Affirmations are powerful statements you tell yourself to move yourself into a positive reality, statements that you know at other times to be true, statements that empower you to bring out your best when you get into dangerous territory of thinking about the negative. We all experience things that seek to destroy our motivation, setbacks [...]
This is one of my favorite videos on Youtube. It’s all about positivity, smiling, attracting people by how you make each person feel. This is the basis of client loyalty, that personal connection that makes people want to be around you. Each person in this short video feels validated and encouraged to shine. I mentioned [...]
Happy Independence Day! When I meet a coaching prospect, we talk about their goals. We keep talking until we get to the core. We peel back the superficial layers, like peeling away the layers of an onion. Eventually we get to the inner issues. What are they? People want freedom, financial freedom, freedom from stress [...]
Recently I hurt my knee, devastating for a dancer. I got an MRI and found out I tore both menisci and a ligament. So I started going to physical therapy. Some of the physical therapy work is on specific things for my knee, tracking of the knee over the toes for good alignment, exercises for [...]
You have a choice to think positively or negatively. You can choose to listen to that voice inside your head that says, ‘You’re procrastinating again.’ Or ‘I didn’t have to let that edge creep into my voice.’ Or ‘I’m in a lousy mood and it’s so easy to complain, but what would that accomplish?’ You [...]
Are you waiting for a stimulus package that will really have an effect on your small business? Maybe it will come and maybe it will touch you. Maybe you’ll be out of business by then. You can’t control a lot of what happens in the macro-economic world, but you can control what happens in your [...]
People have been saying this for a couple of months and I was at a business holiday party this week where this was the theme. Some people say it’s silly, but is it really? So what does it actually mean? Sure we recognize that The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has confirmed that the nation has [...]
Here are some numbers dealing with customer loyalty. It has been proven that organizations with high levels of loyal customers typically grow sales at 2X the rate of their competition. It costs 5 times as much to get a new customer than to keep an existing customer. The most effective and least expensive form of [...]
Last week we started understanding concepts from Jim Collins’ book Good to Great. After analyzing companies that had met his criteria for explosive and sustained growth, he discovered that each had what he calls “Level 5 Executives”. While levels 1-4 include competent people, Level 5 Executives distinguish themselves by a “paradoxical mix of personal humility [...]
Last week I gave reasons why written goals are so much more effective than no goals or unwritten goals. This week I’d like to introduce you to ‘WHY SMART” goals. Apply these parameters to your goals and you’ll be much more likely to achieve them.. W – write your goals H – harmonious with your [...]
