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July 2008

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."
 - Auguste Rodin
 
 
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We are in the middle of some exciting changes to our newsletter and website.  These may take some time so your patience is appreciated.  One thing that won't change is our commitment to bringing you a useful and enjoyable newsletter.
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Olympic Blog
Mattison talks daily about the events of the 2008 Summer Olympics and high performance.

First Aid and CPR Training
Do your employees know what to do in a cardiac emergency?
We are excited to have the best and most professional First Aid and CPR instructor in the city join our team.   Email or call us 832 283 2476  for more information.

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"ANYTHING by this speaker!"
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curious child You Learn Something New Everyday
That's the old saying. But do we? Really?

What did you learn yesterday?
The day before?
Last week?
Last month?

Are you even paying enough attention to know what you could have learned today?

Learning is the key to success.
Learning is different from knowing.
In fact it takes not knowing - a beginners mind to really learn.
What have you learned lately?

What was the last book you read? The last seminar you attended? The last teaching CD you listened to?  Learning something new is the one sure thing that you can do today to make you better tomorrow.

Currently I am reading 3 books. Last year I read 5 books, attended 4 seminars and listened to numerous MP3's and CD's. Of course, some were better than others, but I learned something from each of them.

A few weeks ago I found myself in a mini sales seminar. I could say it was good, but that would be a lie. The truth is they were some of the worst ideas I have ever heard about selling. A couple of people walked out, but I stayed. Why? I was convinced there was something I could learn or that would be useful to me. And there was.
 
Every situation you are in is an opportunity to learn something. The BIG question is are you curious enough to find it and resourceful enough to turn it into learning?

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NEW!  Business Womens Strategy Series
Six Business Building Strategy Sessions
Houston, Texas

 Women bring some really great skills and talents to the business table - Cooperation, Compassion, and Creativity - just to name a few.

What often are missing from the equation are things like Velocity, Strategy and Sustainability. Also essential to women's business success are Vision, Value, and Service. We've developed a series of six business building sessions to assist women entrepreneurs and business leaders in adding these elements to what is already working.
 
Attend all six sessions or just choose a few that are interesting to you.

Opening session VISION - Thursday, July 24th 6:30-9:00 pm
Get all the details here at the Business Womens Strategy Series Blog
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Reality Marketing
What are your missing pieces?
Building on the skills from Reality Selling, in Reality Marketing you will put pencil to paper to create your unique selling process. For every business person in every business, there is a unique selling process.   Do you know yours?

You will leave the workshop with a clear plan of action, developed out of your intelligence and curiosity, for getting clients. You won't find any cookie-cutter program here. You will customize your plan using a unique process we have innovated called reverse engineering.  You can use this process over and over to develop as many marketing plans as you need.
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Upcoming Events from Greystone Guides

July 16               Coaching Tools for Leaders Free TelePreview 7pm Central  click here to register
July 18               Fifty Dollar Friday Teleclass             
July 24               Business Womens Strategy Series Seminars Begin         
July 29th            Coaching Tools for Leaders Free TelePreview 1pm Central  Click here to register
August 8            Reality Marketing
August 15          Fifty Dollar Friday Teleclass                  
August 15          Advanced Coaching "Boot" Camp Begins
August 21          Business Womens Strategy Series Coaching Group Begins
Sept 26              Reality Selling

Click the event name for more information or call us at 832-283-2476 to discuss any of our offerings.


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Greystone Guides is a high-performance leadership coaching and consulting firm providing coaching, training, speaking, and public seminars in the arenas of business, sales, carreer entrepreneurship, money, organizing, and parenting. Our clients include small, medium, and large companies, CEOs, business professionals, entrepreneurs, athletes, and artists.
We have executive, business, money, career and life coaches on staff to assist you.