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Your Feet In The Fire
The gym is nearly empty again. And the runners with their new gear have mostly disappeared.
It’s nearly the middle of February. How are you doing on your 2017 goals and resolutions?
Statistically, only a small percentage of the population bothers to make New Year’s resolutions anymore. And of those who do, most abandon the effort by right about now.
You see, life is just way too crazy busy… and even with the best of intentions, it’s easy to slide back into the ‘old ways.’ That book that you had so wanted to write, that new product you were going to drive to market, that new business that you planned to launch, the new job you were going to apply for, your sales calls that you had planned to boost, the weight you said you were going to lose, that fitness program… all back on the shelf again.
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans,” John Lennon once said.
And it sure is easy to get distracted.
Frankly, that’s one of the reasons that I so appreciate our coaches (we have 2)… not even considering their perspective, their mentorship, and the resources they provide, the accountability piece is HUGE… staying on track… staying the course… even in times of turbulence and change.
Someone to hold our feet to the fire!
And watching the impact that coaching has in the lives of our own coaching clients – seeing the things that can be accomplished – is nothing short of amazing: businesses, books, health & wellness, new relationships, exciting new careers. It is powerfully transformative and deeply satisfying work.
Peak performers all have coaches… in the arts, in business and in finance… Every Olympic athlete… If you truly want to up your game, if you seek excellence, if you really want to accomplish those important goals, then dial in a coach. It will make all the difference. It certainly has in our lives. 
And by the way, if you have fallen off course, no worries. Did you know that a plane flying from San Francisco to Honolulu is off course MOST of the time… but it still gets there because of constant course correction? You can do that too!
Every day is a new day. Every day the chance to begin again.
And the opportunity to finally achieve your most cherished dreams.
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Email me if you’d like to explore how coaching might transform your life!
Business Isn’t Complicated
A lot of entrepreneurs and business professionals live in a constant state of overwhelm.
Sure, there are lot’s of things that seem to require our time and resources in business: branding and marketing and websites and list building and lead generating and marketing and sales and fulfillment and service and bookkeeping and record keeping and…..
There are lots of things that draw our attention too: the latest landing page design, the new webinar platform, that fancy CRM.
Of course, the Internet marketers don’t want us to overlook them: that one thing that will make you money; the 6-week program that will transform your business; the 3-secrets to marketing magic; that certification that you surely shouldn’t go without.
And in the midst of all of this noise and confusion, we forget: business is about relationships. About creating, sustaining and nurturing relationships. That’s it. That’s all there is.
All things being equal, we do business with people we know, like and trust. And guess what? All things being unequal, we do business with people we know like and trust. 
It’s about credibility and likability.
Think for a moment about how you yourself do business when you need a professional or service provider you can rely on. You turn to someone you know, like and trust. And if you don’t know someone that fits that bill, you turn to a colleague or friend for a referral.
Business may seem complicated. But it’s not. It’s about relationships. Start there. Keep your focus there. And everything else will fall into place.
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I teach the fastest, easiest, most reliable system for getting more clients and customers than you can handle, even if you hate marketing and selling. Using this system, 90% of entrepreneurs and professionals see a 40% increase in revenues in the first year. Email me and we’ll talk: [email protected]
Not Sexy
I am fond of the exhortation that Robin Williams shared with his students in the classic movie, Dead Poet’s Society: “Make your lives extraordinary.”
I believe that we are the co-creators of these great gifts that are our lives; that we have the opportunity – nay – the obligation to make them masterpieces.
I believe that excellence is a choice. And that the choices we make on a daily basis will take us down the road toward excellence. Or not.
But extraordinary happens by virtue of very ordinary means.
Becoming extraordinary means showing up every day: at the office, in the studio, at the gym, on the mat, at the canvas, on the page. It means getting up early; and going to bed late. It means pushing through the resistance. Overcoming the obstacles. Solving the problems.
It means being consistent in all of the small practices and disciplines of your life.
It means never giving up however frustrated or down or depressed or despondent or angry you become.
It means staying steady in the face of doubt and ridicule.
It means believing, even in the face of failure.
It means rising up after you fall.
Rising up every single time.
None of this is sexy.
In fact, a lot of it kind of sucks.
