Keep eating the frogs!

Burnley businessman Dave Walker has been crowned the Young Lancastrian of the Year, but he has no plans to ease up, as Nicolette Webster reports

- Nicolette Webster

It is a bitterly cold winter morning as Dave Walker strides out across the hills looming majestically over Burnley. It’s early, Dave’s ‘me’ time of the day, before the frenetic pace of running a successful digital business takes over.

With cocker spaniel Jack at his side, 33-year-old Dave uses this day-break dog walk to gather his thoughts and think about the day ahead. He’s already “eaten his frog” with a coffee in his home office – his favourite room in his house.

‘The “Eat my Frog” concept comes from Brian Tracy, a time management expert who I’ve taken some snippets like this from. It helps in dealing with stuff I am not relishing, it gets rid of my worst job that day,’ explains Dave as we chat in the co-working space at The Landmark, Lancashire’s most prestigious new digital business hub and home to Dave’s award-winning tech business +24 Marketing.

The day after Dave Walker was honoured by his peers as the Young Lancastrian of the Year at a glittering regional business awards event, he took to the hills with his wife Joanne, a local primary school teacher and allowed himself a moment or two of reflection.