Month: September 2014

  • Tip Of The Week: What To Do With Doubtful Thoughts

    Our minds tend to act like sports commentators—except that we, the players, can hear them and get derailed by what they say. In a business context, people are justifiably wary of anything that sounds too “woo-woo” or touchy-feely, but there’s no denying that the quality of your thoughts determines what you can and cannot do…

  • Quotable Coach: The Market Wants Simplifiers

    Quotable Coach: The Market Wants Simplifiers

    Life in the 21st century is complicated. The great freedom of our age is “disintermediation” – not having large institutions standing between us and the world anymore – but this also makes the world a more confusing place. If you can bring simplicity to some aspect of others’ lives, you’ll win their gratitude and loyalty.…

  • Three Tips For Dealing With Messes

    Three Tips For Dealing With Messes

    As the head of an entrepreneurial organization, you attract lots of attention. Many people need your input, your direction, and your time, which might make you feel like you’re being pulled in several directions at once, keeping you from getting focused. You might also find that keeping on top of the endless stream of paper,…

  • Tip Of The Week: Simplify To Multiply

    When we ask entrepreneurs to imagine growing their business 10 times, they often go to one of two places: Their eyes widen with wonder — “Wow, that would be great!” — or they widen with fear, because they’re imagining all the complications and demands of their current business becoming 10x worse. Actually, if you want…

  • Quotable Coach: Who Are You Trying To Be?

    Quotable Coach: Who Are You Trying To Be?

    All of us show up with a full set of talents and inclinations. You could spent lots of time fighting your nature, or trying to become a great generalist – or you could spend that time becoming a genius. Genius, really? Yes, it’s a grandiose word, but everybody has the capacity to become a genius…

  • Mr. Shmooze: The Art and Science of Selling Through Relationships by Richard Abraham

    Three clients had recommended this book to me, so it quickly made it to the top of my reading list. Thank goodness! Mr. Shmooze tells the story of a very successful salesperson (a composite of several real people) and how he approaches life, relationships, and sales. I was completely inspired by the clarity and enthusiasm…

  • Tip Of The Week: What To Do When Things Go Wrong

    Assigning blame really does nothing to make a situation turn out better the next time — which is why we just skip that part when we’re reviewing our experiences at Strategic Coach and go straight to the part where we learn something. So many of our entrepreneurial clients have found their biggest breakthroughs in a…

  • Quotable Coach: How To Keep From Getting Old

    Quotable Coach: How To Keep From Getting Old

    You can probably remember meeting young people who seemed old and old people who seemed young. What’s the difference? The size of their future. Current research suggests that what really makes people happy is having something to look forward to. That’s why we say to always make your future bigger than your past—it’s a recipe…

  • Tips From The Top With Rob Saik: Build Your Own Brand

    What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Everyone can pinpoint a moment when they’ve stumbled upon words of wisdom that altered their life path. Like a key opening a lock, it’s as if something just clicks, and all of a sudden, everything makes sense. Rob Saik, founder and CEO of Agri-Trend Inc. and…

  • Tip Of The Week: Say Yes, But Clean Up The Mess

    What’s a “mess”? Dan Sullivan defines it like this: M=O-C, or a Mess is Obligation minus Commitment. If you say yes to something that you don’t feel any real commitment toward, you’ve landed yourself in a mess. At some point, the “future you” is going to have to spent time and energy doing that thing…