IKEA’s floor design change
I stumbled across a surprising article about a change that IKEA is making with some of their floor designs. They've been experimenting with floor layouts to make them more open (like traditional department stores), but surveys have found that many of their shoppers...
A book recommendation for coaches
Earlier this week, I was asked during a podcast interview for a good book recommendation for coaches. My answer: "Coaching Questions" by Tony Stoltzfus. You'd never guess what this book is about in a million years … Questions to ask during coaching sessions! It's a...
For the record: I have nothing against cats
Back in 2019 I got in trouble when I sent an email out with the following subject line: "More than one way to skin a cat" I was using an old saying to say there are multiple ways to build a successful coaching business, but one subscriber took me a little too...
Al Capone’s business-building advice
The infamous gangster Al Capone has a quote that I often think about: "I'd rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies" He was referring to friends, but it's applicable to coaching clients as well. While I wouldn't recommend taking much life advice from Capone,...
(Podcast) The Power of a Promise, with Promise2Live!
The newest episode of Natural Born Coaches is unlike any other that I've done for the show since 2014, and it's on a very sensitive (but important) topic for entrepreneurs: Suicide awareness. My special guests are Brandy Vega and Kevin Guest, who share about a...
Hard-boiled numbers for more coaching clients
I just released a mini-training to show coaches an easier way to get to $10K months. If you're skeptical, I give a bunch of examples with actual numbers in the training … No need to bring your calculator, I did the numbers for you! It's a short, automated training...
There’s nothing wrong with $10K months!
A few years ago, $10K months for coaches sounded pretty darn good. Then we started to hear about 7-figures/year, and then 8-figures, and and even 9-figures! So $10K/month lost some of its lustre. But if you're happy making $10K per month, and building from there,...
What’s your magic number?
I have a question that I like to ask the coaches that I chat with: "What's your magic number?" "Magic Number" is their ideal monthly revenue from their coaching business. There's no wrong answer here … That's the great thing about entrepreneurship, it's your business...
17 minutes to hit $10K/month with your coaching business!
Over the years I've watched hundreds of webinars. And while I've seen some good ones, I've had a problem with a lot of them. They were 60 minutes, or 90 minutes, or over 2 hours, and they had way too much wasted time. The hosts spent too long telling their life...
The problem with over-complicating things
There's something in the human brain that desires to over-complicate things. If something seems too easy, we instinctively need to add more stuff … For example, take coaches who want to earn $10K/month. $10K months aren't that difficult. I'm not saying it's super-easy...
