Tom Petty was right – the waiting IS the hardest part
I'm listening to the album Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits now. This is taking me back to my high school days in the 90's, when I listened to this CD a lot (what's a CD? I'm definitely dating myself here ...) Anyways, one of my favourite songs of...
The one question that always gets an interesting answer
I've had a lot of "ah-ha" moments asking the question: "What's your biggest regret?" After almost 500 interviews on Natural Born Coaches, and a ton of conversations off-air, I've heard some pretty interesting answers. This week, I recorded an interview with Craig...
How I handle my affiliate partnerships
Pretty much every day, I'm asked to be an affiliate for a program or product. If you've been around the coaching/personal development world for awhile I'm sure you get a lot of the same requests. I've been getting very picky about who I'm an affiliate for, because if...
Interview on the Five Minute Bark Podcast
I was honoured to be a guest on my friend Dennis Langlais' Five Minute Bark Podcast recently. We had a lot of fun, and dropped some golden nuggets. Have a listen! http://5minutebark.libsyn.com/marc-mawhinney-coach-for-coaches
Interview on The Prosperty Place
I was a guest on Joan Sotkin's podcast, The Prosperity Place, recently. Here are some of the things that I talked about: The problem that a lot of coaches have is they don’t realize that they are really entrepreneurs. You have to be a hardened entrepreneur to make it...
Business-building advice from Alice Cooper
Just when we thought we saw everything we could possibly see in the US Presidential election ... Alice Cooper throws his hat into the ring! That's right, Alice Cooper - of School's Out and No More Mr.Nice Guy fame - is running for President. His slogan: "A Troubled...
Not sure what business to start?
I wrote this on Facebook earlier in the week, and got a lot of feedback that it helped my FB friends, so I wanted to shoot it over: ========== If you want to start a new business, but you have no idea what business to do, the answer is probably right under your nose....
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday …
Sorry if that reminds you of that Friday song that was popular a few years back ... This little email is about something that a lot of entrepreneurs, including yours truly, has suffered from: Entrepreneurial guilt. This summer, I took the plunge and decided to take...
How to stay out of online course creation purgatory
A lot of people in Coachland want to launch an online course, which just makes good sense ... It's a way to scale your business, reach more people, and make income while you sleep (sorry, I know that sounds like Internet Marketing guru-talk, but it's true.) Yet I'd...
Booooo to free marathon coaching sessions
There's a debate in the coaching industry now whether coaches should offer long (2+ hour) free sessions to potential clients. Those in the "yes" camp argue that you should do it. - They say you should "coach-the-socks-off the person" ... - Wow them so much that...