How to End the Personal Hell of Comparing Yourself to Others
If you’re reading this, you may be reading it secretly. Â Or you’ve bookmarked it for a time when people aren’t around. Â I get it. After all, no one in their right mind admits they’re comparing themselves to someone. Â No one enjoys envy. Â It’s ugly. It […]
Sales Pitch Makeover: 5 Steps to Getting the Client with Style
Why do so many business owners resort to adding more services or worse, performing random acts of discounting, when they could simply make a few adjustments to how they sell? Too often, the isolated business owner fears that the only way to make the sale […]
6 Stress-Busting Travel Items I Never Leave Home Without
When I was a musician, I was on the road 200+ days a year. Â I’d return from my epic road trips strung out on Pringles and looking like Keith Richards. Â I’d crash hard into many extra hours of sleep to get myself back on track. […]
[CHECKLIST] Must-Have’s for Choosing the Right Website Designer
See if this sounds about right”¦ You meet someone you like. Check! You discover you’re both Virgo. You both love salted dark chocolate. And you’re both business owners. Check! Check! Check! Turns out, this person’s business is web design. (The stars must be aligned! After […]
Live At My CLiCK Retreat: These shoes hurt (and other in-the-room spectacles!)
Wow. We had a full house at yesterday’s CLiCK livestream. Were you there? We had people from all around the world join us in the Uplevel Vortex. What a joy! I hope you could get on okay! (And yes, I know. Some people couldn’t make […]
The secret powers of dark chocolate (plus other backstage confessions)
What’s it like to host your own retreat? I’m giving you a sneak peek behind the scenes of my CLiCK Retreat this week in Asheville, North Carolina. Here’s today’s behind-the-scenes grab bag from the CLiCK Retreat: Backstage Confession #1: It takes a village to get […]
What Does the Day Before a Sold-out Event Really Look Like? (behind-the-scenes peek)
My CLiCK retreat is just getting started”¦and I want to give you a behind the scenes view of what all the pre-event activity looks like – so here are the 5 big lessons I wrote about from yesterday”¦ Lesson #1: Never let your dog watch […]
The $11,127.23 Wake up Call: Starter Facts about Incorporating Your Biz
I’m in a lawyer’s office. All around me there is shiny mahogany furniture. I’m sitting stiffly in a red leather wing-backed chair that’s got manly gold studs all over its seams. The walls are covered with framed pithy inspirational success photos. You know the ones, […]
Break Rules, Dump Reasons and Get Over Fear Once and For All
You’re standing in the chilly backstage at a convention hall reminding yourself to breathe as you wait to step into the spotlight for your first ever keynote address. Your gruff accountant leaves you a message and says, “We need to talk immediately. Call me.” The […]
You and I Both Stink at Giving Employee Feedback (Here’s Why and What to Do)
The first time I fired someone, I cried. Right there in front of her. Just cried. In spite of what every piece of firing advice told me NOT to do”¦ I cried. There were two reasons for this”¦ 1. I genuinely liked this person. 2. […]