A client I heard from recently was complaining about how he wasn’t getting critical money-related tasks done in his business: “My problem is that I’m lazy–I just can’t seem to stay focused or get started on doing the important things.”
It’s no wonder he thought this–all the messages coming at us from popular culture tell us [...]

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When you’re exhausted from working, overwhelmed, burnt-out, little visions come visiting. Visions of distant beaches, cabin hide-aways, foreign adventures.
Vacation-land.
And so, off you go, on vacation. And, when you come back, by noon on Monday you’re as exhausted as you were when you left. Did you take the wrong vacation? Or is there something wrong with [...]

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Business momentum is when a series of events build upon each other and multiply their efforts. It’s when your business starts to have some steam of its own, and you get carried along for the ride. For instance, we had some December sunshine here in Portland, and I went bicycling. Each time I pedaled was [...]

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I remember when I was in another business, and as part of my support network we were dreaming up vision statements. I don’t exactly remember what I came up with, but something that included words like “huge,” “global,” “number one,” “best-known.”
It was fun to dream that big for a little while. But… we’re only a [...]

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I just googled ‘Passion in Business’ and came up with 82,900,000 hits. And, according to the first several pages of hits, everyone says that you must have passion to succeed in business. ‘Fuel your passion’ is the watchword.
Why this quest for passion? Of course, passion can feel wonderful, but do you really need it to [...]

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You want to know a secret? My clients and class participants all trust me to hold confidentiality with the most intimate details of their business, but I’m going to go public with one detail I know. I’m going to tell you the straight-up fact, the one that no one tells anyone else.
They all get scared. [...]

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Let me tell you the story of a hard-working business owner, who slowly wore himself and his business down to dust, and how he turned it around again.
For those of you with a lot on your plates, I’ll tell it to you quick:

Once upon a time, empty actions = empty results.
Then, (dah-dah-dah-daaaaaah!) The Remembrance.
Suddenly, full [...]

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