The challenge with growth is that we often only plan to get to the next step. Instead you need to think BIG, I mean really BIG. This is difficult for some because we have been taught “be careful what you wish for because you might get it.” If thinking bigger than you have ever wanted […]
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No Growth Focus = Decline
You may have heard the saying “Do what you’ve always done and you will get what you have always had”. I don’t believe this is true any longer. With the accelerated change of almost everything we know in our world it is insane to think that we can continue to do the same thing over […]
Trade Dollars-for-Hours into Leverage
When we are the ones doing all the work in our business than our business is billing only for our time. If you are not billing for any other employees or contractors then you are trading your time for dollars, as you did as an employee. When you run out of time to do the […]
You Are the Olympian?
If we look at a person that has made it to the Olympics it is important to understand how they have become so successful. They spend an average of 8 hours a day, seven days a week focused on their physical being, including their diet, exercise and their practice. It takes focus just to manage […]
When I Talk Success Who Listens?
A quote I saw from Darren Hardy this week on his Facebook’s Daily Mojo posting was “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” The more successful you become the more ‘things’ you have had to overcome, traverse, transcend, relinquish, overtake, avail over, learn, mature into, and basically live through. Success is about […]
Choosing to Grow
Last night on a group call I was asked by the event host how I was able to create an event and fill a room when this was not something I did all the time for a living. I told her I felt it came down to three key things: 1. Set the date Don’t […]
Get Speaking!
Have you decided that speaking will be a way to get in front of your potential clients, to build a stronger relationship, and to give great value to people in their lives and their business? If so the thought of finding a venue or event to speak at may feel overwhelming. No one is asking you […]
Have You Done Enough? Ideas to Increase Your Sales
I’ve heard that this shopping season in Canada consumers have spent an average of $100 per family more than over the 2011 Christmas shopping season. Is your business one of the businesses that is benefiting from increased spending? If not then ask yourself what you have done to improve sales this year. In fact I […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Try Something Different
Being unique is one of the key’s behind every successful person and business. You have to have something that is slightly different than your competitors or your customers have no reason to return to you. Here are two stories I found recently on Alltop that SCREAMed unique. A surprise every time with the Biblio-Mat – […]
Is Something Changing?
Labour Day weekend represents another time during the year where a lot of change takes place. What is changing in your life right now? How is that affecting your business? What change have you invited or planned for? What change is happening because of an outside source? Take inventory of the things that are changing […]