by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
The calendar flips over to December tomorrow, and I happen to believe it’s a dangerous month for coaches. It’s dangerous because many of them (and other entrepreneurs) tune out, and essentially shut their businesses down for the remainder of the year....
by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog
While I was being interviewed for a podcast yesterday, I told a story that I once heard about Pablo Picasso. Here it is in a nutshell: 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...
by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
A lot of life coaches are struggling. Don’t get me wrong, I know some who are doing very well and have interviewed them on my podcast – but the majority of life coaches are having a tough time getting traction with their businesses. Although success is...
by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 26, 2017 | Blog
I recently went to visit my father, who lives about an hour and a half away from me, and I drove the scenic route there. Screw the highway driving with mostly nothing but trees – I took the back way that went along the Bay of Fundy and through Fundy National...
by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 25, 2017 | 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) Life’s too short to work with difficult people, and since I started enforcing it a few years...
by Marc Mawhinney | Nov 24, 2017 | Blog
Earlier this week I did a poll in the Facebook group asking what business coaches most needed training on. The result? It wasn’t even close. It was … Lead generation! Lead generation for small business folks is what you want and need. The problem is most...