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Each of our newsletters is a snapshot of the things we were thinking about as we approached that month. Each has three articles: A featured thought, a brief sales tip and a brief networking tip. All the articles are intended to help you to be more successful in your business and enjoy the best that life has to offer.
The introduction for each newsletter will give you an idea of the focus. Enjoy!
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- November 2008
- The election campaign is a good lesson in sales and marketing - what works and what doesn't. The lessons can be applied directly to your approach.
- October 2008
- Leadership is not about ability or attributes, it's about results. Without the results, people with ability are quickly forgotten.
- September 2008
- Is your glass half full or half empty? How you view your business could be affecting your results.
- August 2008
- For people in business, the courage to have faith in your own abilities can be the deciding difference.
- July 2008
- Sometimes it's excess baggage that holds us back. What are you carrying that's slowing you down?
- June 2008
- How hard is it really to do the things you need to do for business success? It's probably not as hard as it seems.
- May 2008
- Too much on your plate? Are you finding it hard to get the important things done? Maybe it's time to take a hard look at what's on your plate.
- April 2008
- My dog has taught me some important lessons about business. It's important to recognize when your actions might be driven by instinct rather than reason.
- March 2008
- Having good ideas is the first step. Actually implementing those ideas is the key to results.
- February 2008
- Will you be more successful this year than last? Perhaps it's the way you look at your opportunities that needs to change.
- January 2008
- The new year is an opportunity to move forward with a new mindset and new approaches. Take advantage of the opportunity!
- December 2007
- My clients often need my help to "think outside the box" with their marketing and business processes. What I actually do is to help them to regress to the 'conscious competent' stage and examine the way they are doing things, to look for those possibilities.
- November 2007
- It's not just about tasks and skills. The success of a hire will be determined by how well that person performs over time.
- October 2007
- By categorizing the information presented to us without first understanding why we have created those categories, we have traded possibility for simplicity.
- September 2007
- As a coach, I am often working with people to help them develop a different perspective about what's possible in their current situation, a different mindset.
- August 2007
- When is "good enough" actually good enough? The key is optimizing the variables, not maximizing them.
- July 2007
- People still do business with people. They constantly declare their independence by the decisions they make about where they spend their money.
- June 2007
- In our sales role we are prepared to respond to these objections. We ask questions, we find out the history and we uncover the emotions that give rise to the objections. We don't give up in the face of objection, we respond to it.
- May 2007
- We've all heard the phrase "Practice makes perfect." But, what is it about the act of practicing that yields the desired result?
- April 2007
- As a coach, I hesitate to criticize anything that results in success. But, you don’t need an advanced physics degree to understand the "Law of Attraction".
- March 2007
- The biggest challenge we all face is to stop making excuses for ourselves. When we stop making excuses we start making changes.
- February 2007
- You've probably noticed that men and women see the world around them from different perspectives.
- January 2007
- If you want the coming year to be a great one, start it off with a different mindset.
- December 2006
- During my years in the corporate world and as a coach I've found seven practices that can adversely affect any business.
- November 2006
- When was the last time you really gave a gift of thanks to those who have put you where you are today, something personal, specific, and heartfelt? That's what it really means to give thanks.
- October 2006
- Remember, every day both the optimists and pessimists will have exactly the same thought: "This day couldn't possibly get any better."
- September 2006
- What you have really learned is that it's not about who you know, it's about what you know and who knows you.
- August 2006
- The people I have met who are passionate about their business, have clear goals, and put realistic plans in place to reach those goals, are much more content than those who dream but fail to take action.
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