Small Business Coaching & Training
Why You Should Know Jia Jiang The issue that comes up over and over again with entrepreneurs is that they are afraid to fail and afraid to take risks. This fear limits their ability to take action and to succeed. That is why I write so many posts (4 Step to Fail Productively) about overcoming perfectionism…
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How to Stop Doing Things for Free In English, it sounds like this: “Alicia, can I buy you a cup of coffee? I’d like to learn more about your business.” The super smart business translation is: ”Alicia, can I buy you a cup of coffee so I can pick your brain and get…
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“This is a stick up! If you value your life, you’ll do what I say!” Ah, movies. When I was a kid, I grew up sneaking in peaks of old gangster movies from the 40’s and ‘50s from the hallway while my parents thought I was asleep. I thought of that old gangster phrase when…
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Entrepreneurs Have A Dangerous if Not Deadly Flaw Working on a healthier lifestyle means I’m paying more attention to what I consume. What I eat has an impact on my energy, my heart-rate, my ability to think clearly, etc. The same is true of what (or who) we choose to consume mentally. Depending on who…
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7 Step To Make Resolutions Stick Guest post by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Leading Brain/Change Expert and International Bestselling Author of Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One In Part 1 of Why New Years Resolutions Don’t Work, you learned that you can physiologically prepare yourself for…
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It’s All In Our Brains Guest post by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Leading Brain/Change Expert and International Bestselling Author of Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One Be sure to read Part 2 in this series – The Solution. Are you frustrated with New Year’s Resolutions unfulfilled?…
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What Is A Goal You Can Achieve This Year Guest Post By Shannon Cassidy, author of The Five Degree Principle: How Small Changes Lead to Big Results The advice we hear about the degree of change needed for success seems impossible. Quantum leaps and 180-turnarounds are rarely possible. No one loses 100 pounds in a…
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The Only Way To Win In Business Is To Fail I’ve written about the importance failure plays in our business success. I’m about to crank it up a notch and implore you to fail. We can learn something about this from failure-phobic Julia. She is 9 years old and obsessed with winning. For example: If…
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Your Passion And Confidence Make the Difference I’m not much of a TV person. I’m so busy and have so many interests, I just have a hard time fitting it into my life. But my friend Nettie is so passionate about “The Voice,” that I decided to check it out last season. And I got hooked.…
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The Definition of Success I was at my monthly mastermind this week. The four of us were talking about our time management challenges (that’s why I work with pro organizer Helene Segura). In the middle of that conversation, I heard the best definition of success ever. Nope. It’s not the mushy “change the world,” “make a…
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I witnessed something that rocked me to my core. Here’s what happened. I recently met 63 people who were victims of change. They unexpectedly and suddenly lost their jobs due to a reorganization. Many of them worked for the same company for 20, 30 and even 40 years. They never, ever thought they would need to…
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Sometimes It’s Okay To Listen To The Voices In Your Head I’ve coached a lot of people over the years and it’s been my joy to celebrate victories with them and my sadness to share their pain. Most of the painful experiences entrepreneurs have can all be tied to one central thing. Please indulge me…
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The Biggest Hurdle to A Successful Speaking Business My business is about using public speaking to attract more clients and make more money. When I talk with service-based entrepreneurs about it, they agree that it’s a good idea, but then their self-doubt kicks in. Their inner critic takes over and they begin to wonder,…
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Let’s Get Motivated Motivation is the key ingredient to moving forward in any business. Without motivation everything feels harder and work takes more time to finish. Knowing what motivates you is the difference between rocketing forward and crawling at a snail’s pace through a daily task list. People are motivated by different things and what…
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Perfection Paralysis For the last several years, I have called myself a “recovering perfectionist.” It’s a tedious part of my upbringing that I’ve worked hard to excise. In my work with small business owners, I find many who struggle with perfectionism, particularly as it relates to success and failure. I found this story (by Barbara…
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