Mindset
What You Can Learn About Success from Fruit
Every summer sometime between July and August, it’s blackberry season. Now, I say sometime between because as early as July 10 a handful of blackberries are ready to be picked and eaten (yes, I am snagging them as a snack on my daily walks) while others don’t ripen until after July 30. They would all…
Are You Stuck in a Routine Rut? 3 Fast Ways to Escape
Are you stuck in a routine that isn’t really productive, but certainly is busy? Are you doing all the right things but nothing is really reaping the results you want? Is step by step feeling more like inch by inch and you really want to just leap forward? I know how you feel, I’ve been…
How Will YOU Claim Your Independence Today?
I’ve been thinking a lot about Fourth of July lately, not because of fireworks and bbq’s but because we are more than half way through 2010 now and I know far too many people who are shackled by their business, confined by their beliefs, trapped by debt, enslaved by a poverty mindset, snared by health…
30 Ways You Never Knew to Define Your Freedom
July the Fourth is about far more than the Independence of our great nation, it is about your very own FREEDOM! What does that really look like, smell like, sound like, taste like, and feel like? Take the time to define it so you can claim it. In case you want a bit of inspiration,…
5 Fast and Sneaky Ways to Beat Procrastination
I have a confession to make. I am a master procrastinator. There I said it. Now I’m betting that you may be challenged by it too, so I’m going to share some of my tried and true best strategies for beating the demon of procrastination. The image below is a classic case in point. #1 Reward…
How to Charge What You Are Worth!
I run into this so often, I finally had to do an article on it. For some reason, I’ve never had the challenge of not being able to charge what I am worth. In fact, I am very comfortable with my rates, packages and programs because I know that the value I bring is easily…
How to Get Ahead When You are Just Hanging On!
I’ve noticed that a lot of you are struggling to juggle the surge in new business while still putting in place lasting marketing initiatives and strategy that will ensure your pipeline gets and stays full in the year ahead. The challenge occurs when you sacrifice your long term profit for short term gains by shelving…
Success Metrics: 20 Questions to Simply and Quickly Measure Your Progress!
You are your biggest and most valuable asset, without you there would be no business, no family, no kids, no house, none of it. So I want you to think about yourself as an investment and write down if you have taken good care of your investment this year or not. Answer the following questions,…
Success Strategies: Getting Out of Your Own Way
Recently I was speaking with the son of a friend of mine, Jim. He bartends for a living and mentioned that he was launching a blog to earn money. Since I follow @problogger and have been studying blog monetization for awhile, I asked a few questions. The answers I got back, amazed me. Jim is…