I just ran across a quote that talks about self-sabotage. Self-sabotage is another term for approach/avoidance, a great term I learned in grad school. Approach/avoidance happens when we want two opposite things equally. It’s like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object – what happens is a big fat nothing. We think the conscious thought, [...]
Resolution: Increase Your Income in the New Year
December 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
Do yourself, your community, your family, and your business a big, fat favor. Resolve that in the New Year you will not once use the excuse of a bad economy for why your business is not making more money. Resolve that you will not waste time discussing with others what effect today’s economy might have [...]
Masters of Self-Sabotage
December 20, 2008 Leave a Comment
When we don’t move forward in our personal or business life it is more than likely because of self-sabotage. There are a zillion articles and books available about this worrisome behavior, but the main point to know is that we can sabotage ourselves in ways that are so subtle we’d never think to call it [...]
Wisdom and Business – What’s the Connection?
December 15, 2008 Leave a Comment
The more I gain life experience, widen my intuitive skills, and take risks the more my business grows. The same thing will happen for you. When someone asks me for help with their business, I look first for where there is fear, where there is aversion to risk, where there is lack of confidence and [...]
Which Skill Do You Need the Most?
December 10, 2008 Leave a Comment
I have a few marketing clients who constantly seek to improve the depth of their expertise in whatever their specialty is. These folks will quickly register for professional development that teaches them more about their subject matter. But, I notice, when the same amount of time and money could be spend on a marketing workshop [...]
How Many Times Should We Say Thanks?
November 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
Marketing research often points out that customers like and remember being thanked for their purchase. Now that we all know (I hope we all know!) that finding and keeping customers is all about building relationship, we might wonder how often we need to thank someone if they purchase from us over and over again. Well, [...]
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