I've started tracking my time again, but only within three categories. Red tasks are things I shouldn't be doing, such as admin. Yellow tasks are things that are OK to do, but in limited quantities. Green tasks are things that grow the business, so I should be doing them all the time. I'm currently running at about 70% green tasks, which is great! Although I'm pushing to increase it to 80%. What percentage of your time do you think is spent on green tasks?

Paul's 5 min Monday Motivation for 6th April 2026

There are very few true crises that you will remember in ten years' time. But when you are in the middle of them, they seem like the biggest headache ever, right? Whether it's cash flow, an upset key client, or something else, it's very easy for us as business owners to obsess and worry and let our thoughts be dominated by the crisis. Let me see if I can help give you some perspective on this.

Paul's 5 min Monday Motivation for 30th March 2026

Tell me, what overall net profit margin is your MSP running at? This is a subject I'll be looking at in my podcast in a few months' time, so I've been doing a ton of research on it.

In this week's Monday Motivation, I want to take you through what I've discovered so you can benchmark your MSP against what is considered to be "good performance". I also stumbled across some ways to increase your gross margins on MRR services and hardware, which I think you'll love.

Paul's 5 min Monday Motivation for 23rd March 2026