How to push time-wasters out of your orbit (and draw gung-ho clients to you)
My son and I enjoy playing Plants vs. Zombies on our phones. In it, a non-stop horde of zombies move towards your house, and you have to use a variety of weaponized plants to fend them off. The online space can feel a bit like this, with "zombies" (brainpickers and...
Walking the walk
A debate in the coaching world: Does a coach have to have achieved something to be able to help a client achieve that same goal? For example, should a fitness coach be extremely healthy? Does a weight loss coach have to have lost a lot of weight in the past to help...
Dublin hotel owner vs. freebie seekers!!!
A dispute between a freebie-seeking vlogger and a hotel owner in Dublin once went viral … This social media influencer emailed the owner, Paul Stenson, asking for a free 5-night stay in exchange for her putting out nice words about it. Stenson sent back a...
When you attack successful people, you hurt yourself
It's not all sunshine, lollipops, and roses for successful people. I'm seeing a trend where successful people are being attacked for being … successful. I know this has probably happened throughout history - you just didn't hear about it as much since there was no...
This could give you carpal tunnel … and more coaching clients!
A message that I once received from Secret Coach Club subscriber Martin: "Read every page, my wrist hurts lol and now I can go sleep. Some really nice stuff in here and I really connected with a lot of it. Will be considering a yearly subscription …" Although I feel...
The dangerous temptation to coast
Years ago I read a book by someone who achieved a lot of success in the personal development space. Back then he was a big deal, his name was all over the place. But when I Google him nowadays, he doesn't seem to have much going on. I'm not saying that you can't find...
The mental cost of not having enough coaching clients
I once read a book called “Utopia For Realists” (by Rutger Bregman) that talked about the negative impacts of poverty, and how it can drop a person’s IQ. The author wasn’t saying that poor people are stupid, but that they have to use up more of their mental bandwidth...
I won’t sugarcoat things
Building a successful coaching business isn't easy. Instead of sugarcoating it, and claiming that there's a magic formula that will let you do it while working five minutes a week while sipping wine in your hot tub, I'd rather keep it real. I guess I'm a lot like the...
The content creation conundrum
Content creation is important for coaches, but it's not easy. I've come across many-a-coach who's ready to throw in the towel since they don't know how to consistently create content. Since content creation is such an issue for coaches, I want to do something about...
The power of words
I once read an interesting book called "How To Change Your Mind". It's all about psychedelic drugs like LSD and the effect that they have on the human brain, and author Michael Pollan tells the story of one LSD researcher who in the 1980's hatched a plan to help...