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I'm Finally Telling The Truth

I’m Finally Telling The Truth

I’ve been telling lies for a while.  Yep, my blog has been the focus of numerous lies over the years, but today, for a change, I’m going to tell the truth.

You see, for years, I’ve been telling you about the bull.  I built my business around it, literally.  But the truth is, as I’ve grown my business, I’ve learned that I have bull, too!  And, you know what my biggest bull is?  My bull!

Yup, I’ve…

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Today's Lie: Your Dreams Will Never Come True

Today’s Lie: Your Dreams Will Never Come True

On my recent vacation I got thinking about dreams.  How many times have you thought, “If only that dream came true…” or, “if only I had enough money, I’d…”  Dreams are what illuminate us, what inspires us, what draws us forward.  And yet, we spend more time making excuses about our dreams than making our dreams.  Time, money, and bust/responsibilities top the list.  (You know that in the past…

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Today's Lie: You Can't Survive Without Your Cell Phone

Today’s Lie: You Can’t Survive Without Your Cell Phone

I left the house recently without my phone. I panicked.

“Should I go back and get it? Will I be able to do what I need to do without my phone? Will life as I know it cease to exist?”

I decided that not to go back home, and to trust that my life would be OK. What resulted was a great experience. 

I actually looked at it and noticed my surroundings, instead of being oblivious to them.…

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Today's Lie: Money Shows Up If You Avoid It

Today’s Lie: Money Shows Up If You Avoid It

Let’s talk money.  At the end of the day, whether you consider yourself motivated by money, or not, if you want a business, you still are in the work for money.  Whether that money is for charity, for financial freedom, for a vacation, a new car….it doesn’t matter, you provide a service or a product because, ideally, you love what you DO, but to continue doing what you love, there has to be a way…

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Today's Lie: You Can't Accomplish Anything

Today’s Lie: You Can’t Accomplish Anything

I was watching the movie “Lucy” for the 20th time, and I was really struck by the message of time.  Too often it seems like we are “running out of” time or “don’t have enough” time….and use this as justification for not finishing the things on our to-do list.  Or, we determine that we just won’t be able to accomplish anything because of a time shortage, and the excuses abound.  But time is not an…

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Video Making Tips

This week is another video blog.  I’m taking a great class on making your own videos, so thought I’d put those lessons to good use.

This video was made with fun in mind – but watching other people’s videos is a great way to learn what to do, and what not to do.  For example, notice the parts where I am in partial sunlight, versus fully in the shade, and how that impacts lighting.  Notice the…

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Today's Lie: You Have to Make Everyone Happy

Today’s Lie: You Have to Make Everyone Happy

I recently found some notes from several years ago in a coaching program I was taking at the time.  I had scribbled down a conversation between myself, and, my self.  It was down and dirty and a lot of expletives were thrown around as I battled a bad people-pleasing issue I had going on.  My favorite part of the exercise was:

Me: “So, basically, you’ve wasted years of your life, doing what…

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Today's Lie: Your Business Cards Are Great For Getting Business

Today’s Lie: Your Business Cards Are Great For Getting Business

Today’s blog comes from getting absolutely frustrated with some of the business cards I see.  Frustrated, because, I believe that if you want to succeed at your business, you CAN, but you need to change how you’re going about using the tools that can get you business!  Do you know what it’s called a business card?  Because, the point is, it’s supposed to connect you with BUSINESS!  Now, if you…

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Today's Lie: You Have to Tolerate Things You Don't Like

Today’s Lie: You Have to Tolerate Things You Don’t Like

Right now, you are probably walking around unaware of how much crap you are tolerating in your life.  By crap, I am talking about things that you actually hate tolerating, but have come to make excuses about, in order to sleepwalk into believing you have to tolerate them.  And you wonder why you are sick and tired!

At a recent intensive with my business mentor, we were given a really simple…

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Today's Lie: You Are Not In Control of Your Time

Today’s Lie: You Are Not In Control of Your Time

How often do you tell someone, “I don’t have enough time?” Or, “I wish I had enough time to….” or “I wish I had more time!” You don’t.   Telling someone you don’t have time is full of bull.  We all have exactly the same time as everyone else.

What you do have are priorities.  I was reminded of our relationship with time on a recent radio interview.  A couple of years ago, I enjoyed a FANTASTIC…

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How to Stand Out at Events

How to Stand Out at Events

Hey, it’s high time for a video blog, don’t you think?  I recently sponsored a booth at Be The Change, and one of the great lessons was how important it is to stand out.  But that lesson carries into everything you do as a business owner, so here is a short video tip on how you can stand out as you market your business!

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Are You Thinking The Right Way?

Are You Thinking The Right Way?

A recent experience reminded me about the power of setting intentions.

We walk around too often feeling powerless.  We get lost inside the vast thoughts of our mind, listening to the words that keep us down, justifying beating ourselves up, and open to low energy to fuel this negative process.

Actually, we are very powerful beings in our business, and in our lives.  I was reminded of this on my…

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Have You Dropped Your Brain? I was recently walking down the street with a friend, and we both gasped when the girl next to us, walking while texting, dropped her phone onto the pavement.  

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Time Travel Makes No Sense

Time Travel Makes No Sense

During a recent jog in the park, my mind drifted to the subject of time travel.  (It can be argued that my mind drifts even when not jogging.) It struck me that there is absolutely no sense in inventing time travel at all.

First of all, we’d each want to change different things.  I might like to find out how the world would be had Al Gore become president, and remember what life was like without…

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Why Your Customer Service Sucks and What to Do About It

Why Your Customer Service Sucks and What to Do About It

Bad customer service discussions are spreading faster than head lice at summer camp.  I’m amazed at how many different peers I have that are either experiencing HORRIBLE customer service, or hearing from their peers about the worst customer service they’ve ever seen.  Perhaps it’s because I just read “It’s Called Work For a Reason” by Larry Winget (a great read!) but I have really seen a lot of…

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