The domino effect… to growing your business
I’m not recording a video right now… because I’m sitting under a hair dryer at the salon. Yes, I take my work wherever I go and where better to do some creative writing than while my head is getting pampered 😉 But that’s not the point of this email. This week, as I ease my way
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Stop being everything for everyone
Just as an inside note, my father was soooo embarrassed to appear on my video 😉 and I almost did get run over so don’t try that at home! But, let’s get back in topic. Are you playing SMALL enough? Are you CLEAR on your niche and who you want to work with? The larger
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Are you sharing your song?
So, what song do you carry inside? At every moment, every day, we are having an impact on the people around us, what do you want this impact to be? Let’s design it: ANCHOR IN POSSIBILITY: Every day we have a choice, we can focus on what’s possible or we can focus on what’s wrong. Each one of us can find
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Are you engaging with your audiences at every opportunity?
TURN UP THE VOLUME AS I’M WHISPERING So, are you being a flight attendant? Are there areas, in your business, where you are «delivering» information in a dry, unengaged way? Here are three things to consider: ACKNOWLEDGE: Always acknowledge your audience. Make them feel that you are seeing them, that you are talking to them. As
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Are you Invisible?
Yes, I see this all the time. I get clients to come to me because they have almost given up trying. They have a calling, they have a desire to do meaningful work, but they can’t figure out how to STAND OUT. How to be seen, engage with their potential clients and ultimately grow their
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Where do you begin?
Where do YOU begin? How do we break down that overwhelming goal? «The Journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step.» Lao Tzu Here’s how you, can take that first step, that MVA (Minimum Viable Action/Decision/Step/Project): VISION: Define the outcome. When you succeed, when you accomplish the goal, what does that look like? Describe it
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The emptiness inside…
Have you, ever felt the emptiness too? If so, here are three things you can do about it: ALLOW: Buying another outfit, building a new home, buying a new car, a new trip, even working longer hours to grow your business will not make the feeling go away. The first step is to lean back and allow
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I’ve been hiding…
Are you hiding? If you are like me, you might be suffering from the «hiding» syndrome I’ve suffered from all winter. This feeling of «I’m not ready», «I’m confused», «If I don’t have all the answers I won’t take action»,,,, Someone recently said to me that the «I’m not CLEAR or I’m confused» excuse is
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Can money buy success?
Where did you go to school? What did you study? When was the last time you had to answer these questions? How relevant are those decisions in the life you lead today? They might be critical or they might not. This week I’ve been touring colleges here in the US for my son, who
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At the end of the day….. what is your work all about?
Let me tell you about something that happened FOR me this morning. This week I’ve been feeling off. Tired, overwhelmed, self-doubt all mixed together. This morning, I wake up and I decide to stop by the pharmacy on my way back from dropping off the kids at school. Now, my husband offered to run the
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Why having a full practice is BAD for business…
So, let’s review. What does working ON your business look like? 60% FULL: Once you fill up your practice to about 60% you want to declare yourself FULL and have your customers be added to a waiting list. This means no more than 60% of your workday can be full of client engagements. If you work 8
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3 models to MONETIZE your IDEA for IMPACT
Are you sitting on a gold mine? Have you ever thought of monetizing your services by turning them into products? Growing a service-based business requires that we move away from reinventing the wheel with every client and we begin to look for the «common denominator» solutions we can offer our market, but in order to do that,
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