “change your life” programme.We need to work with the brain we actually have. That means smaller actions.Closer rewards.And a shift in identity before long-term goals. Identity drives behaviour. If you believe you are overweight, unfit, bad with money, or “just not that person,” then no amount of motivation will fix it. You will always act in line with who you think you are. This reset is about changing that. Gradually. Practically. Without heroics. If you are stuck, the answer is not trying harder.It is starting smaller. The programme launches soon. It will be free initially. You will find it at:moneytrainers.co.uk/reset If this resonated, get in touch. Leave a comment wherever you found this podcast. You are not broken.Your brain is just doing its job. Ready to get in touch use the form below. Get In Touch Name *Email *Subject *Comment or Message *EmailSend Message