Do you find yourself getting up in the morning thinking about a set agenda? Then as the day proceeds you tackle everything except your agenda items.
Those of us who follow this routine are sometimes wasting our precious time and making more work for ourselves. We have a challenge on our hands.
A way to change this routine is to start Focusing on a plan. By focusing you breakdown goals into reasonable action steps.
An
Inspirational Blog for Coaches seeking their ICF Certification and need
direction in building a successful coaching practice. Helen Burton, CEC, ACC,
owner of Love Yourself Coaching, is committed to sharing her own experiences and
expertise to help coaches stay focused, feel motivated and remember to be kind
to themselves, while building their own businesses.
Labor Day has arrived! Kids are going back to school and the fall is fast approaching.
Are you thinking, “It is September and before I know it we will be making our plans for 2011 and what have I accomplished this year?
Let’s celebrate our 2010 accomplishments, broken promises and lessons learned!
Dear Helen:
At this time the struggle with my business is how to organize my time so I have larger blocks of time to work. I have so many distractions: husband, son, mom, training, household responsibilities, meals, telephone calls, e-mails, client meetings, networking, and personal care. I find myself in the office very late at night when the family wants me to be with them or early in the morning when I should be organizing my day.
Thank you for your support!
Signed, A Frustrated (and very Tired) Entrepreneur
Today is my daughter’s birthday. To celebrate her birthday for many years she has been sending me either flowers or a fruit basket saying, “Thank you for being my mom and bringing me into this world.”
This special gift means more to me than words can express.
What can you do today to thank your business?
Do you wake-up in the morning with the idea you are going to accomplish certain tasks? Then as the day proceeds you never take action towards any of these projects.
Welcome to the world of the entrepreneur!
This morning getting out of bed, I started thinking about my to-do list. My day started walking with my neighbor, straightening the house, answering emails, coaching clients and all of a sudden I looked at the clock and it was noon. To my utter surprise I did not start any of the projects that were on my to-do list. This pattern happens a lot.
“…like gasoline: A whole tankful won’t do much good until we put our foot on the gas pedal and start driving. Positive thinking makes action possible: Action brings our good thoughts to life. Positive thinking, positive action.”
Arnold Fox, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Reading this quote what comes to mind, by changing our thoughts and hoping things will be different will not necessary alter our situations. Sorry guys we have to do the work!
What could we do differently?
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Do you think and say kind words about your business? Unfortunately, most of us think about what is not going right.
When we have successes our feelings turn towards excitement and joy. Why is it so hard to focus on those times instead of finding things to worry about?
Simply, we are human beings and wired to think that way.
When you start thinking about your business in a negative way. Stop, take a deep breath and say in a powerful voice, kind words about your business. An example would be, “My business is achieving its goal by helping business people.”
Become More Social in 2010!
You may be thinking, “What is she talking about? I have enough on my plate and really can’t add anything else.” You’ve got a lot going on. Everyone does these days.
Still, you can make your customer/client relationships that much stronger by using social media in a smart, efficient way.
Read the rest of the article to learn a few tips.
Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of a potential client, trying to keep the person engaged about what you do and how coaching can assist them?
And before you know it, you throw the ‘the-coach-who-listens’ out the window, and proceed to talk non-stop, for the next 20 minutes. Ugh!!
We have all been there!
So how do you overcome your infatuation with coaching and still effectively sell to a prospective client?
How many times have we heard that we have to change this or that about our thinking. It is easier said than done.
Let’s get real here!
Running your business sometimes feels like you are always climbing a mountain and never reaching the top. Then all of a sudden you are taking the right steps and getting closer to the peak of the mountain.
Like Thomas Edison said, we are not failing when are new advertising program is not working we are discovering what techniques to change.
