Thursday morning I was coaching my most successful UK client and the ONLY client I work with on a 1:1 basis. He took me back to my financial planning days by showing me a future cash flow forecast he has created, showing his net worth and income from his current age of 45 through to
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Today I walked into a computer store. I wanted to buy a cheap and functional laptop that would suffice for just email and internet access – wireless and a decent screen – not too bothered about speed or techie nobs and whistles – so it made sense to stay away from the bigger computer stores
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I have very few actual “coaching” dates in my schedule for the rest of this month. Yes, the client’s weekly email reports will be answered promptly and we have a couple of telephone call-in days – but the rest of the month will be primarily dedicated to planning. Planning the next 3-months, our 2006 marketing
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There are some clients who bring out the best in you – and one of mine is Simon Reilly of Vancouver (www.leadingadvisor.com) with whom I have just finished a spectacularly effective 15-minute phone call. Simon and I have enjoyed an email dialogue in recent weeks on the topic of developing Strategic Alliance relationships and I
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That was the primary lesson I was reminded of today – there is no “easy way”, no “fast track”, no “lazy man’s way to riches”. The reminder was prompted during a bridge call in which a fabulous coach with a compelling product in an attractive niche market was explaining how much he was struggling to
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Traveling from Italy to England today but I’ve just written this week’s ezine over cappuccino and figs. It’s been very hot in Como this weekend and during my stay here I have slept under the stars on a private balcony at the back of our apartment. Some of the best nights’ of sleep in a
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An important realisation for me during the Toronto Intensive was that there is another “team CB” member required, in addition to the “lead conversion” person mentioned in a previous blog. The person I am looking for would have the following attributes: 1. to follow me everywhere (shadow me) and capture, record, set down not just
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Well the journey finally took 21 hours door to door and I’m feeling pretty groggy in Toronto this morning. Woke at 5.30am, ran along the lakeside for a while and I’m just catching up on emails before we begin our 3-day coaches Intensive here at The Fairmont Royal York. There is a very nice Second
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I was speaking with a coach yesterday who is considering changing her existing client niche and starting a brand new coaching practice with a group of people she has never worked with before. Naturally, she was asking “where do I start?” with such a daunting task. In particular, Chris Barrow has told his clients to
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I was chatting to one of my co-presenters last night in Leeds, Stephen Hancocks – a former wet-fingered dentist who is now a publisher, writer, speaker and Editor of the the prestigious British Dental Journal. On the subject of personal turning points, he related the story of a flat-mate in London who, when asked why
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