Those pesky crabs in a bucket
When building your business online, you're going to encounter strangers who pop up and throw negative stuff at you. Those kinds of people are easy to spot, but there are different (and potentially more damaging) folks who can hold you back from giving 100% with your...
The North American House Hippo
There's an old Canadian television commercial that featured the mysterious "North American house hippo". The camera follows a tiny house hippo around a home, showing it antagonizing a cat, stealing toast crums and going about its daily routine. It all looked very...
(Podcast) How to Build a Successful Coaching Business in a Unique Niche with Dr. Richard Madow!
On today's episode of Natural Born Coaches, I have Dr. Richard (Rich) Madow on the show. He coaches in a unique niche - helping dentists grow their businesses, and in this interview you’ll hear: Rich’s start in the dental industry in 1984, and how he utilized print...
Last call for November’s Secret Coach Club
The November issue of Secret Coach Club heads to the printer in a few hours, so here's the final call! Inside the issue you'll learn: How to hijack news stories, popular and obscure ones, so you'll never be at a loss for content ideas ever again (if you ever struggle...
Ray Kroc’s secrets to success
A must-watch movie for entrepreneurs is “The Founder”. It stars Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who went from being a 52-year old milkshake mixer salesman to building McDonald’s into the most successful fast food empire in the world. (I highly recommend Kroc’s...
The importance of rivalries
Rivalries can be a powerful motivator. Take sports, for example. Without Larry Bird to compete with, Magic Johnson wouldn't have achieved all that he did. Or politics, where the Democrats and Republicans play off one another and use the other side to push their people...
The Pygmalion Effect
A long time ago I read about something called "the Pygmalion Effect", and was reminded of it when thumbing through Shawn Achor's (excellent) book "The Happiness Advantage" this week. Achor writes: "According to the Roman poet Ovid, the sculptor Pygmalion could look at...
Your voice
Not sure what "voice" to speak with on social media and in emails to your list? It's easy: Talk like you'd normally talk when you're away from the keyboard. If you don't usually curse like a sailor, don't drop F-bombs with every 2nd word online (it'll sound silly). If...
One online courses tool to rule them all
If you need help with launching your online course, check out Abe Crystal's Instant Course Launcher! Time is the most valuable currency we have, and with it you can immediately reach for a ready-made, professionally-designed course, and launch it in 90 minutes (or...
About Amazon and begging for business
A few years back, Amazon was planning to build a second headquarters (HQ2) somewhere other than Seattle, where their main one was. The minute the company announced it, anxious cities began lining up with dreams of the 50,000 expected jobs and $5 billion in...
