When a stranger knocks
If a stranger reaches out and asks to book a call with you, tell them to email you what they want to achieve from the conversation. One of a few things will happen: They won't make the effort to email you (that shows that it wasn't that important to begin with, time...
Your voice
Not sure what "voice" to speak with on social media and in emails to your list? It's easy: Talk like you'd normally talk when you're away from the keyboard. If you don't usually curse like a sailor, don't drop F-bombs with every 2nd word online (it'll sound silly). If...
KMF
One of my favourite acronyms, which comes from a Robin Sharma book, is "KMF" KMF stands for "Keep Moving Forward", and should be tattooed somewhere on every entrepreneur's body (or at least in their brains). When you're an entrepreneur, it's not a question of "if"...
The Pygmalion Effect
I once read about something called "The Pygmalion Effect", and was reminded of it when thumbing through Shawn Achor's (excellent) book "The Happiness Advantage". Achor writes: "According to the Roman poet Ovid, the sculptor Pygmalion could look at a piece of...
(New Podcast) Choose Your Own Adventure and Build a Life and Business On Your Own Terms
What do national judo championships, a pie shop in Pie Town New Mexico, salmon fishing in Alaska, and performing on David Letterman's show have in common? They're all part of Paul Gordon's life story, and I have him as my guest on Natural Born Coaches today! In...
Scarier than anything at your door tonight
Happy Halloween - and here's something scarier than anything that’ll knock on your door tonight ... It’s another year of doing your business the same way and hoping it turns out differently! On Thursday, I opened up five spots for one-on-one mentorship. If you...
Mentorship is now open (5 spots)
Every so often I take on a handful of people to work with one-on-one ... and this is one of those times. I’m now opening up five spots for one-on-one mentorship. It’s three months of us working directly together. We get on a call every week, and you can email me...
My brother wants to listen to your podcast
My twin brother Matt has been listening to podcasts for a living for over a decade. His company, PodAssist, edits and produces my show (and sponsors it, so I’m obligated to say nice things about him). He recently spoke at James Wedmore’s "Business By Design Next...
A more natural way to get coaching clients
I've been talking about Candy Motzek's free masterclass a lot this week ... I like it because she teaches a way to get clients that's more natural for coaches. It's different than the boring, run-of-the-mill guru methods out there. She goes over it in her...
The coaching dream?
The coaching dream, for some people, is to start their business and never have to talk with anyone ever again. They sell their program/programs, and are protected by the laptop screen. Candy Motzek has a different way of thinking around this, and believes...