The other night I watched a debate.Then I made the mistake of opening Facebook. Within minutes, one concept started rattling around in my head: Groupthink. As a coach, I see this play out constantly with entrepreneurs and professionals. One of the biggest obstacles to growth isn’t lack of intelligence, resources, or opportunity. It’s allowing the group you identify with to think on your behalf. That group might be defined by: Politics Religion Age Education Culture Industry Job title Gender When people adopt the opinions of their group without questioning them, they stop thinking independently. And when independent thinking stops, growth

When helping your clients move people to action… your clients words matter and here’s what I mean:   A starter message for your client could sound like:   “We’ll help you get 100 VISITORS to your website per month.”   This is closer to the money:   “We’ll you get 100 targeted CALLS per month.”   This is even closer to the money:   “We’ll help you get 100 targeted CLIENTS per month.”   This is closer to the money again:   “We’ll help get you 100 highly targeted, affluent, clients who only want to buy your premium services each

A great book that I can’t recommend highly enough. All I’m going to do is list the names of the chapters (with a small thought of mine) and you’ll get the message of the book quite clearly: Chapter 1: Alter Your Ego (your ego is not your amigo) Chapter 2: Avoid Isolation (depressed people isolate… don’t isolate!) Chapter 3: Reject Negative Comparisons (comparison is your thief of joy) Chapter 4: Become More Optimistic (optimism can add 25 points to your IQ and optimists run the business world) Chapter 5: Control Your Attention (control social media controlling your attention cough cough)

Your learning should never stop! Successful persons, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge.   A major take away from this book (read it many many times) was the 14 emotions explained. Your 7 major positive emotions are: Desire Faith Love Sex Enthusiasm Romance Hope And your 7 negative emotions are: Fear Jealousy Hatred Revenge Greed Superstition Anger *Stay away from your negative emotions and drill down on your positive. A couple lines I highlighted in the book: Love is, without question, life’s greatest experience. It brings one into communion with Infinite Intelligence. The emotions of love, sex and

If you’re a business owner, you’ve probably heard the term EBITDA thrown around in meetings. It sounds technical. Complicated. Maybe even intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. Let me explain it the same way I would to my daughter. EBITDA stands for: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. That’s a mouthful — but the idea behind it is actually simple. Why Is EBITDA Important? EBITDA tells you how much money a business is generating from its core operations. In other words: 👉 Is the business itself healthy?👉 Is it producing real operating profit? It strips away things like: