The Field of Dreams approach to Facebook groups
A lot of Facebook group owners use the Field of Dreams ("If you build it, he will come") approach with their groups. They take a few minutes to create their group, throw up a banner and a few words for a description, and then they wait. And wait, and wait. Of course...
The challenging challenge of doing challenges
There's a reason why you see so many coaches and online entrepreneurs running challenges online: Because they work! Challenges are a great way to bring new potential clients and customers into your world. The problem is the online landscape is littered with 5-day,...
My birthday (and the best business decision I ever made)
It's my birthday tomorrow, and I'm doing something this week to celebrate it. But first, let me tell you about the best business decision I ever made: Starting a Facebook group. I started my group, The Coaching Jungle (www.TheCoachingJungle.com), in late 2015 and it's...
A fun way to deal with pesky haters
This week I had a Skype call with someone who's starting to get some good traction with his coaching business. What's happening to him is the same thing that happens with anyone who's enjoying any success: the haters are crawling out of the woodwork to take shots at...
Coaches with split personalities
The other night we watched a movie called Split that reminded me of a lot of coaches. This probably sounds strange, since the movie is about a madman with a split personality (23 of them to be exact) who kidnaps and torments three teenage girls ... But a lot of...
Be the best you can be (like this guy)
Daniel Day-Lewis, three-time Oscar winner and widely considered the best actor of his time, just announced his retirement. I've always had respect for people who have the guts to go out when they're on top (like Jerry Seinfeld and his sitcom) rather than ones who...
The Dictionary of Coaching Places
I recently bought a large book called The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. It has over 1200 imaginary cities, islands, countries and continents invented by writers over the years. Here are two of my favourite places listed in the book: ===== Klopstokia: a country of...
Five table legs beats two every time
If you had to place something valuable on a table - say an expensive faberge egg - would you rather that table have two legs or five? I know that I'd rather have five sturdy legs. That beats two legs, and it's even sturdier than the usual four! A few days ago I told...
Interview on Coach Pep Talk
I was a guest on Benay Dyor's podcast, Coach Pep Talk, where I talked about why people should be sending daily emails to their lists. Here's the link to have a listen: www.universalcoachingsystems.com/podcast-season-2-episode-13/
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...