Why Take the Road Less Travelled One of my favourite poems of all time is Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” You may have read it and love it as much as I do. If you haven’t then I’d recommend doing so. When I first read this poem I was completed senior studies....
Public Speaking: Practice won’t make you perfect… Why? Practice makes perfect. Well that is what we are constantly told isn’t it? But is it correct? This idea was probably best publicised as Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000-hour rule”, which says that takes 10,000...
Be Happy for No Reason What difference should it make to your business whether you are happy or not? Tons! I regularly see people in my coaching practice who are miserable and don’t know how to find happiness. Many are looking forward at a time in the future they will...
Fall in Love with the Sales Process You may relate to this. I was recently discussing the fact that many of the entrepreneurs I work with get hung up on promoting themselves and their product or service. When we did a deep dive into their reasoning and investigate...
Four Simple Tips to Deliver the Perfect Pitch A personal pitch should pique interest. It should be repeatable. And it should be simple so a 12-year old can understand. As my clients are mostly micro – small business owners, I attend about a dozen networking...
Why Selling is Never About You Like me, you may have noticed that most people focus mostly on themselves. Now I don’t mean that people aren’t empathetic and supportive. I see evidence where they are every day. What I mean is that when people are making buying...