A lesson for coaches from a modern day Romeo
I once heard a funny story about a man who was (to put it nicely) not very attractive … He didn't have much in the looks department, he was unemployed, and he wasn't a candidate to star in the next season of "The Bachelor". But every night that he hit the town he had...
A common niching question that I get
I once had an email from a coach interested in joining my Secret Coach Club, and it contained a question that’s popped up more than a few times over the years: === I work with corporate so will this be applicable to this market/niche? === The answer is “yes”. My...
Changing minds
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...
When you feel like you aren’t making progress with your coaching business
My son Gray turns 12 today, and every one of his birthdays reminds me that time flies quickly. Sometimes when we're out around town we'll bump into someone who hasn't seen him in a year or two - and that person will say with surprise: "I can't believe how much he's...
An oldie but a goodie
Just because something is old doesn't mean it's good. I appreciate the older stuff. Take music for example. If I have a choice between listening to Elvis, The Beach Boys and Buddy Holly or the new stuff that the crazy kids are listening to nowadays, give me the...
(New podcast episode) Get your business back on track
Finn Patrick stopped by the "Natural Born Coaches" podcast today to help coaches who feel like they've been knocked off course by a crazy 2020. Finn is a business development mentor to ambitious visionaries and innovators looking to add 6 to 7 figures of revenue in...
Not your usual report
Some of the free reports going around online nowadays are a little "underwhelming". The person talks it up like it's the best thing since sliced bread, and then it's like something scribbled on a napkin in under five minutes. Or it doesn't contain anything that the...
What are you known for?
If you’ve followed me for awhile, you’ve probably heard me talk about “BBQ Pitches” for coaches. Here’s what it is, in a nutshell: Imagine you’re at a backyard BBQ, munching on a hot dog and talking to a fellow party-goer. After dispensing of pleasantries like the...
The importance of traffic lights
Back in the old days, traffic lights were a different colour than the red/yellow/green that we know and love today (I say "love" because without them the roads would look like "Mad Max") But it's not well-known that the colours used to be different back in the day....
The mental cost of not having enough coaching clients
If a coach is getting calls from bill collectors all day long, they aren’t going to be 100% tuned into the needs of their clients. Their minds will be drawn back to those money worries, and they won’t be on their “A-Game”. Their clients won’t get good results, so they...