My uncensored opinion on woo woo
There's a lot of woo woo in the coaching world, and here's my two cents on it: I believe in positive thinking. A negative attitude will hurt you in business and in life as it seeps off you and infects everything that you do. It'd be nice to accept at face value ideas...
Not another leadership thing?!
Awhile back I got burned out on leadership books, blogs and videos. I was seeing the topic discussed everywhere. How many leadership books has John Maxwell written now? 813? But I realized that was a bad attitude to have, since leadership is an important asset for...
When whales enter your ocean
A client told me about a dilemma that he's having. He's a fairly new coach in a tight niche, and he's starting to get traction. He's been getting a good number of clients, and he has a nice little Facebook group that's growing and monetizing for him. One of the bigger...
What do coaches have in common with balloon animals?
Last weekend, Julia and I took the kids to an outdoor market (it was so windy that a tent blew over and smacked me in the head, but I'll save that story for another time). While there, the kids got a couple of balloon animals. Hannah got an octopus, and Gray got a dog...
My totally unsolicited business advice for a complete stranger
I came across a post the other day in a Facebook group for entrepreneurs/wantrapreneurs that I'm in: ===== I just gave my two weeks notice at work and I'm going to try my luck at making online courses. Does anybody know any good sites to do this on, or have any tips...
If you can hack a burrito, you can hack your business
I read that some guy found a way to hack the Chipotle menu. He did an experiment where he bought 35 burritos, and tried different orders to maximize the end result. He asked for both kinds of rice and he got 93% more rice. He asked for both beans and got 92% more...
Keeping your cool when tornados are approaching
Have you seen the viral photo of the man mowing his lawn while a tornado approached behind him? Seriously - the guy was so intent on getting his lawn mowed that not even a tornado could stop him. (On Monday I just mowed our lawn for the first time in June, so maybe I...
I was no match for Jennie’s hook
In business, it helps to have a powerful hook. Whether you're trying to get someone to open an email, read a blog post, click on a video or attend a summit that you're doing, you have to pique their interest. Awhile back, Jennie Wright asked me to be a guest on a...
If you’ve got questions about Facebook ads, check this out
Since so many coaches have been asking me about Facebook ads lately, I had FB ads expert Oguz Konar as a guest on Natural Born Coaches today. Oguz has an interesting background: he witnessed his family business go under, and swore that he would learn from that to help...
1/3 of the way to The Hollywood Dream
Back in university, I had a crazy dream. After seeing the success that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck had with writing and starring in Good Will Hunting, thoughts of running off to Hollywood to do the same danced through my head. I had an idea for a script - a comedy that...