Jan 10

Have You Heard of These Solopreneur Resources?

Have You Heard of These Solopreneur ResourcesYou’ve likely heard that more than half of new small businesses don’t make it past the first five years. It’s a startling truth for many entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t have to be your reality. There are many ways to grow your business without being part of that statistic, and plenty of solopreneur resources.

Many business owners don’t know about the free or low-cost resources available to help them succeed. Whether you want to grow fast or slow, you have lots of support.

Sustaining a small business means keeping certain priorities top of mind like cash flow, your target market’s wants and needs, expanding your team, and having a realistic growth strategy.

I want to make sure every business owner has the support they need to be successful. The following resources have been excerpted from an article on the SCORE website. Some of these resources are appropriate if you’re just starting out, and some are appropriate if you want to expand your business. In addition, some of these are especially for women, or Afro-Americans.

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Jan 05

How A Weekly Reminder Email Can Be Incredibly Beneficial for Goal Achievement

How a Weekly Reminder EmailWhen setting goals, many people fall by the wayside after 2 or 3 weeks. Why is that? One reason is that they don’t have a system for following up with their goals. Another reason is that they don’t have a method for accountability.

I would like to suggest that having a weekly reminder that is inspirational and motivational can solve both dilemmas. Read below about how a weekly reminder email can be incredibly beneficial for goal achievement

  1. Maintaining Focus: In the midst of daily tasks and distractions, a reminder email serves as a nudge to refocus on goals. It brings the goals back to the forefront of people’s minds, helping them stay on track.

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Jan 01

Creating a Roadmap for Your Business and Your Life

Creating a 2024 Roadmap for Your Business and Your Life

Setting goals is like creating a roadmap for your life—whether it’s your business life or your personal life. 

A goal is a result or objective you want or need to accomplish. Goals, which can be both long-term and short-term, provide direction and motivation to help you achieve a desired outcome. To help understand this concept, let’s go over what goals are and what they are not.

What Goals Are

Goals are the things you want and/or need to achieve. Goals provide a clear target to work towards and to track progress. 

Goals are specific, measurable, and time-sensitive objectives designed to help you measure progress and stay on track toward achieving your desired outcome. 

For example, a goal like this:

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Dec 28

Automate to Dominate: How Life Coaches Can Scale, Serve, and Succeed with Automation Tools

Embracing AutomationIn the life coaching industry, the essence of personal connection and guidance remains paramount. However, in this digital age, the integration of automation tools has become a game-changer for coaches, fostering efficiency, scalability, and enhanced client experiences.

Embracing automation isn’t about replacing the human touch; rather, it’s about empowering you to amplify your impact and streamline operations.

Here’s why incorporating automation is crucial for a flourishing life coaching business:

Enhanced Productivity and Time Management: Automation liberates coaches from mundane, repetitive tasks. By automating administrative duties like appointment scheduling, invoicing, and client reminders, coaches reclaim precious time. This freedom allows them to invest more energy in strategic planning, refining coaching methodologies, and fostering stronger client relationships.

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Dec 19

6 Reasons to Create a Daily Routine In Your Business and Personal Life

6 Reasons to Create a Daily Routine in Your Business and Personal Life

Did you know that having a daily routine can greatly benefit your business and personal life? While we all had a strict routine as a kid, when we become fully independent adults, we tend to relax the rules we once followed. This can lead to other problems. To keep the issues to a minimum, create a daily routine. Following a routine to structure your life more efficiently produces many powerful benefits.

  1. Develop good habits.

One of the best reasons to create a daily routine is that it can help you to combat bad habits. By replacing bad habits with good ones, you can gradually improve all aspects of your life. It can be tough to overcome bad habits, but a routine can help massively.

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Dec 15

Unsure of your next best step

Next Best StepUnsure of your next best step? Ask Yourself: What do I want to be celebrating next week?

When faced with uncertainty and indecision, it’s often beneficial to pause and reflect on the bigger picture of our goals and aspirations. One powerful question to ask oneself in such moments is: “What do I want to be celebrating next week?”

This question acts as a compass, guiding you toward your desires and dreams. By envisioning the future celebration, you create a mental image of your desired outcome. This mental imagery has a profound impact on your motivation and decision-making processes because it not only clarifies your goals but also makes your actions have more purpose.

When you have a clear vision of what you want to achieve, your next steps become more apparent. It’s a reminder that your present actions are the building blocks of your future celebrations, encouraging you to make choices that align with your aspirations.

So, the next time you find yourself at a crossroads, take a moment to visualize your future celebration. Let that image inspire and guide you toward the decisions and actions that will bring you closer to your goals.

Dec 12

Video Tip: Recession-Proof Your Business #10

There are many strategies that you can implement to recession-proof your business and achieve long-term success. By implementing these strategies 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 maintain a positive and resilient mindset during a recession – the 10th strategy (in a series of 10) that you can use to make your business recession-proof.

 
 

Exercise #10: Develop a self-care plan that will help you maintain a positive and resilient mindset, even during challenging times. List at least 3 different self-care practices that you can incorporate into your daily routine and describe the benefits of each one.

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Dec 06

6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Change Your Life and Stop Worrying

6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Change Your Life and Stop Worrying

6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Change Your Life and Stop Worrying

Worry gets into all the crevices of our lives. We worry about our jobs, our kids, our relationships, money, and a million other things every single day. It’s no wonder we feel like we’re not getting things done the way we’d like, when we can’t stop worrying.

I grew up with a mother who (I think) enjoyed worrying! I used to say to her, “You can find something to worry about even when there isn’t anything to worry about.” 

Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be this way. To change your life and stop worrying, ask yourself these 6 quick questions:

1) What Are You Really Worried About?

Many times, worry is a mask for something else entirely. A hard look and some pointed questions might be necessary to get to the heart of the matter. On the other hand, once you have a clear understanding of what the real issue is, it’s easier to address the problem and stamp out the worry completely.

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Nov 30

The Success Secret Nobody Is Telling You

…that Real Success Needs You to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone. Here’s How:

This is a guest post by James I. Bond

The Success Secret nobody is telling you

Here’s a success secret few online mentors are willing to tell you.

All the formulas in the world won’t help you when your internal programming is working against you.

As one of America’s leading behavioral management specialists, I’ve been working with business coaches and consultants for decades. What I’ve discovered over the years is that most of us are closer than we realize to a better life and greater success.

And yet, we won’t take the one or two steps needed to cross the threshold, especially if they are slightly outside our comfort zone.

The Greatest Rewards Are Sitting Just Outside Our Comfort Zone

We all know Einstein’s quote: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. There’s a greater truth to this than most of us realize.

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Nov 28

Why does having integrity help in achieving success?

Why does having integrity help in achieving success?

Integrity is a fundamental attribute that plays a pivotal role in achieving success for several reasons:

  1. Builds Trust: Integrity involves being honest, ethical, and consistent in actions and values. When you have integrity, people trust you. Trust forms the basis of any successful relationship, whether personal or professional. Clients, colleagues, and peers need to collaborate and do business with individuals they can trust.

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