While today I run a high end consulting business and frequently speak at high profile events, there was a time when no one was knocking on my door. I had to work really hard to close potential consulting clients and I often didn’t get the rate I wanted for the value I could deliver. Plus, when I was tapped for a speaking engagement, I’d show up to a room of 30 people or fewer—if I was lucky. I plastered a smile on my face and gave those people my all. But the whole time, I was thinking, “I’ve got to […]
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How to Get Unstuck—With a Business Spa Day
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re doing a lot of stuff, yet you’re not getting to that next level of success in your business. Maybe you want to increase your revenue, grow your client base or put in fewer hours—with even better results. But no matter what you do, you just feel . . . STUCK. This is such a common problem for entrepreneurs, and it’s a big reason why many of my consulting clients hire me. The cure? A Business Spa Day!
There’s No Failure, Only Data
As part of my Membership Site Magic course, I’ve been doing a lot of small workshops and I’ve noticed one trend cropping up over and over again. And you know what? It’s literally KILLING the businesses that my clients are trying to run. (And it’s killing me to watch people do this to themselves.)
The Power of Micro-Commitments
As amazing as our eyes are, we all have a scotoma—or blind spot— where there are no photoreceptors in one small section of the retina. Because there are no cells to detect light on the optic disc in this area, the corresponding part of the field of vision is invisible. The good news, however, is that our brains know how to compensate for this gap in our field of vision by “filling in” the missing information. When it comes to marketing, however, we tend to have a blind spot, too—one that our brains are not so good at compensating for. […]