There are three distinct milestones in my “business journey” that I’ll never forget. One was being able to pay my bills, based on money I earned “on my own.” Another was hitting the “six figure” mark. But, somewhere in between was one that very few people talk about: being able to turn away clients that
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Archives for December 2012
The Magic of an Empty Calendar
“You could just as easily change your life today as you can on January 1st. New opportunity is matter of choice, not calendar.” — Dan Kennedy It seems there’s a strange and powerful magic in an empty calendar. You can give the biggest and most committed pessimist a brand new calendar for a new year,
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The Issue of Timing
Let me give you the one word excuse that held my business in “mediocre” stage FAR LONGER than it should have stayed: Timing. I used this excuse with others who wanted to help me grow, who wanted to push me into what was possible. But, MAINLY, I used this excuse with myself. Here are a
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The MOST COSTLY Mistake I’ve Ever Made In My Business
Yesterday, I met with a private client who reminded me of one of the MOST COSTLY mistakes I’d ever made in my business… and I realized that — for some reason — I’ve never written about it before. BUT, to be clear, this mistake is a HUGE profit vampire affecting everyone from solopreneurs to much
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Dealing with UNWELCOME Pests
It’s true. And it’s not just you! Just when you start getting the hang of “marketing” — and many times well before — you start attracting some of the WRONG people to your business. Price shoppers. Naysayers. Negative Nellies. Silent Sallies. Time wasters, Etc. (Btw, there’s a list of YOUR least favorite “unwelcome pests” at
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Are “Let’s Meet For Coffee” Dates a Total Waste of Time & Money?
At the beginning of the week, I had the privilege of speaking to a group of amazing women at the Christian Business Chamber December Luncheon. Our topic? More PROFIT and More PEACE my spin on time and financial freedom… and how they are UNDENIABLY linked. I did use words like “ruthless” and “unapologetic,” but I
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