by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
One of the things that annoys me with the coaching and personal development world is when you have people who have no idea how to do something proclaim to be “experts” on whatever it is. It’s like they pop out of bed and ‘voila!” –...
by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog
I remember the first webinar that I hosted – it was a pretty nerve-wracking experiencing … I wondered if the tech would work, prayed that the neighbour didn’t decide to mow his lawn during the webinar, or that friends wouldn’t stop by in the middle of it...
by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog
The longer that I’m coaching, the less I chase potential clients. Sure, I’ll check in with them, but I’m not messaging them daily for months until they finally cave in and hire me. Coaches shouldn’t become obsessive creeps like Jim Carrey’s character Chip Douglas in...
by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog
Hey there – hope you had a good week … If you’ve got some time to soak in podcasts today, here are a few new ones that just came out of my world … Chloe Thomas On Monday, Chloe came onto Natural Born Coaches to talk about customer manipulation....
by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 10, 2016 | Blog
I heard about a great rule earlier this week, called the “5 x 5 Rule”: ====== “If it’s not gonna matter in 5 years, don’t spend more than 5 minutes being upset by it” ====== When you’re in a business that’s very visible...
by Marc Mawhinney | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
I’ve started deviating a lot from my usual reading material, in a quest to learn from places where I normally wouldn’t look. So I just finished reading a book about outlaw motorcycle clubs. I’m the furthest thing from an outlaw biker, but I was...