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Remember those nights at college when you were torn between starting your midterm paper or heading out with your friends? Ever feel like that now? A few weeks ago I was running with my devoted running partner and longtime friend and telling her about the place I find myself in my coaching practice right now.
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One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs, friends, professionals (heck! even my kids most days when I tell them it’s bed time) is that there isn’t/wasn’t/won’t be enough time.
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Don’t roll your eyes at me just because you read the word networking! Let’s be honest: Networking often conjures up images of pushy people cornering you and trying to convince you that you need their products or services within 30 seconds of meeting them.
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It’s May 2013 – have you met your 2013 goals yet? More importantly – are you ready to fail at them? On a recent trip changing planes in the Houston airport, I walked past a t-shirt kiosk with “I Love Texas” tees and various sayings. One had the motto “Failure is not an option” boldly…
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I read the article below by Jennifer Lee and I thought she just spoke to the exhaustion, pushing and striving that so many entrepreneurs feel on a daily basis.
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Have you planned your summer vacation schedule yet? Does it include luxurious and relaxing time away from your business? If you answered “no,” let’s you and me talk about some finer delegation skills.
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Recently, I was driving my daughter home from preschool and we were arguing about what music to listen to. While her children’s music can be sweet and cute, after 500 times of listening to the same CD, you too would put up a bit of a protest when she requested listening to the same song…
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At a recent conference I attended, someone asked for my business card (which I of course gave him.) Then he asked if I would hold it up to my face and he snapped a pic.
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No matter what issue in their lives or business have brought clients to my door, at some point the conversation always turned to their marketing plan (or lack thereof). Of course this is normal: if you have a business, you’re going to need to do marketing. It’s up to you to figure out how to…
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Lately I feel like so many of my clients are coming to me with the desire for a “weekly schedule.” The common hope is that a weekly schedule will simultaneously keep them from the pitfalls of too much social media and email time while making sure they are getting done what they REALLY need to…
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