| | Overwhelm - Whenever I work with a business, no matter how great they look from the outside, it's always a SAUSAGE FACTORY on the inside.
That's why they want to work with a coach.
That said....
WELCOME TO MY SAUSAGE FACTORY!!!!!
I'm no different than many of th
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| | Nothing But the Truth - Well....
I've been wanting to write a blog post for a long time now. And I've finally decided what I'm going to write about. I want to write about THE TRUTH of living with ADD/ADHD. I want to write about THE TRUTH of owning a small business. I wa
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| | How MR. MACHINE Ruined My Life - When I was about six years old, my parents gave me a present for my birthday. The present?
MR. MACHINE. For those of you who don't remember that particular toy, Mr. Machine was a plastic, see through, walking robot with gears and bells and lev
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| | MY ADD and Me - It's been a long time since I put anything on this blog
And there have been tons of reasons. The main, and best reason though is: within the past year, it has become very clear to me that I have ADD/ADHD. It explains so much of why I do some of
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| | 80% Done 80% of the Time - The old saying says that a project will be 80% done 80% of the time. And that's fine - FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
I just don't like it when it happens to me.
I want my own projects done ON TIME and WITHIN BUDGET.
Sound familiar????
Yes indeed....
I've go
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| | Becoming A Coach - Episode 1 - This is my VERY FIRST PODCAST!!!!
This will be an ongoing series about how to become a coach.
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| | Getting Organized 3/13/2007 - A number of the "NOTES From Your Business" have been aimed at how to get and stay organized. Guess who the biggest offender is of NOT staying organized?
Yup - ME!
It seems to be a journey for me to learn about organization, and I'll continue to
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| | Time Slips Away - 9/8/06 - It's simply amazing how quickly time slips away. Especially for a business owner. The plans that we have, and the best of intentions don't always guarantee follow-thru and success.
I realize today that it has been over 6 weeks since I posted to my
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| | Failing Forward - July 19, 2006 - Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL if we could be "right" about everything we did? It would be amazing. We'd never stumble, fall, fail, or be wrong in any way!!!
I'd like to build a case for FAILURE being WONDERFUL. Let's see how I do....
There are two wa
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| | I Hate Selling, But I Have to Do It - May 15, 2006 - Business owners love doing their underlying business. Web designers love designing websites. Physicians love diagnosing and helping find the way to cure their patient's health issues. What business owners generally don't like doing, is selling their
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| | "I can perform Brain Surgery, but I can't make small decisions without analyzing them to DEATH!" - May 9, 2006 - One great benefit of working with a professional coach is having someone reflect back to you their observations of how you work and how you make decisions. Wh
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| | I'm in Business for Myself, Now I can't get anything Done!!! - April 27, 2006 - One of my clients came to me with an issue that was causing him a lot of trouble. That issue was completing the "Internal Tasks" needed to move his business ahead.
John had been a high level executive in an international firm for a number of year
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| | Introducing... - Dear Subscribers,
There are a lot of new things going on that I want to take a quick minute to tell you about. Most important is - you'll soon receive an email from me titled "Confirm your request for information from alloutcoaching@aweber.com". G
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| | The First Two Years - The First Two Years
I attended a networking event in Hartford a couple of months ago. At this event I met a business owner who said: "One of the first things I ask a prospective vendor is how long they've been in business. If it's anything
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| | Responsibility - Responsibility
One of the common traits of very successful small business owners is that they take responsibility for everything in their business. And I mean EVERYTHING.
When owners do not take responsibility, they see themselves as victims. T
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| | Definition of a Business Coach - "Across corporate America, coaching sessions for many companies have become as routine for executives as budget forecasts and quota meetings." - Investors Business Daily
"OK, You're a Small Business and Personal Coach. What the heck do you DO???"
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| | Seven Reasons Businesses Fail - Seven Reasons Businesses Fail
Unfortunately, in this economy we've seen a number of businesses fail. It's a terrible thing. This article may seem simplistic, but there are seven areas that require every business's close attention. These areas ne
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| | The Dreaded Annual Review - THE DREADED ANNUAL REVIEW
Here comes 2005! It's great to be a business owner, isn't it? We just close the books on 2004, hand everything over to the accountant and start all over again with a clean slate. Many of the "employees" of the world have
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| | Attitude and Momentum - Welcome to All Out Coaching's new Email Newsletter!!!
Those of you who were on distribution for the original "paper" version, are about to be impressed.... Since this newsletter is sent in HTML format, you can hyperlink to anything on the All Out Co
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| | My Annual Appeal to Shop Locally - Last year at this time, I sent out an email talking about supporting local businesses during a tight economy. In many ways, our economy has come a LONG WAY since last year, and many small business owners are thankful. In New England last week, a ve
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| | My Daughter's Plan for Getting Into College - My Daughter's Plan for Getting Into College
Take SAT Tests
Sign up for SAT Exam
Sign up for SAT Prep Course
Attend classes
Do Assigned Homework
Investigate Colleges
Determine Wha
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| | Forget Your New Year's Resolution (If you haven't already) - First of all.....Happy New Year! I hope that 2004 is your best year yet. Let's get going on making that happen.
Ahhh New Years, what a celebration!! New Year's Eve parties. Watching the ball drop at Times Square. Parades on TV. And then the in
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| | Thoughts, Questions and Feelings - THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS AND FEELINGS
I went to an event recently and asked if anyone had an idea for this month's submission for the Business United. I had a number of people give me some ideas, but one really had an impact on me. A Financial Service
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| | If you want to grow your business - Learn to LISTEN!!! - If you want to grow your business - Learn to LISTEN!!!
One of the most important things that you can do as a business owner is listen to your customers. In order to do that, you have to really lose any strong agenda you already have. This is one o
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| | Teams and Teamwork - This month I'm devoting the newsletter to the concept of TEAMS.
First off, we need a working definition of TEAM; How about: "A group of people working together toward a goal or having a shared purpose".
Who benefits from being a member of a team
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| | Business GPS System - Last month I wrote about the importance of goals, and how to develop a set of strategies, and from those strategies, create your action plan. I wanted to follow up that message this month with a crazy idea. Once you've developed the plan, Don't Foc
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