Many of you don’t know that I actually suffer from a crippling disease that affects my business rather dramatically. Without realizing it my symptoms can strike without warning and I end up getting absolutely nothing done. I believe this disease strikes many business owners but not many are willing to admit it. I’m referring to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Success’
When goal setting goes wrong
I had my monthly call with one of my coaches today and realized something rather disturbing… I’ve completely mucked up the goal setting process for my entire life. Well to be fair I’ve done well on the goal setting part… but I kind of forget to plan the bits in between that would achieve the [...]
Do you deliver an amazing experience?
Most experiences with businesses are pretty unremarkable. They involve lackluster customer service and poor quality products. However that’s great news for us. It means the bar is set pretty low when you want to really wow a customer. So I’m not sure why more businesses don’t try to do it. Because by providing an incredible [...]
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz Video
Finally got my hands on a copy of Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life by Maxwell Maltz the other day (thanks Linda!) and started reading it. Fascinating stuff about how we limit ourselves based on our own self image that’s been around for 40 years+ and yet it’s still not [...]
Are you holding yourself back like these people?
I just spent the last 3 days in the most incredible seminar (for lack of a better word) of my life. It’s called Breakthrough to Success and I’d recommend absolutely anyone to go… however that’s not the point of this post. I’ll probably talk about the seminar more in the coming weeks but today I [...]
Customer testimonials – Stop people thinking you’re a liar
When you’re selling anything you should assume people think you’re lying. We both know you’re this wonderful, charming individual who wouldn’t sell anything to them unless it would benefit their lives… but how are they supposed to know that? That’s why customer testimonials and other proof elements are so important in marketing. Increase your believability [...]
Business success: Take action and follow through
Most people don’t realise just how important their mind is when it comes to business success. It’s shocking really and I speak from experience as I’ve been a prisoner of my own mind on many occasions. If you want to take action and follow through… as strange as it sounds you probably have to fight [...]
Are children the best business people?
I just spent half the day visiting old friends and playing with their children. What amazes me is how children are such experts at getting want they want. Which makes me wonder when we lose such a vital skills for business. Asking better questions When you say no to an adult they take that to [...]
How to start your own business
There’s a lot of advice floating around on how to start your own business. Unfortunately a lot of it is misleading and will cost you a lot of time and money. There is – after all – a good reason why most businesses fail. The biggest problem I see is a new business owner who [...]
