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...
Here’s how you can avoid working with pain-in-the-butt clients
When coaches are in need of money to pay the bills, they lower their standards for clients. This means they take on "pain-in-the-butt" ones they'd rather not be dealing with. And in extreme cases, these are ones that make them break out in hives at the thought of...
About “Short Burst” joint ventures
The nice thing about running your own online business is you can do things the way you want to do them. It's your business, your rules. For example: Most of my joint ventures are seven day campaigns. I like the one week format since it gives me plenty of time to...
The importance of having criteria for your joint ventures
When choosing your joint venture partners, it's important to have criteria to use. For me, I have three simple ones: 1) Their offer must be relevant for coaches, since those are my people. 2) Their offer has to be valuable and give the results that they claim (since...
John Lennon and the power of collaboration
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, so let's talk about him. Lennon is a great example of someone who benefited from partnering with the right people, namely Paul McCartney. Before The Beatles, Lennon was the leader of a band called The...
(Podcast) Leadership Coaching 101
A new episode of Natural Born Coaches just dropped, and my guest today is Kirby Ingles. Kirby is a leadership coach who helps his clients in seven areas of their life: professional, finance, relationships, intellectual, health and wellness, spiritual, and social. In...
A “Triple W” partnership
If done properly, a joint venture is what I call a "Triple W" partnership. I don't mean "www", as in web domains! I means it's a win for you, a win for your partner, and a win for your community. Using my flat fee JV model, you win because you're guaranteed to be...