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Polish My Pitch Podcast episode ten with Kate Unger, Image Coach

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Kate’s initial elevator pitch had a lot of elements of what we needed but like everyone else, I couldn’t resist niching her down and getting her to talk more about a specific pain. Certainly, Kate could help any number of people who counted on their appearance for a living but how would she network with… continue reading »

How To Waste A Meeting With The Decision Maker

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Thank God, you finally got that hot meeting with the hard-to-reach decision maker after marketing your heart out. You actually got an appointment with your prospect where they’re going to give you some honest-to-goodness time to sit down with you. This could be it, your big break, the chance you’ve been waiting for, the summer… continue reading »

3 Signs I Know You're Too Scared To Grow Your Business

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After years of working on myself, I am fortunate to be in the place where I’m actually uncomfortable being comfortable. If I have lots of money in the bank, I go and spend it on a wildly scary new way to grow my business.  So I’m scared ALL the time. I want growth constantly. I… continue reading »

When You Let Your History Decide Your Destiny: A Devastating Story

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A few weeks ago, I got a shocking email: a friend’s young son was diagnosed with leukemia. He now needs a bone marrow transplant. The odds of a match are 1 out of 30 000. The donor can’t be anyone (I really thought hard about doing it myself!). It has to be someone from the same geographic… continue reading »

"You Don't Have A Money Problem, You Have An Asking Problem!"

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So said my new coach in an intensely emotional stand-off with a participant at this weekend’s event. The unfortunate woman was emotionally and financially bankrupt. She had lost a lawsuit, owing over 6 figures in damages. She had to shatter her daughter’s dreams to enter an Ivy League college in the fall. All her many… continue reading »

And The Sad % Of People Who Keep New Year's Resolutions Are…

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Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to greet you with a scary statistic..call me strange…Only 19% of people who make new year’s resolutions keep them for one whole year. Here are the other numbers according to the Toronto Star article: 19%: Less than 24 hours 15%: One week 52%: One month 19%: The whole year… continue reading »

When My Angry Reader Confronted Me At A Conference

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I had one of the most interesting confrontations of my life at last week’s Canadian Association of Professional Speaker’s Conference. It was really illuminating and I’d like to share it with my fellow business owners who dare to blog, speak and in general share their honest personal opinion on the state of the business that… continue reading »

When My Childhood Was Running My Business

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtPv8SASWSU I may be over 40 but my parents and I still talk about my business. Occasionally they do give me advice, but that’s not what I’m talking about when I say that my childhood was running my business and it very well might be running yours too! A year ago, a met a man… continue reading »

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