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How to Get Started as a Life Coach

Many of my coaching clients are people who want to become life coaches. It’s an appealing field, especially for older men and women who have a lot of experience to share with the next generation. The most common question I get is, “How do I get started?” While every situation is different, this article describes […]

Are You Investing in Your Career or Business?

Most of us contribute faithfully to our retirement plan each paycheck. But have you considered that there may be much better investment opportunities? The Math Behind Investing in Yourself Consider your career or business for example. The average income for a US worker is $908/week according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of […]

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Are You in Love with Your Business or Are You in Love with Business?

One of the members of a small business mastermind group I was running posed this question to the group the other day. “Are you in love with your business or are you in love with business?” That might seem like the same question, but the difference in those two statements is enormous. As a business […]

How to Create an Advisory Board for Your Business

If you look at any major public company in the world, you’ll notice one common thread. They ALL have a board of directors or an advisory board. Most have one board of directors and multiple advisory boards. The majority of companies start with a single person or a few individuals, the founders. These are the […]

Why I Use a Personal Trainer When I Can Teach the Class

My personal trainer was sick the other day, and I found myself helping others in the gym that he usually trains through all the exercises. I knew them by heart after doing it for years. So why do I continue to work with a personal trainer? It’s the same reason companies spend boatloads of cash […]

What happens when you get past a million views on your blog

Sometime this morning this website, which started as a personal blog where I shared some of my experiences and blossomed into a community of people interested in personal development, passed a million views. I had already reached that milestone many times over on several of my social media profiles, but this was on the core […]

Why the idea “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” is a poor way to live life

You have probably heard the saying, “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” What it means is that you can’t enjoy two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. You can’t eat your cake and have that same cake look like new. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” The problem with this […]

Revenue vs Net Income: What Most Coaches Won’t Tell You About Running Your Own Business

You probably have run into an ad like this: “I made six figures running my own business, click here to learn how you can do the same!” When I see this through the eyes of someone who runs a multi-million dollar business and regularly signs off on five-figure checks, I have to question whether that’s […]

Congrats to Amanda for Winning the Workout Challenge Drawing in March!

The winner of our workout challenge for March is Amanda Wanless! She’ll be receiving a t-shirt which she helped design! Good luck to our participants for April! We’ll draw two lucky winners from those who complete the challenge. You’re competing for two fifty dollar gift cards! Not yet registered for the challenge? Click here to […]

How to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

Do you wish that you could be a better public speaker? Find and join your local Toastmasters club by clicking here, and you can be… Watch this interview with Fox News as Don Smith and Larry Hemingway discuss the benefits of Toastmasters in preparation for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Capital City Toastmasters in Springfield, […]

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