(Podcast) The Power of Pivoting During Challenging Times w/ Mark Black
Over almost 700 episodes of Natural Born Coaches, I've had just a handful of guests who live in my neck of the woods (Atlantic Canada) … but today is one of those rare exceptions. Mark Black stopped by the show with a timely message: how to pivot (and prosper) during...
Burt Wonderstone and the value of planning
It takes some time to build a successful coaching business. You can't expect to do one week of emails, or a few Facebook lives, or release a couple podcast interviews and then suddenly be swamped with clients and swimming in a vault of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck....
Today’s actions, tomorrow’s successes
Whenever I get a new coaching client, I ask that person how they heard about me. They often answer with "I've been following your stuff for a few years". That means that the actions I was taking back then led to me getting a client today, even if I didn't see those...
The time Stephen Hawking threw a party and nobody came
My son told me a funny story about Stephen Hawking: Hawking once threw a party just to prove that time travel isn't possible. He ordered fancy food and drinks and waited, but nobody showed up to it. That could have been because he sent the invitations out after the...
To sell or not to sell, that is the question …
Earlier this year, when the world first went into lockdown, a coach shared a sad story with me … This coach was promoting a joint venture partner, and she received the following from someone who read one of her emails: === "I found his marketing to feel awful given...
Evolve … or die!!!
A quote from Marcus Lemonis of "The Profit": “If you don’t evolve, you will die" A few years back I decided to mix things up with my business, and start doing more joint ventures with partners who had something that aligned with my audience's needs. These wouldn't be...
The urinal fly
Humans perform better when they have targets to aim for. For example, the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport used to have a problem with the cleaning expenses for the men's washrooms. Men were having trouble aiming for the urinals, and it took a lot of time for the cleaners...
(Podcast) Curate Your Health & Energy Wellness with Heather Hammerstedt
A brand new episode of Natural Born Coaches is now live, and my guest is Heather Hammerstedt from Wholist. In this episode you'll hear: How we can all become more aware that our bodies need more during these challenging timesWays to adopt a new lifestyle, and then how...
Fear thy neighbor (or neighbour!)
One of my favourite shows is "Fear Thy Neighbor" (or as we Canadians would spell it, "Neighbour") I like it and have gotten my girlfriend into it … but it has me thinking about how important our relationships are with those closest to us. Our relationships may not...
Lloyd Christmas, Harry Dunne, and opportunities
This is the best time in history to be in business. Entrepreneurs in the "old days" (pre-Internet) would have given their front teeth to have access to billions of people for free. Today you don't need expensive billboards, radio ads, newspaper ads, or even office...
