Beware of these clowns
I recently saw a meme that made me chuckle: It had Pennywise (the clown from "It") poking his head out of the sewer in the famous scene from both the television miniseries and also the more recent movie. I can't remember the exact wording (and couldn't find it with a...
Introducing “Coach Sprint”
Does it feel like your coaching business is stuck in quicksand at the moment and not moving as fast as you'd like? I'm putting together something new I call "Coach Sprint", which will be a 4-week program where I work directly with a handful (maximum 6 coaches) to get...
Answering brain-pickers without feeling like a big meanie
Most people who reach out to pick other's brains aren't doing it to be malicious, nor do they want to distract others and ruin their lives. That being said, if you have an open gate for brain-picking requests and help everyone who approaches you to do it, it will...
A better way to clean your Facebook house
Hardly a day goes by without me seeing at least one post like this on Facebook: “Hey everyone, I hit my 5000 friends limit and I’m going to be cleaning house! If you want to stay connected comment below, or I’m dropping you!” I've even had days where I've seen five or...
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...
Solving Facebook’s darn 5000 friends limit
For years I struggled with Facebook's 5000 friend limit. Whenever I came across someone new that I wanted to add as a friend, I couldn't do it. And new requests couldn't come through either since I was maxed out. The platform doesn't make it easy to free up spots, and...
Screw vanity metrics … purge!
A month or two ago I did a big purge to clear up spots on my Facebook friends list. I took the knife out and removed about 1000 friends that I wasn't engaging with, or who in some cases hadn't posted anything on FB in months, or even years. That's not to say they're...
A peek inside November’s Secret Coach Club
The November issue of Secret Coach Club is going to be an extra-sized issue covering some important topics for coaches, including: "How To Do A Real-Life 'Purge' To Remove Dead Weight And Add To Your Bank Account!"I I recently did a purge of my personal Facebook and...
How to get an interview spot on my podcast
Every day I get a lot of pitches from entrepreneurs asking to be on my podcast. When Natural Born Coaches was a daily show, I had 365 slots/year and flexibility with accepting guests. When it went to a 3x/week frequency it got tighter, but I still had 150 or so...
How Steve Jobs brought Apple back from the dead
It's tempting to try to be "all things to all people" in the online space. You start out focusing on one thing, but get hauled into different directions by those darn BSOs (Bright, Shiny Objects). Experts tell you that you should be doing this, and that you absolutely...