Growing a successful coaching (or any) business
I was a guest on a few podcast this week, and here are the details if you'd like to have a listen: I was on “Corporate Escape Plan", with host Craig Burgess, talking about how to start a coaching business on a shoestring budget:...
This might sound strange, but hear me out …
A friend of mine likes to say that you should "zag when others zig". With that in mind, let me tell you about something that might seem like it's off-the-wall now given the current panic around Coronavirus: Simone Vincenzi has created a curated database of 100+ events...
Tomorrow I’ll be perfect?
I grew up as a big Toronto Blue Jays fan. Some of the most heartbreaking times of my childhood came when watching Jays ace pitcher Dave Stieb miss out on his chance at a no-hitter or a perfect game in the final inning on three separate occasions in the late 1980's. It...
Business as usual
Earlier this week I had someone complain that I had the audacity to make a business offer during this time. Actually, It's been business as usual for me during this Corona thing … When I say "business as usual", I mean with my business, not my personal life....
From corporate world to coaching world
Here's a post that I saw in my Facebook group last week: ===== "Do you find that your ex-corporate background is having an impact on how you run your business? I was talking with someone yesterday who, like me, is from a corporate background and he was saying that it...
The benefits of staring at a white wall
I draw inspiration for personal development from the strangest places … I’ve previously talked about taking lessons from a movie about cooking (weird, I know), but this is something more up my alley: a Netflix series about a superhero. In "Daredevil", my favourite...
Why all coaches should have a book
A new episode of "Natural Born Coaches" just popped out of the oven, and I have Karen McDermott from Serenity Press on the show to talk about coaches writing books. In this episode you'll hear: why Karen thinks that all coaches should have a book. The way that she...
About those “getting to know you” calls
I'm not a fan of "getting to know you" calls. Those are the ones where someone reaches out and says that they'd "love to connect to hear more about what you do" … Or they say; "Hey, I'd love to talk with you about something - do you have a few minutes for a call?"....
Pushing past your limits
There's a theory called "hysterical strength", where people achieve crazy physical feats when faced with life or death situations. For example, a mother suddenly gets superhuman strength and lifts a car to save her child (which is apparently how the co-creator of The...
When Bo Jackson became Jason Voorhees
Since it's Friday the 13th, I'll share a story that I got from a book that I recommend to all of my clients and mastermind members (and I highly recommend that you read as well). It's called "The Alter Ego Effect", and in it author Todd Herman shows how athletes,...
