A lot of traditional marketing advice advises us to ask ourselves: "What makes me different?" "What makes me special?" Trying to find what makes you special or different could be the very thing stalling your business. It might sound odd to say but chances are you are...
Boredom is simply a sign that it’s time to explore what is next for you. I used to think that there was a magical place in my business journey where I would "get there" and be eternally content. And once I arrived there everything would be smooth sailing from then on...
"If you want to be successful you have to focus on offering just one thing" I can't do just one thing. I'm simply not wired that way. I've tried... oh how I've tried to do just one thing! But every time I try to put myself in a box - to find my "one thing" and focus...
Believe me I get it - I'm the queen of self sufficiency. Of thinking that I 'should' be able to take care of everything on my own. When folks ask me how they can help my default response is almost always a variation of: "I'm good. Everything is fine. I'm OK. I've got...
There are 3 Ds required for implementation: Decisions Driving Doing When it comes to getting stuff done we focus on the last D - doing. But it's the first 2 Ds that are often missed and can cause problems. Who is making the Decisions around what needs to be done?...
2010 was the year that I hired my first OBM Tiffany. I had VA support already for a few years at that point, but this was my first time hiring management-level support. Now Tiffany jumped right into the role with both feet and rocked it. She took over managing the...
I do a lot of work with CEOs around their teams. They come to me when they've tried hiring multiple times and can't seem to find the right person. When the people on their team keep 'bugging' them (asking questions, waiting to be told what to do next) When folks keep...
I've had a couple of milestone moments since the beginning of the year. The first was my moms passing on January 6th. She had been diagnosed with cancer last year so it was not an unexpected death, but it was certainly sudden in that we hoped to have at least a few...
Most everyone I've been talking with lately has seen this trend occurring - especially in our online marketplace. What used to work for sales is not working the same way as it was a year ago... or even a few months ago. Put simply, buying habits are changing for a lot...
Don't let anyone try to tell you that your calling is too small. That it should be some grandiose, "I want to be the next Oprah" kind of calling. That you should want to build an empire and make millions. That you should become "more like this person" and less like...
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