Neediness is Kryptonite!
If there's one thing that will kill your coaching business, it's neediness. it's like Kryptonite to Superman, or cutting Samson's hair. As a past guest on my podcast, Rich Litvin, likes to say: "Needy is creepy" A lot of coaches remind me of Jim Carrey’s character...
About the lost art of Kaizen
A few year back I played a golf video game with my son. It wasn't your usual golf - it was a side-scrolling one where you had to hit the ball around rocks, lava, and other obstacles to get it into the hole within a certain number of shots. There were two factors to...
About grabbing opportunities
I was once asked to be a speaker at Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. It was a pretty big deal since it's the world's largest social media marketing conference, and I'd be crazy to turn it down. But I almost said "no". You see, despite my advice to always...
This could be the perfect business to start
We're living in amazing times, when a business can be started online with literally just a few dollars. In the past, you'd have to spend a lot of money renting office space, buying furniture, hiring staff and paying for advertising. And the process could take months …...
(Podcast) Pinterest Strategies for Coaches, with Lindsay Shearer
Since Pinterest isn't a topic I usually cover on Natural Born Coaches, I decided to mix things up today. Lindsay Shearer, a Pinterest Ads and SEO expert, is my guest and in this episode we discussed: • The unique buying cycle on Pinterest and what this approach looks...
How Mr. Rogers stayed disciplined
Discipline is required to be successful. I read a story that Fred Rogers (Mr.Rogers) was so disciplined that he maintained an exact weight of 143 pounds for the last 30 years of his life. How the heck could someone maintain an exact weight like that?! Rogers said that...
The Cliff’s Notes for my laser coaching program
This week I got the word out about my new unlimited 1:1 laser coaching program, and some people have already come on board for it. But I have a few spots available before I pull the offer … Here's the "Cliff's Notes" for what I'm doing with it: The Offer: This is...
Fit before fee
There's a saying that every coach should tattoo on their body, or at least commit to memory: "Fit before fee" It means that you work with people who are a right fit for you, and not just any Tom, Dick or Harry who's willing to pay you. I know it's hard to say that if...
The worst app ever created?
A coach once posted in my Facebook group about something she was struggling with. She said that whenever a Facebook friend unfriends her, it bugs her and and she really wants to know why. She's not alone. I know someone who installed an app that tells him whenever...
Why I don’t twist arms
I once read a quote that stuck with me: "Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching" A few years back I got to see this in action. I was speaking at a conference in Toronto, and there was a young guy there who really impressed me. Throughout the day, he...

