What’s in your toolbox? Are you equipped with the right things you need to make your business succeed? Many entreprenuers think a business plan and seed money are all it takes to be profitable. Maybe that’s whey so many businesses fail. Don’t find yourself ill-equipped to handle the business breakdowns that come your way. These [...]
August 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Recession is Your Business Partner
According to the Business Journal of Milwaukee, more than 30,000 businesses, nationwide, filed for bankruptcy protection in the first half of 2009, a 64 percent increase from the same period a year earlier. What is the cause of all of these businesses going bust? Lack of innovation. Unwillingness to grow, expand and be [...]
August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
How to Have *MAGICAL* Conversations
“You will notice that those who speak most of prosperity, have it. Those who speak most of health, have it. Those who speak most of sickness, have it. Those who speak most of poverty, have it. It is Law. It can be no other way… The way you feel is your point of attraction, and [...]
August 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Secret to the Secret
Most of us are now famililar with the idea of intention, thanks to Oprah and The Secret. Unfortunately, a good majority of people are missing THE SECRET to the secret. Intention doesn’t just transfer into great results, contrary to most people’s hopes. Making a vision board and concentrating really hard on it will not [...]
August 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Getting Derailed by Drama
Drama is all around us. You can’t completely avoid it, but you can keep from getting sucked in to its black hole. We all have opportunities for drama. While some of us love diving head-first into its depths, others of us desire to handle it succintly, putting it aside to solve the underlying problem. Yet, how [...]
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Be Your Own Best Stimulus Package (part 1 of 2)
The government seems to be intervening into our lives everywhere these days. One would think that we are all clueless morons that can’t innovate for ourselves. Sure, tax cuts are nice, but you don’t need government help to grow your business during a recession. Even more important, if you can’t grow your business during a recession… you can’t grow your [...]
June 11, 2009 By 1 Comment
WHO NEEDS A COACH? you do… and so do I.
I get the question all the time… “Who needs a coach?” Well, I guess it’s really more of a conversation-ending statement… a rhetorical question. My answer though, always is “YOU DO… oh and, by the way, so do I.” Coaching isn’t for losers. It’s not for people who are failing, miserable or confused. (Though such [...]
June 10, 2009 By 3 Comments
Four Heads Are Better Than One
When it comes to your business, you may be the expert, but you are not always the best person to see where you get stopped by your habits. Those of us that are committed to pushing the envelope of innovation in our lives and businesses our goals when we have a coach. Athletes have had coaches [...]
June 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
7 Productivity Myths We Tell Ourselves
…and the REAL truth about each one: 1. I don’t have time to set up a system. You don’t have the time NOT to. Stop what you’re doing today and make the time. There will NEVER be a point in your life where time just opens up and you’re sitting there thinking, “Oh, now I [...]
