If you need a new website, look no further
If you need a new website, I highly recommend Pinnacle Brands. Not just because they're the official sponsor of my podcast, but because they do great work at a reasonable price. They don't just do sites for business coaches and life coaches, but also leadership...
Why the “Multiplicity” approach to building your website doesn’t work
While looking at various coaching websites, you start to notice that a lot of them seem very similar. There's a familiar feel with the design and copy, maybe not blatant rip-offs but close. It's like someone liked someone else's site and used that template/feel, then...
On detachment … and creativity
Here are some more gems from Judd Apatow's collection of interviews in "Sicker in the Head", and how coaches can apply them to their businesses: In his chat with Kevin Hart, Hart talked about how he approached his auditions: "I'm just trying to make this casting...
Advice from comics that applies to coaches
Since I enjoyed Judd Apatow's "Sick In The Head", a collection of his interviews with famous comedians and celebrities, I decided to pick up the book's sequel ("Sicker In The Head") recently. There's a lot that can be pulled from the interviews in both books, not just...
Some topics that could interest your podcast audience
I've opened up some extra time in my calendar to be interviewed on podcasts. Whenever I’m a guest on a show I like to focus our discussion on whatever best helps the audience. That being said, here are some common talking points: Starting a successful business on a...
When you have to hike Mount Everest before going on a podcast
I posted this rant a while back, but I still feel the same way re: some podcast hosts' crazy application methods for guests: ===== I just turned down an opportunity to be a guest on a podcast after the host sent me to his application page, which would have taken an...
(Podcast) The lessons learned from building Netflix, with Marc Randolph!
In May 2021 I had a special guest join me on the Natural Born Coaches podcast, and listeners told me it was one of the most powerful episodes they’ve heard on the show. That’s why I'm releasing my interview with Marc Randolph (co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix)...
Marc goes to the movies
I'm a movie buff, and I try to get out to the theatre as often as possible. Nothing against streaming, I get that it's convenient, but you can't beat the popcorn and whole experience of going out to a movie. This week I saw two flicks I've had on my list to see this...
Getting bogged down with podcasting details
The other day I was talking with my brother Matt, and I asked him about the big issues he sees new podcasters getting stuck on. His response? They get bogged down with stuff they shouldn't be wasting much time on, deciding on their: Intro and outro music …Cover art...
The most valuable resource on Earth
What's the most valuable thing out there? If you said gold, or diamonds, you're wrong. It's … Time! Yet people freely give it away and "spend" it like they have an infinite amount of it. Here's a powerful quote that I'll never forget from Tony Stark in "Avengers:...

