Oct 3, 2012 | BEING in Your Business, Designing Your Business, Making Money in Your Business
Ever done an exercise to calculate your desired income for your business? I have my own clients do this, and I hope that you’ve done it too. But, here’s the question. Do you cut it so close that you leave no room for error? Do you expect everything to pay out...Sep 19, 2012 | Designing Your Business, Making Money in Your Business
One of the secrets to being an Aligned Entrepreneur I learned in Raymond Holliwell’s book Working With the Law, which was recommended reading from my mentor. It struck me immediately but I didn’t recognize its power right away until I learned how to...Sep 5, 2012 | Making Money in Your Business, Marketing Your Business
The 3 Things to Consider to Create a Brand in Alignment. As we covered last week, a brand identifies one seller’s goods as unique from other sellers. It can also be considered a promise, or the thing that people say about you to others. I believe the biggest...Aug 29, 2012 | Making Money in Your Business, Marketing Your Business
Branding lessons from the streets. I recently visited the town of Nederland, CO for a music festival, and I was struck by how distinctive the brand of Nederland (a.k.a. “Ned”) really is. Driving into town one can observe the high rate of dreadlocks per capita as well...Aug 22, 2012 | BEING in Your Business, Making Money in Your Business
One of the most detrimental and hard to spot Cycles of Proving I’ve discovered is this. It boils down to proving you’re no better than your parents. And it usually shows up in people who THINK they are proving that they have done better than their parents...Aug 15, 2012 | BEING in Your Business, Designing Your Business, Making Money in Your Business
Check out this video training sequence, where you can learn exactly how Kate brought in 11 new clients (it was 8 two days ago when I recorded this video) by dismantling her cycle of proving, then sending a couple of emails and then wasting some time. Seriously. (click...