You are a business owner, and need support. So you go out with your friend and you unload. But, you know the look, on her face. Your friend– her face, she is SO BORED, so tired of you talking about your business. You did this really exciting thing that you could never do before and you leaped for joy and felt so proud and And …
How To Be a Successful Introvert In Business
In my previous post, I explored the difference between being an introvert, or extrovert. And, if you’ve realized you are an “inny”, rather than an “outty”, I’m going to try to help you realize even more about yourself and how to be a successful introvert in business. If you are wondering–yes, I am an introvert–and as an introvert, I have come up against a lot of obstacles. …
Overcoming Perfectionism
One of the biggest issues that business owners and all of my clients have is a disease called Perfectionism. I call this a disease, because it is. It is debilitating, and it stops you from getting what you really want in life. It makes you feel awful, and it is not (by any stretch of the imagination) improving your life in any way. In this …
Army of One – The Part of Being a Woman Business Owner That Nobody Ever Talks About
When I first went into business, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what I was in for. I grew up in a business environment, and I had been in the working world for over ten years. But something that nobody ever told me (and I wish they would) is this: When You Go Into Business For Yourself You Are an Army. An …
There Is No Door
This story is based on a real experiment that took place in a laboratory. I’ve told this story several times to my clients because I think it has a lot to say about choices, mindset, and human behavior. I wanted to share it on my blog to facilitate a conversation and get your ideas and opinions. So make way for… Lifestyle Transformation: There Is No …
Neurological Research Links Coaching to Transformational Change
I love it when I pick up the business section of the newspaper and something jumps off and hits me in the face. Today I came across this article written by Coach Kriengsak Nitpattanasai who has a column in the Bangkok Post. Coaching by question and brain research Nitpatanasai gives an overview of David Rock’s book Quiet Leadership: Help People Think Better–Don’t Tell Them What …
How Important is Your Time?
Time is the one asset in which every other variable is dependent. If your time runs out, what else is left? When I was in Thailand five years ago, I decided that it would be fun to learn how to cook traditional Thai meals. We were in Krabi – a town with no motor vehicles, where 500 foot rocks outcropped from the ocean on the …
How to Stay Present During Change
“You can still live on that shimmering line between your old thinking and your new understanding, always in a state of learning. In a figurative sense, this is a border that is always moving—as you advance forward in your studies and realizations, that mysterious forest of the unknown always stays a few feet ahead of you, so you have to travel light in order to …
We Are All Prisoners or Slaves Seeking Salvation
When I went to Italy for the second time, I visited Florence, Pisa, and Rome. I was completely blown away by the artwork of the Renaissance era. Renaissance, by definition, means ‘rebirth’ or ‘revival.’ Personally, I think we are all somewhat searching for that in our own lives. One of my favorite experiences, artistically speaking, was the tour of the Vatican. St. Peter’s Basilica and …
An Unconventional Way of Thinking
What brought me here today is nothing more than an unconventional way of thinking. I have always been the type of person who thinks anything is possible—and why wouldn’t it be? It isn’t that most things are difficult; it is just that most people don’t take the time to figure out what they want, and work out the details, and get on with doing it. …
Travel is My Passion – Why Travel is Magical
My true love is travel. I LOVE TO TRAVEL!! Travel is My Passion. I started traveling before I can even remember. We had a condo in Florida when I was growing up in Indiana and we would split the year between warm Indiana and cool beachy Florida. My brother and I flew by ourselves between the two when I was seven. Travel is My Passion I …
You Are Already Fucking Awesome
If you are like me, which I’m very sure that you are, you may be at a point in your life where you are getting very fed up with The Hype. By “The Hype”, I mean this: We are Constantly Being Sold Something. Whether it be an idea, a product, information or a destination… the world seems almost at a point of bullying us …
Dr. Wayne Dyer Explains “The Shift” & The Call to Serve
Today’s blog post is about something I feel is Incredibly Important, Wayne Dyer The Shift. It is about shifting — not just shifting one or two beliefs, but it is about changing the way you see the world, your role in the world, and how to better serve. I have been a Wayne Dyer fan for quite some time. I have followed his various publications on psychology, …
The 100 Dollar Question
View PostHow to Get What You Want Out of Your Business
After over ten years of working with business owners, and consulting them on how to create the businesses of their dreams, I often come across a very interesting scenario that I want to share with you today. The key to getting what you want in business and in life isn’t actually as difficult as you might think!! I will make up a character called Bob. …
Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations & Why They Should
Many of us postpone creating our True Life Goals because we wrongly prioritize the importance of tasks. First, let’s look at Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations: We say: I can play AFTER the work is done I can work out When I’m Finished Working I can only Take a Vacation After I meet my quotas We put our clients before ourselves, our stress …
How You Are Holding Yourself Back (and what to do about it)
For some reason it seems many people are not reaching their full potential. Why is that? Find out how you are Holding Yourself Back, how to break free of being a saboteur, and get the life that you really want! Originally, when I was creating my consulting program, I had this fantasy: I would sit my clients down, we would work on their time, money, niche, …
Podcast: Karl W. Palachuck Managed Services, Book Publisher, Author & Keynote Speaker
I first met Karl in Sacrament over ten years ago. Karl is a quick-witted and fun guy with a great head for business and systems. After reading his book Relax, Focus & Succeed, I knew that I had found someone in business that thinks like me. Karl W. Palachuck is an expert in Managed Services, publishing books, and is currently touring the world talking about it! …
How to Apply Abraham Hicks “Art of Allowing” to Your Business & Life
You may not know this but when Ester Hicks first set out and started meditating it was because they wanted to grow their business. Her communication with Abraham actually started out as a quest to share better business information! Since Abraham came to be, so did the Abraham Hicks Business connection. We may think that we are complicated individuals with busy lives. At times, we may …
How to Improve Your Business Systems in a Hurry (Part 2)
Your business will only ever be as good as the systems you have in place to support it. If you are frustrated and struggling in one area of your company, my guess is that you need to improve your business systems. Instead of staying stuck and spinning your wheels, why not work smarter rather than harder? In the last blog, I asked you what if …
How to Improve Business Systems In a Hurry (Part I)
In years past, professionals used to spend time on Exit Planning. (Exit Planning is when you plan to leave your business and train everyone up so that it can run effectively without you.) The truth is, your business shouldn’t be running you–and we can take some steps NOW to keep our business from running us down. There are tools available, but the first thing you …
A New Year, A New You! Lifestyle Makeover
View PostHow To Find Inner Peace During the Holidays
Happy Holidays, Everyone! This time of year can be the worst when it comes to Peace During the Holidays! We are expected to run around and be social All of The Time. As an introvert, I find this time of year exhausting – and tend to look for inspiration in other areas. I thought I would celebrate by posting about Peace Pilgrim, hoping you find …
How to Build Your Personal Legacy and Share it With the World
Life can give us a lot of ups and downs. As the year comes to a close, have a think about your year and what you want for the year to come. By focusing on what our personal legacy is, we can look back on the year and put everything in perspective. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it …
How to Start Your Own Startup for under $100!
So, you are interested in creating a $100 Startup Business? Doing a business that you love? Possibly a company you can run from anywhere? In that case, I have a recommendation for you. You need to read Chris Guillebeau’s book The $100 Startup: In this post, I’m going to go through some of the most important topics, tell you why they work, and get you started …
Introvert or Extrovert? & Why This Matters for Your Business
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert? This post will help you find out, and let you know why this matters for your business success. “One-third to one-half of individuals are introverts.” – Rowan Bayne, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator In a world where the Extrovert is extremely favored, it is becoming more and more important to see where we fit in to the grand scheme of things, …
How to Enjoy the Process when You are Going Through Difficult Times
Going through Difficult Times? This post should help. Recently, a friend of mine posted this quote from Buddha on Facebook: “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” And, being the slightly sarcastic friend that I am, I replied, “Ok, how?” The truth of it is, being in the moment and enjoying the process …
What it Takes to Be a Small Business Owner
Entrepreneur Magazine just recently published this fantastic infographic created by Constant Contact (but I did have to change “Jack” into a “Jane”, OBVIOUSLY!) Find Out What it Takes to Be a Small Business Owner below. Check it out! I love infographics! Do you agree with the chart above? I do agree with most of it, but not the working all of the time and never taking any …
What Kind of Perfectionist Are You?
Let me begin by saying that my inspiration to write about this topic is that I am seeing a trend — and so is Google. The issue of being a perfectionist, and even the language has gone up DRAMATICALLY, look: It is no surprise, then, that we have begun to take this trait on, and incorporate this thinking into our lifestyle. Plus, given the rise …