Here are your book suggestions
A few weeks back, I put the call out for book suggestions from my loyal readers and was flooded with a bunch of recommendations. I ended up buying Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss, which was recommended by my...
If you hate snakes … don’t read this email
If I wasn't a coach, I might be a treasure hunter. I'd scour the Internet for teams of other treasure seekers, and join their expeditions around the world. I think I'd just go and do it. Crazy, I know ... I loved the Indiana Jones movies when I was a kid, and my...
Ethics in coaching
We don't hear a lot about ethics in coaching, but it's an important topic. Every day coaches run the risk of getting into trouble with this stuff, so I had a guest on the Natural Born Coaches podcast today to show how you can avoid the potential pitfalls. Dr. Michael...
Sneak peek
People have been asking me what kind of stuff is in the Secret Coach Club newsletter ... Since the April issue ships out tomorrow, here's a sampling to give you an idea what you'll get in the next one: * The Insider's Guide to Facebook Group Domination" (I've packed...
Three months ago I quit …
I have a confession: Three months ago, I quit. I gave up something. You see, for years I had an addiction: I drank a 5-Hour Energy shot nearly every day. (You know, one of those little bottles that's supposed to give you enough energy to climb mountains and take over...
Bells and whistles
Everyone online seems to be concerned with "bells and whistles" nowadays. Killer funnels. Complex membership sites. Cool gadgets that would put Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne to shame. Stop. You don't need all that stuff. People don't care about bells and whistles. They...
A strange business-building lesson from Superman III
I love Superman. As a kid, I used to run around my yard with a red cape that my mother made for me with a crudely-drawn "S" on it, and that cape went under my clothes when I reverted back to my secret identity. My childhood was spent soaking in the Superman films....
The hidden hook to make your message unforgettable
I was leafing through the notes that I took while down at Social Media Marketing World last week, and something hit me ... While they were all great speakers at the event, I got more value from some workshops than others. Looking through my trusty Moleskine, I see...
The Headless Horseman strikes again
When I was a kid, there was a story going around the place that I grew up in about a nearby beach that was home to buried treasure. The stories went that Welch Cove Beach had a lot of shipwrecks back in the day (being on the ocean and full of large, jagged rocks), and...
Get help with your daily motivation here
I'm always preaching about the value of consistency, so today's guest on the podcast is a perfect fit. Dre Baldwin has over 5000 YouTube videos and has been doing them daily since 2009 ... If you need a kick in the butt to get going with daily tasks to grow your...
