Posts in Purpose and Profit
Your Word For 2019

I've been thinking about my word(s) for the new year. It's a fun exercise to review this year and dream up the next. I like to choose an overarching word for the year and then 3 words for more specifics that I desire to create in my life. I post them on my mirror and revisit them often, including putting them into my calendar with other priorities for the upcoming week.

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Can a Conversation Change a Life?

This past week my coach was in Chapel Hill working with her coach. Yes, coaches have coaches – at least the good ones do to keep learning, growing and expanding so they can share what they master with their clients! I was delighted to have breakfast with her before taking her to the airport. At one point in the conversation, I talked about feeling an undercurrent of anxiety about the state of the world and about a situation in my business.

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What Challenges Transformational Entrepreneurs

Do you ever wonder what challenges your colleagues face every day? I sure do. So I thank everyone who responded to the survey I posted a couple of weeks ago. You may find their answers helpful to you just as I do.The most frequent responses are: How to make more money (about 75% of respondents and how to get more clients (about 58% of respondents). Does that surprise you? No, it doesn’t surprise me either.

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I’m Not That Special

Do you ever say, “I’m not that special”, to yourself when you hear someone give a great intro at a networking event, hear the bio of a successful person in your industry, or read about the accomplishments of a well-known and highly respected person? I know I do. I confess to having “Accomplishment Envy”, and in the past it made me insecure about my own abilities and what I offer to my clients. You can believe this envy negatively impacted my ability to sell with confidence!

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Do You Love the Game?

A few years back I worked with collegiate athletes at a well-known university on Mental Peak Performance.The kids were talented and well trained, and many were on scholarship for their sport. If there was a glitch in their performance, I was called in by their coach to help them get their mindset right so they could compete and win. Consistently, when I helped the student athlete erase the mental and emotional blocks that were upsetting his/her competitive performance and apply that to a sensation of winning, s/he began to excel. Some ran their best time in races, others began to win their competitions, and several became team captains and made Dean’s List for the first time in their college career.

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Are You Scared of Being Seen?

If you're like many mission-driven entrepreneurs, you are passionate about what you do. But you may experience a lurking, hidden fear of being seen and heard. It's kinda crazy, right? You have so much to offer, but letting people know about what you do in ways that lead them to work with you can be such a challenge.Today I'm diving into understanding the fear of being seen, how it negatively affects your business, and some suggested practices to help you can begin to turn the fear around.

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Do You Have A Dream?

On Monday, January 20th, 2014 we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  He would have been 85 years old. One of the greatest and most stirring speeches in history was Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech that he gave during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963.  Over 250,000 people heard that speech live and millions more of us watching on our black and white televisions that day. 

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The Gift of Challenge

As I stagger grazed and changed out of the year 2013, I realize that the tremendous demands of the year are actually bearing gifts, just as I had fervently hoped during the steepest of challenges. I’m not the only one who has faced obstacles, anxieties, and deep changes this year.  For many of us, this year has been stacked with challenges that have made sticking with the status quo a ridiculous thought. 

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