by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog
I have a very important rule when it comes to my coaching business: I don’t work with pain-in-the-butt clients. (I have a “No A-hole/No b____” policy that’s served me well) Life’s too short to work with difficult people, and since I started enforcing it, business has...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog
A new episode of Natural Born Coaches just went live, and my guest is Karl Bryan. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why now isn’t the time to hold backHow as a coach you want to be solving a series of problemsTips for adjusting and utilizing your systems during...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog
Here’s a cool story that I heard about Pablo Picasso: Picasso was sitting in a cafe in Paris when a fan approached him and asked if he would do a quick sketch for her on a napkin. He agreed and quickly drew something on the napkin, but before handing it to her he...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 11, 2020 | Blog
Here’s a question I like to ask my clients: “If you could snap your fingers and have the life that you want one year from today, what would it look like?(note: I give the exact date, IE: April 11th, 2021, since it seems to have more impact that way) I like this...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog
Coaches shouldn’t chase prospects. They shouldn’t become obsessive creeps like Jim Carrey’s character Chip Douglas in The Cable Guy, who stalks Steven (played by Matthew Broderick) in a desperate attempt to win his friendship. In one scene, Steven gets home and finds...
by Marc Mawhinney | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog
Leads are important for any business. I’m reminded of the movie Glengarry Glen Ross. It’s about a real estate office where sales people compete for the coveted “Glengarry Leads” – the hottest leads that are reserved for “closers”. In the most famous scene of the...
