Turn Criticism Into Money

It hurts to hear bad stuff about ourselves. Did you ever think hearing it from client could actually make you money though? I am in full agreement with the author of the article below. Before, I was one of those cats who would throw the baby out with the bath water,...

Sales Lessons My Mom Taught Me

My mom was a no-nonsense lawyer with a heart of gold. Her tongue however, was not made of silver (as they say). She told it like it is. Still does. I’m sure she’d agree with the rule that…   ‘No gift until after you write the thank-you...

Losing Hope: The small business nightmare

Finding solutions is all about mindset… I have a terrible suspicion. My clients aren’t hiring me (a branding coach) to teach them how to brand or how to market themselves. I doubt they even suspect the real reason…I’m beginning to think that I am hired because I...

My teacher Oprah

I saw Oprah live for the first time in my life this week in Toronto. Bucket list anyone? People (mostly women) were lined up for blocks and blocks. Parking lots around the venue were full. The radio was talking about the traffic jams caused by the event. Once I got...

The Fearless Entrepreneur

I have a new client, Andy. He is my ideal client because of only 1 thing–he is fearless.  In our first meeting, I gave him a laundry list of a million things to do. Most of them were against his nature, uncomfortable and never before tried things. Things like...