Things To Avoid If You Want To Think Creatively

We’re all busy. Being busy is a part of everyone’s overly full lives. We have overflowing email inboxes, cram too many meetings into our day, and spend hours trying to keep up with social media. But being busy simply means we don’t have priorities set up right. And being busy means our creativity suffers.

Our creative powers become stagnant when we are busy. Creativity is what helps us manifest our ideas, and use it to solve problems so our projects succeed or come up with easier ways to do things.

There are things we do, and habits we have, that are zapping our creativity. These habits drain us and put our goals out of reach. With a few changes in your behavior, you can begin tapping into your creativity.

Here are some things to avoid if you want to be more creative:

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Video Tip: Recession-Proof Your Business #6

There are many strategies that you can implement to recession-proof your business and achieve long-term success. 

By implementing these strategies and adapting to changes in the industry,  a life coach can build a successful and sustainable coaching practice that provides value to clients and helps them achieve their goals.

In this video tip, we’ll explore – How to Leverage Technology to Grow Your Life Coaching Business – a sixth strategy (in a series of 10) that you can use to make your business recession-proof.

 
 
Exercise 6: Use online software to enhance your business experience such as booking calendars, course delivery platforms, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. 
 

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8 Empowering Beliefs to Make You Thrive

8 Beliefs to make you thriveYour experiences are shaped by your thinking. Your thinking is shaped by your beliefs. So you want to have empowering beliefs. Even obstacles have a value when you can see it.

You can develop convictions that will help you to feel happier and achieve more, regardless of the situation.

Consider these empowering beliefs that you can start using today to transform your life through the power of positive thinking.

1. I take responsibility. You are in charge of your life. Hold yourself accountable for the outcomes you create. Celebrate the fact that you have the power to determine your own future.

2. I apply effort. Figure out your definition of success so you know what is worth working for. Give yourself credit when you’re making progress rather than comparing yourself to others.

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Everything Content BundleI’m excited to share with you Bundle Bash’s “Everything Content Bundle.” It’s an all-inclusive resource designed specifically for entrepreneurs looking to supercharge their content game.

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Vacation Lesson

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Have you learned lessons for your business while on vacation? Here’s a vacation lesson that I learned recently.

In August, my husband and I visited Boulder, Colorado for the first time. We stayed with his brother and sister-in-law.

They arranged several hikes for us, one of which was around a lake at 10,200 ft. altitude. We waited until we had been at 6,000 feet for a week before we undertook this hike. The brother warned us of the symptoms of altitude sickness and on the one hand, I had lived in Colorado at 6K alt. before and had no problem with higher altitudes, but that was about 40 years ago, so on the other hand, I was a bit leary.

However, we went, and all I felt was a little out of breath at times.  It was such a wonderful experience—breathing in the delicious clear air, seeing snow-covered mountains, and feeling exhilarated.  I thought it was just another example of “feeling the fear and doing it anyway.”

B&J in Boulder - vacation lesson

You’ve probably heard that phrase before. And that’s what we solopreneurs have to do in our business. We have to stretch ourselves, doing something uncomfortable, even scary, in order to grow our businesses.

Even if you’re pretty sure everything will work out (like I thought), it can still be nerve-racking. One of my colleagues recently gave a TED talk and rehearsed his speech with me. And although he was a seasoned speaker for several decades, he still was nervous about his talk. (And it went fine.)

It could be writing a guest blog post or online magazine, speaking as a guest on a podcast, or going to a networking meeting. Whatever it is, when you get out of your comfort zone, growth can occur.

What have you done recently to stretch yourself in your business? Put it in the comments below to inspire the other readers.

 

Building and Growing a Responsive List of Subscribers You Can Turn into Customers

Building and Growing a 
Responsive List of Subscribers You Can Turn into Customers

 

When growing a responsive list, remember that gaining traffic is not the only goal. Attracting highly targeted people who want and need what you’re offering is the goal. Therefore, you need to develop a list-growing strategy that uses tactics that focus on the goal of Building and Growing a Responsive List.

The following tactics will ensure that when someone joins your list, they do want the information you’re providing. And they will likely turn into a paying customer if you’ve matched your freebie opt-in offers to the right audience. So, let’s build that traffic.

 

Create a User-Friendly Site

First and foremost, everything begins and ends with your website. If your website doesn’t look great and work fast or doesn’t work on all devices, you are likely missing out on numerous opportunities to connect with potential customers. Here are some tips for making your website user-friendly.

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Video Tip: Recession Proof Your Business #5

There are many strategies that you can implement to recession-proof your business and achieve long-term success. 

By implementing these strategies and adapting to changes in the industry,  a life coach can build a successful and sustainable coaching practice that provides value to clients and helps them achieve their goals.

In this video tip, we’ll explore – How to Offer Flexible Payment Plans That Boost Responses – a fifth strategy (in a series of 10) that you can use to make your business recession-proof.

 
 
Exercise 5: Offer a range of payment options, such as monthly payments, payment in installments, or deferred payment plans. This will give your clients the flexibility to choose a payment plan that works best for their budget. Make sure to clearly communicate the terms of your payment plans to your clients.
 

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Profitable Low Content Products

low content productsHow to Unlock New Revenue Streams with Minimal Development Effort

It’s no secret that product creation takes a great deal of time. For many business owners and entrepreneurs, this can be a major drain on resources. “Low content” products are a way to provide high-value solutions to your target audience without spending hours developing complex products and services. If you do this correctly, you can multiply the results of your efforts.

What Are “Low Content” Products?

In contrast to most products, like online courses which contain a great deal of text and/or video, “low-content” products are light on text and images. Instead, they offer a precise solution to a specific need. Common low-content products include checklists, templates, journals, recipes, worksheets, workbooks, and resource lists.

It’s important to understand that low content does NOT necessarily mean low value. You still have to understand your audience’s needs and plan the content in such a way that it will make a difference in their lives. But the actual content creation takes less time and involves less work on your part.

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Video Tip: Recession-Proof Your Business #4

There are many strategies that you can implement to recession-proof your business and achieve long-term success. 

By implementing these strategies and adapting to changes in the industry,  a life coach can build a successful and sustainable coaching practice that provides value to clients and helps them achieve their goals.

In this video tip, we’ll explore a fourth strategy (in a series of 10) that you can use to make your life coaching business recession-proof., and that is Develop Long-Term Relationships with Clients. 

 
Exercise 4:  Take the time to build rapport with your clients and be sure to actively listen to them as they talk about their wants and needs.  Provide a lot of value and follow-up on your conversations—this will make you stand out as someone who really cares.
 

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How to Be A Strategic Thinker – Part 2

How to be a strategic thinker-2This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Read Part 1 here.

Strategic thinking is a skill in thinking, assessing, viewing, solving problems and creating our future for ourselves and others. A strategic thinker is constantly learning and growing. They are always looking for new experiences that can help them expand their knowledge and understanding of the world. This could involve taking classes, traveling, or meeting new people.

Here are 12 more characteristics of strategic thinkers and how you can become one:

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