When you first start a business, you are the CEO: not the Chief Executive Officer, but the Chief Everything Officer. You’re the marketing person the salesperson, the graphic designer, the customer service manager. Everything relies on you to get things done when you are in that first stage of business. The first thing you have
I coach a lot of people. Most of the time my coaching is all about taking action. Running a business is like playing a professional football game. I tell my clients to play the game. Show up and play the game every day because running your business is a game. A professional football game consists
One of my 10x Business Owner’s Mastermind Group members, Andrea Young, makes organic products for hair skin and nails. They are olive-oil based and free of nuts and other allergens. She gets the olive oil straight from a local orchard, and sells them to salons, tattoo artists, and health and fitness establishments, but wants to
You have got to start with your mindset. Start by implementing a morning routine. This is the same as putting your own oxygen mask on first. This often goes against all of our instincts. Your business is your baby, and just like on the airplane when they tell you to put your mask on before
Everyone has a network that they have influence with. This makes them a person of influence (POI). But, not everyone is a good POI for you. A good POI for you is someone who has a high percentage of your target market inside their network. You and 3 other POIs can create a power network.
There are three ways you can increase your results this quarter. The Inner Game – This is your mindset. YOU HAVE GOT to set big goals and have a clear vision of where you are going. See my post here for the perfect example. The Outer Game – This is your systems. Do you have
One of the most common requests I get is, “how do I generate leads? Give me another lead generation system!” Most people don’t have a system. I’m going to share with you my system to create the ultimate referral system. Start by making a list of everyone you pay money to right now. Whether they’re
Sometimes we have to go to nature to get the best advice. In your life, when a storm hits you, do you handle it like a cow or like a buffalo? When a herd of cows sees a storm coming, they turn to each other, discuss it for a minute, and then they turn and
Here is a strategy that you can use to increase your results this month. It is called the baseline strategy. You have a baseline in terms of the results that you are producing. One of the ways you probably measure results is in the money you earn. Let’s say you are earning $5,000 a month.
There is this story, of an old man, who takes walks on the beach every morning. While he walks, he stops to toss starfish back into the ocean. One day, a little boy runs up to him and asks him what he is doing. The man explains that if the sun beats on the starfishes
