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Nobody Wants Wimpy

December 21, 2012

Entrepreneurs ask me all the time “How can I get more clients and make more money?” At the risk of sounding like a broken record, my answer is always the same: “learn to sell well.” No one ever wants to hear this answer, but selling well, with ease, grace and authenticity is the single most impactful thing any entrepreneur can do for their business. Fortunately most coaches and conscious entrepreneurs won’t take this advice, which creates a great advantage for those who do…

The Problem of Positive Thinking

October 17, 2012

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One of the biggest myths of high performance is that positive thinking is a positive thing.

While it might get you to mediocrity, positive thinking often gets in the way of high performers…

Saved by Belief

October 10, 2012

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It’s no secret I am a student of high performance and high performers. So recently, when I got tickets to attend a taping of Oprah’s LifeClass, with Oprah and Joel Osteen, I was really excited. It was another opportunity to study not one, but two, high performers. In the two hours they were on stage they both said a lot of things that were amazingly valuable to the audience. Heck, they were valuable to me, but they weren’t about high performance…

Pain or Pain?—You Choose

March 5, 2012

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Life is painful. There, I said it.

Every day we have some sort of pain that shows up: emotional, physical, mental, something. Consequently, we spend much of our time running from pain. We hire therapists, life and business coaches, or consultants to help us figure out how to get out of pain and stay there…