Category Archives: Personal Development Advice

Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

A business is a dynamic, living and breathing entity. There is no life without growth and no growth without change. To the extent we ignore this truth is to the extent we deny our business the very sustenance it needs …

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Someone please tell me, WHAT IS OVERWHELM?

         Too many things to do, too many projects unfinished,

             The sink is full of dishes; the kitchen is a mess,

Emails keep buzzing; the phone won’t take a rest,

The kids won’t behave and …

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SELF-PROMOTION: IS IT SELF-EXPRESSION OR SELF-ABSORPTION?

This post is by David Jehlen. He’s the Director of Coach Development for The Book Yourself Solid School of Coach Training and one of my closest collaborators. Enjoy and offer your thoughts by commenting. Because if you’re not in the …

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THE LITTLE-KNOWN SECRET OF BIG, BOLD PERSONAL BRANDING

This is Guest Author Post by John Morgan. He’s the author of a hot new book called Brand Against the Machine. I like the book because it’s fun, a little cheeky and full of very helpful advice. Wait, …

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BATMAN IS THE ENTREPRENEUR’S CHOICE FOR ALL-TIME FAVORITE SUPERHERO

When people apply to join my Alliance program, the final question on the application form is:

If you could be a superhero, which one would you choose and why?

Now, it’s not an obligatory question, but up until now anybody …

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HOW TO FINISH WHAT YOU START

Promises. Promises. Does the very word make you uncomfortable? Conjure up images of promises forgotten, broken, or never fulfilled? If promises don’t make you uncomfortable, then you haven’t been trying hard enough. Or you haven’t been taking your promises seriously. …

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Everybody Does It (Do You?)

Your perspective, the way you see the world, can influence your language, the way you use words. But your language can also influence your perspective.

If you’d like to think bigger about who you are and what you offer the …

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I’m Not Your Boyfriend (And How to Deal with Client Breakups)

This issue came to light last week as I told my long-time landscaper that I would no longer use his services for one of my properties. Afterward, I told Petra that I had that horrible feeling of breaking up with a …

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Your Dreams Matter to the World

“What are my dreams to the world? Does it really matter if I keep thinking small?” It matters.

Thinking small is no longer an alternative. Fatalistic thinking has never worked. It’s killing us—our society, our environment, our dreams. I think …

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Your Personal Revolution

Revolution is more than just a political necessity. It is also a personal necessity.

Revolution is about one person at a time experiencing their own personal empowerment against an existing, deficient (small thinking) system.

The deficient system may be something …

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