But if you believe in your work, in your mission; if you believe that there are certain people you are meant to serve in the world and that your job is to go out and find them; if you want to make a difference in the world; if you want to make a dent; if you want to make an impact; if you want to leave a legacy; then there is only one thing to do.
Show up every single day and do the work.
We idolize our heroes. We see them as fully formed. We forget that many had arduous journeys too.
Abraham Lincoln, the bankrupt loser. Nelson Mandela, the jailed rabble-rouser. Thomas Edison, the fool in the lab. Michael Jordan, the guy who didn’t make the team.
Few dwell on Tony Robbins in his Volkswagen; or on Wayne Dyer selling his books out of the back of his station wagon; or on J.K. Rowling waiting tables.
Seven time Everest climber Ed Viesturs says, “Life’s high peaks aren’t conquered by the naturally nimble but, rather by those willing to endure, wait out the storm, and try again.”
Extraordinary is less about talent. And more about tenacity. 
Grit, as Angela Duckworth calls it.
“No one can see in the work of the artist how it has become,” Nietzsche said. “That is its advantage, for wherever one can see the act of becoming, one grows somewhat cool.”
Because becoming is hard.
And grit ain’t sexy.
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When you’re feeling thin on Grit, email me: [email protected]. Let’s talk.
You Are Never Done
Success is not a destination. It’s not a place.
Success is a state of mind; it is a way of being in the world.
So many entrepreneurs and business professionals get frustrated because they feel as if they’re never “done.” There’s some product that needs to be developed, some program that’s running behind, some project that needs to be planned, some staff person that needs to be hired (or fired).
I have some bad news for you: You’re never done. There will always more to do. There will always be problems to solve. There will always be challenges to face. There will always be obstacles to overcome. There will always be a crisis, a glitch in a system, a crack in the infrastructure, a client or customer who needs special care.
But, I have some really good news to share with you: You’re never done! Every day is a new day, a new opportunity to create, a new opportunity to serve, and new opportunity to share your unique gifts and talents with the world. Every day you get to iterate anew, to re-imagine how these things that are your business and your life can shine brighter still. 
In the movie, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Sonny says: “Everything will be all right in the end… if it’s not all right then it’s not yet the end.”
To that, I respond with gratitude: “Thank you. I get the gift of a new day, a new week; I get the gift of being able to continue this great work.”
I rejoice that it’s not done.
Did you know that they paint the Golden Gate Bridge every day? Every day. Because when they come to the end, it’s time to start over. From the beginning. Never “done.”
The job of an entrepreneur and business professional is to show up every single day to solve problems and be in service. To do the work. Every. Single. Day.
It’s always a work in process.
The powerful poem, Ithaca, by Constantine Cavafy begins: “When you start on your journey to Ithaca, hope that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.”
I pray that your journey is long. That you are never done.
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If you’re feeling challenged by the road, let’s connect. Email me: [email protected]
The Lie You Tell
I want to talk with you about that lie that you tell.
That one you tell all the time. 
To yourself; to anyone who will listen.
That soothing lie.
That seductive pernicious one.
The one that goes like this: There’s time.
That there will be time to go on that trip you want to take, that second honeymoon, that book you want to write, the degree you want to get, the art you want to make, that new job, the new career… .
That there will be time to heal the rift, sooth the hurt, fulfill the dream.
That there will be time to connect with your precious boy, your sweet girl, that beautiful grand child.
That there will be time to walk hand in hand on the beach; slow dance in the city square on a summer night; sip the coffee; savor the wine; and watch the sunset.
That there will be time after you get through this quarter, this year; after you’ve made partner; gotten the promotion; after you’ve lost the weight; after the kids are out of high school, or college; or their students loans are paid off; after you’ve finished with the mortgage; after your husband retires; or you retire… .
I want to talk with you about it because 2016 is a distant memory; because you said maybe you’d get to it after the holidays, and it’s the middle of January…. because this year will disappear in the rear view mirror as fast as the last.
I want to talk with you about it because tomorrow is promised to no one; because now is all there is; and now is all you have.
I want to talk with you about that lie you tell… because I tell it too.
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When the time is right, when you’re ready to switch up the game, let’s talk. Email me: [email protected]
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