The Real Reason Success Is So Elusive (Hint: It's Not Fear of Success)
I’m guessing you spend a certain amount of time daydreaming… Daydreaming of what it will be like when you hit ‘the big time.’ When your finances are really abundant. When you become well-known in your field. When you make that next big step, whatever it is. Dreams of lolling around on silk sheets with peeled […]
How to Use Systems Without Turning Into a Zombie
A zombie is a corpse, re-animated by evil powers. So often when we encounter larger corporations, we encounter their systems, and we feel as if zombies have been sent to attack us. It’s no wonder we hang up on telemarketers.
And yet, if your business is going to be vital, healthy, and thriving, it will need systems to be able to stand up on its own.
How can you use systems without creating customer-chasing zombies? Read this article.
Is an Asteroid the Only Antidote for Despair?
With the way the world is going, sometimes I just want to hide under the covers. Wars. Epidemics. Global warming. It all seems to much, and just being in business can seem like a useless way to spend our time.
As a client asked me, Wouldn’t it better if the big asteroid just came and we started all over from scratch?
Resist the call of despair. Your business, and your heart, means more than you can imagine. Read this article.
Why Less Passion Is Better for Business
I just googled ‘Passion in Business’ and came up with 82,900,000 hits. And, according to the first several pages of hits, everyone says that you must have passion to succeed in business. ‘Fuel your passion’ is the watchword. Why this quest for passion? Of course, passion can feel wonderful, but do you really need it […]
How to Get Fear Off Your Business' Back
You want to know a secret? My clients and class participants all trust me to hold confidentiality with the most intimate details of their business, but I’m going to go public with one detail I know. I’m going to tell you the straight-up fact, the one that no one tells anyone else. They all get […]
Are Your Empty Actions Creating Empty Results?
Let me tell you the story of a hard-working business owner, who slowly wore himself and his business down to dust, and how he turned it around again. For those of you with a lot on your plates, I’ll tell it to you quick: Once upon a time, empty actions = empty results. Then, (dah-dah-dah-daaaaaah!) […]
How to Deal with "Freeloaders" in Your Business
Can you give it to me for free?
If you’ve been in business for more than five minutes, you’ve probably heard this one from somebody, in some form. Are they a con artist? Do they genuinely need help? You’ve got your values- you are doing this thing called business because you want to help. But if you give it all away…
It can be a very uncomfortable situation- but there is a way to deal with freeloaders. And it’s as easy as one… two… three… then back-up to one.
What am I talking about?
Why Less Passion Is Better for Your Business
Gobble-gobble-gobble- everyone seems to be talking about how necessary it is to ‘fuel your passion’ to succeed in business.
I’m here to say ‘No!’ You don’t need to fuel your passion- less passion is sometimes much, much better for your long-term business.
How to Win Compassionately
The sword tip waved within a few inches of my belly. I stood there, waiting, and then- clang- she rushed at me, forcing me back down the strip, and made the touch on me. I lost. I had beaten her easily for a few months- which is no surprise, because I used to fence competitively. […]
Is "Being In Service" Feeling a Little Mealy-Mouthed?
I just want to help people Even if it’s completely true for you (and I hope it is), it may start to sound a little mealy-mouthed. A certain -zing- missing.
What’s missing?
How to win.
Bus isn’t winning heartless, heedless and hateful?