Step 2: Delete Bad Influences
Top 5 Excuses to Stay Stuck (Which One Is Yours?)
As a life and business coach, I hear a lot of excuses from my potential clients. Why they won’t start a business. Why they want to play small. Why they won’t raise their prices. Why they want to throw in the towel and hide under the covers forever. All those excuses have one thing in…
Read MoreCraving Freedom? Set More Boundaries!
When I first started my life coaching business, I was desperate to get sales. My day job as a book editor had me at the brink of burnout, and I knew I could quit that job if I made enough money through coaching. So, I scheduled as many client calls as possible. Any day. Any time. I…
Read MoreWhy You Should Never Have a Plan B
Imagine your dream life . . . Feeling good about yourself, surrounded by supportive friends, earning money for doing what you love. Pretty amazing, right? But why do so many of us have a “backup” choice in case we don’t reach our goals and get what we really want? When I work with a coaching…
Read MoreI Can’t Believe She Did That! (Story Time)
Story time, Life Editor! This week, I experienced the worst cold marketing ever, and I just had to share the bizarre tale as an example of what not to do. I had just started a free Discovery Call with a potential member for my Goodbye 9-to-5 program. I explained how I would ask her questions about her…
Read MoreHow to Transition From Side Hustle to Full-Time Business | Fear of Success
It’s time you faced the awful truth: your side hustle really sucks! My clients make fun of me because I have such an aversion to the term “side hustle.” It’s like nails on a chalkboard or chewing on glass. Ugh. So when someone comes to me for help, but they’re still calling their work a side…
Read MoreNever Too Late to Start | Business Inspiration
Many years ago when I was a book editor, I was insanely jealous of the woman who worked in the cubicle across from me. She was more talented than me! She got promoted before me! She bought a house before me! And worst of all, she was younger than me. I felt like I was…
Read MoreHow to Stop Making Excuses and Do the Work | What If You Really Tried?
One of my favorite films is the Disney-Pixar movie Soul, where a man named Joe Gardner unexpectedly dies and must help an apathetic soul named 22 find her purpose if he has any chance to return to Earth and live again. In a wacky turn of events, Joe and 22 wind up in the human world,…
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