Better than throwing spaghetti at the wall
When I first started my coaching business, I was throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall to see what would stick. Coming from almost a decade of success in the real estate business, I thought to myself; “This coaching thing couldn’t be that hard … could it?” The...
The Fosbury Flop
I once came across an interesting story in James Altucher's book "Skip The Line": Back in the 1960's, there was a high jumper named Dick Fosbury who was pretty average at the sport. He used to do the high jump just like everyone else - running straight towards the bar...
The female version of Wayne Dyer?
A testimonial that I saw about Dr. Amanda Barrientez: "Dr. Amanda is the female version of Dr. Wayne Dyer!" Full disclosure: although I've met a lot of people who are into Wayne Dyer, I was never a big Dyer guy as I felt he was a little too woo woo for me … But one of...
Learning from mistakes
Warren Buffett, a guy who’s made a few dollars over the years, once said: “It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.” With that in mind, Dr. Amanda Barrientez is doing a live masterclass for my community next week where...
The worst mistake in the history of the human race?
Back in 1987, professor Jared Diamond published an article in "Discovery" where he argued that, despite popular opinion, the adoption of agriculture (from the previous hunter-gathering society) was "the worst mistake in the history of the human race'. The article goes...
(Live Masterclass) 5 Mistakes To Avoid If You Want to Build a 6-Figure Coaching Business
I recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Amanda Barrientez, the founder of Inner Power Daily, and it blew my mind. Amanda is a best-selling author, speaker, and the host of the Inner Power Entrepreneur podcast, which is in the top 2% of shows worldwide. But she...
Spring joint venture spots now available!
Do you have an offer that you want to get out in front of a bunch of coaches? If so, I’m currently filling my joint venture partnerships spots for this spring. When choosing who I joint venture with, I have three simple criteria that I follow: 1) Their offer must be...
A brutally honest dating ad
My favourite part of the movie “The Big Short” comes near the end, when Christian Bale’s character (Michael Burry) pens a letter to investors and says: “I met my wife through Match.com … my profile said, ‘I am a medical student with only one eye, an awkward social...
The art of seduction
One of my favourite authors (and someone who should be studied closely by all coaches and entrepreneurs) is Robert Greene. He’s written books like “The 48 Laws of Power”, “The 33 Strategies of War”, “The Laws of Human Nature” and “The 50th Law” (with 50 Cent), but...
Collaboration > competition
A few years ago something unusual happened on a Zoom call that I did: The person I was chatting with started a company that is a leader in its niche, is easily one of the top players in it, and has a great reputation built up over the years. During our conversation, I...
