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Are Open Loops Your Ball and Chain?

Are Open Loops Your Ball and Chain? The older you get the more you will realize that the amount of energy you have is finite. It’s just like the battery in your flashlight. When it runs out of power, you’re

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Posted in Growth Strategy, Leadership, Learning, Time Management

3 Steps to Building Successful Business Relationships

3 Steps to Building Successful Business Relationships Recently, I was talking with a friend who was lamenting about how hard it can be to build thriving business relationships. As a small business owner, she’s noticed (and heard from other folks)

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Did you make a promise to your small business?

Did you make a promise to your small business? “If you can dream it, you can achieve it!!” Isn’t that a wonderful thought? Well, I don’t mean to burst your bubble, but it’s not exactly true … sorry. What’s more,

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What is it that you value? Are you sure?

What is it that you value? Are you sure? I was recently working with a coaching client helping him through the process of adding to his staff. He’d been disappointed with the last three people he had taken on so

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How to Cross the Gap between Muddling Through or Having a Thriving Business

How to Cross the Gap between Muddling Through or Having a Thriving Business It happens more often than I want it to happen when I am coaching a small business owner. But sometimes it HAS to happen in order for

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Is your pool deep or broad?

Is your pool deep or broad? A colleague, we’ll call Sam, was lamenting a disastrous sales call over a cup of hot java this week and I kind of felt bad for him. Sam had been trying to find a

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Posted in Networking, Sales

Put a Little ‘Human’ in Your Online Presence

Put a little ‘human’ in your online presence What catches your eye? What makes you laugh? What do you appreciate? What interests you? If you can answer those questions, you can effectively use social media. All you have to remember

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Posted in Marketing, Sales

Going Gray on Facebook Can Move You Up in the Results!

Going Gray on Facebook Can Move You Up in the Results! I’m sure you have heard about Facebook Live Audio by now … are you excited about it? What I really should ask is whether or not you have figured

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Posted in Growth Strategy, Learning, Marketing

We All Have a One-Track Mind – Which Track Is Your Brain On?

We All Have a One-Track Mind – Which Track Is Your Brain On? As I write this blog post I know it is going out in the fifth week of the month. I always consider a fifth week a real

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How Much is Your Word Worth?

How Much is Your Word Worth? As a business coach I work with individuals, groups, and teams across a wide swath of industries. I learn what obstacles and challenges they face as they try to develop personal and professional skills.

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