Category Archives: Direction
Episode 66 – How to make fast cash as a professional coach. Kicking your coaching business into high gear overnight.
One of our listeners wrote in this week with a desperate request: The above excerpt is mild. But as I dove deeper into his story my heart broke. He has a wife and kids and he’s burning through cash…fast. He needs to stop the bleeding…fast. I wanted to help. And after a few days, I thought of…
Episode 64 – When should you fire a client? Why doing work for anybody with money will kill you and your business.
Time to ditch the drama. Some clients aren’t just worth it, even if they’re willing to pay your full fee. Truth is, these toxic clients are impossible to please, highly critical, and a liability to your mental health. So, how can you spot them? Equally important, how do you fire them? I’ve been blessed with…
Episode 61 – Why your marketing efforts aren’t working (and what to do to change it)
Sales and marketing? Those two words sound like cuss words to most of us creative folks. (BTW…you are a “creative folk” in my book, regardless how you feel on the topic.) But without effective sales and marketing the best product or service doesn’t have a chance of survival. So what’s an entrepreneur to do? Do…
Episode 60 – Why passive IMPACT trumps passive INCOME every time. How to maximize your message, even while you sleep.
You’ve probably heard of passive income—right? Passive Income is INCOME from a venture in which an individual does not directly participate. (Listen here, on iTunes, or via streaming audio by clicking play on the pic below.) There are plenty of advantages to this type of income. In this structure customers and clients pay you repeatedly…
10 Tips to Get Busy Living
ARE YOU BUSY LIVING OR BUSY DYING? It’s one or the other. And there is no in between. But what does it look like to get unstuck? These 10 tips put me on a path to overcome the Resistance. ——————— QUESTION: What does it look like for you to get “busy living” ? (Please comment below.…
Why your dream is a matter of life and death
Dream or Die…Your Choice It’s been said, “Most people are dead, they just haven’t made it official.” (Tweet This) I agree. So did Andy Dufresne. He told his friend “Red” in The Shawshank Redemption: “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.” Stuck in prison for a crime…
Episode 053 – GET PAID WHAT YOU’RE WORTH : And how to score big contracts with complete strangers
Let’s be honest. You have an amazing product or service. And you know the value you can bring potential clients. BUT ARE YOU CHARGING WHAT YOU’RE WORTH? How do you even really know what to charge? Are there signs, rules, or indicators? Can you influence the outcome? Or are your rates set in stone due…
Episode 045 – My top 10 Learns from the past 12 months
This special 1 year anniversary features the top 10 learns I’ve discovered over the past 12 months. Forget pretense, in this episode I take you front and center to the raw truth of how we won and loss these past 12 months. (Examples include: *When to fire clients. *The true price of delaying decisions. *The…
Episode 043 – Why people who watch the weather make horrible entrepreneurs
They’re called “weather watchers.” They take inventory of conditions and predictions and then make their decisions based upon the forecast. But in the business world, this type of strategy often sabotages success. In this episode discover why “weather watching” tendencies (surveys, reports, data, comparisons, information) repel the best clients and set you up to fail.…
Episode 019 – IGNITE! 10x your business and life
On January 1, 2015 most people will wake up, stumble out of bed and say, “DANG. Today is the day I’m supposed to make my New Year’s resolutions. Today is the day I’m supposed to change my life.“ Sorry to douse the flame and the poor grammar, BUT…it ain’t gonna happen! Join me for a…
