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Here are the 3 things I’m doing to achieve more this year
Sometimes, you just don't feel it. After attempting to record a different episode for this week's podcast and struggling to get it done, I had a stroke of insight about why I was feeling so indifferent to doing the work. Instead of spending the morning deep in my own...
What questions to ask when your business needs to change
Happy New Year! As we jump headfirst into 2017, you're probably thinking a lot about where you want to take your business this year. And if you know that it's time for a change, today's Beyond PRO Podcast will help you ask yourself the right questions. A couple of...
Take your business personally (just not too personally)
If you're like most business owners I talk to, your business likely feels like an extension of yourself -- like it's a part of who you are. It eats up a lot of your brain power and you probably find it hard to turn off. I bet that you're thinking, scheming, planning...
What season of business are you in? (and why it matters)
"We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives." ~Gary Zukav For...
How to create a personalized success plan (BPP #027)
"Not my monkey, not my circus!" As a business owner, sometimes it's easy to jump on every bandwagon that comes along because we think it's what we 'should' do, what will work and what will get us to success. While there's always merit to learning from others'...
My Sunday Night Planning Ritual (BPP #025)
It's a fine balance, isn't it? As entrepreneurs we struggle not to be consumed by our work, to spend time with our families and to make sure we have it all under control. It's great in theory, but how do we live it out? How do we find that sweet spot that allows us to...
How to gain more control by designing your ideal week (BPP #023)
Squirrel! Your phone vibrates as a text comes through, your email pings and your little one asks for a cookie while you're speaking with a potential client on that phone. You feel pulled at from every direction, but as an entrepreneur you also feel that you are...
Nothing is ever wasted, it is all useful (BPP #020)
Here's a couple of patterns I see play out again and again at this time of year. Pattern #1: To completely ignore all past business missteps and hard knocks, in favour of focusing on the bright shiny future and possibility. Pattern #2: To completely dwell in the past,...
The key ingredient to have a stand-out year (BPP #018)
in·ten·tion·al inˈten(t)SH(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective done on purpose; deliberate; done in a way that is planned. I know, I know. We hear repeatedly how 'this one thing' will change everything, but when we peel back the layers it becomes apparent that 'this one thing'...
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