About “the cloak of desperation”
Something stood out to me while reading Judd Apatow's "Sicker In The Head" … The book is a collection of interviews with comedians and celebrities (it's the sequel to "Sick In The Head"), and in the interview with filmmaker Lulu Wang she said: "I remember hearing Ana...
How to be found in a noisy marketplace
Whenever I start working with a new coaching client, I like to ask them how they found out about me. But I've noticed an interesting trend with a majority of them … They don't know! They often say something like: "Well I listen to your podcast, and I get your emails,...
She risked her life for a very brave experiment
During the craziness of COVID times, a journalist named Brigid Delaney decided to do an experiment with Joe Rogan's podcast. She and her friends weren't exactly fans of Rogan - they seemed terrified of the guy and made it sound like he has superhuman powers of...
(Replay) Grow Your Coaching Business with Ease and Joy, with Karen Cappello!
Karen Cappello shared lots of great stuff on her live training yesterday … If you couldn't make it live, here's the replay! https://www.dropbox.com/s/1h1a1eqqfeqlzbf/KarenCappelloWebinarReplay.mp4?dl=0
Today’s the day to grow your coaching business with ease and joy!
We're just a few hours away from Karen Cappello's live training for coaches at 12 pm EST … She'll be sharing her proven “Quick Start Formula” for coaches to attain success with ease and joy instead of hard work and hustle! On this interactive training you'll learn:...
(Podcast) How To Structure Your Coaching Business To Sell it, with David Barnett!
If you'd like to learn what to do to prepare your coaching business to sell, check out the interview that I did with David Barnett on Natural Born Coaches today. David is the founder of The Business Buyer Advantage System, and in this episode you'll hear: David’s...
Don’t discount your experience
I often talk with people who are just getting into coaching and are in the beginning stages of their new businesses … One thing I've noticed is that they usually discount the experience that they have from their past, and don't give it the proper credit it deserves....
A scary letter for parents to receive from their child at college
One of my favourite parts of "Influence" by Robert Cialdini is a letter the author included to illustrate a concept he calls "Perceptual Contrast" (I got this in the updated 2021 version of the book, I can't recall if it's in the original or not): ===== "Dear Mother...
Cold DMs vs. being a “beacon of light”
As the years go on, I'm getting less patient with cold messages from strangers hitting my social media inboxes. It's one thing when they "slide into my DMs" with an unsolicited pitch … annoying, but not the end of the world and I can just ignore it/move on with my...
Cal Ripken Jr. and consistency
I love baseball. I’ve been a big Toronto Blue Jays fan my whole life, but when I was a kid I admired what Cal Ripken Jr. of the rival Baltimore Orioles was doing. In 1995, Ripken broke what was believed to be an “unbreakable record” – Lou Gehrig’s 2,130 consecutive...

