The shortest path to new clients.
Yesterday, on a Q&A call for my private coaching clients, one member, “Frank,” mentioned that he’d finally began using an email marketing system. “That’s great,” I said. “But is that the critical...
View ArticleHow to never again work with clients you don’t like
Imagine watching your business plummet – over night – from $20,000 a month – to $1,000? That’s what happened to “Matt” in 2008 when his business was hit hard by the financial meltdown. Ouch. So Matt...
View Article“I can’t help you,” I said. He returned to his life of quiet desperation.
I talk to two kinds of entrepreneurs any given week. The first kind I can help. The second, I cannot. The first kind has a Want and you can’t shake him from it. He’s on a journey. He has an Inner...
View ArticleWhy we fail…
There are two types of failure: TYPE A: You try. You fail. You learn from it. You try again. This isn’t really failure. This is Learning and Growing. TYPE B: You try. You fail. You don’t learn from it....
View ArticleRockets exploding nearby. When do you say “Enough!” in your life?
You let anything slide for too long, and sooner or later, you’ll be picking up the pieces. You push anything too far, and sooner or later you’ll pay the price. I’m sitting in my local coffee shop and...
View Article“I keep lashing at my horses with my whip clenched in a spasm.”
If you’re over thirty, you’re accompanied daily with that feeling – life moves fast. And it gets faster with every birthday. To deal with it, most people put their heads down and work harder. And...
View ArticleI know I shouldn’t – but I envy him
I read biographies of great men and women. Do you? If you admire them, you probably see some of their qualities in yourself. Your potential for similar greatness. And when you learn how they navigated...
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Two situations where you should quit
So, how do you know if it’s time to quit? Will your hard work eventually pay off? Or are you on a path that’s doomed to fail? How can you tell if you should keep going – or cut your losses? A Plenty...
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Hitting 50 – but not your potential?
He threw down the phone. Leaned back in his office chair and put his feet up on the desk. Seeing his scruffy shoes and stretched socks he threw his feet back to the floor in disgust. “We were very...
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Why Hard Work IS Smart Work and How to Work Hard Smart
Many people work 10, 12 or even 14 hour days because they don’t want to work hard. Long hours may be exhausting, but it is also the easy way out. Real hard work is done at the bottleneck. And the...
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