12th March 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz
"Linda, what do you think I should do with this client's request I got?"
My client, Susan, knew I wouldn't just hand her an answer. I'm famous for having answers for nearly every type of question my clients pose. Th...
10th March 2009
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I was talking to my client, Judy, the other day who is just that. She's built and run a successful business for over a decade. Yet she was calling me, as her mentor, to say, "I've been chewing and chewing on this idea ...
10th March 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz
How many times a day do you feel like your time is being wasted?
Is this you? You're sitting in a meeting and while someone else is talking about a problem that they feel needs to be solved, you're wondering why the...
09th March 2009
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Is this you? You have customers to satisfy, professional goals to deliver on and your personal goals shoved to the back burner... and you and your friends, colleagues, clients and vendors are already talking about 'ne...
04th March 2009
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I sat through a meeting that went nowhere this week. Everyone on the management team claimed they were there to identify changes that would improve business profitability and individual productivity. No one could agree...
03rd March 2009
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I kicked off coaching with one of my Platinum Private Coaching clients, Brad, this week. As we discussed the High Payoff Vision that he is setting for himself, he mentioned that one of his goals is to 'level' his week....
23rd February 2009
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In the same way that kids will gravitate to their favorite games at recess - the average business owner cannot resist making the same mistakes over and over again.
I was reminded of that habit we all share as I sat ...
17th February 2009
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Businesses are not built on fear - they're built on optimism.
Moreover - the companies that succeed, that thrive, and that last over time are those run by people who can separate out the noise from the naysayers cha...
05th February 2009
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One of my private coaching clients had an epiphany this week.
It took place because Scott had changed his schedule, changed his pattern, and stopped what he was doing to join me in a conversation outside the bounds ...
31st January 2009
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How do you fight off the blues?
The blues I'm speaking of are the entrepreneurial 'aloneness' blues.
I've found myself guiding several of my clients this past week as they sort this out. Their aloneness stems fro...
28th January 2009
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If you join me at my home office you'll think to yourself "Linda's got it made! Great space, no interruptions, a nice leisurely pace."
What you won't spot are the challenges that creep in when you step out of a busi...
22nd January 2009
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In a meeting last week with one of my Platinum clients, Brian, reviewing the goals he had achieved since we began work in January, he shared an "Ah Ha!" he's had.
"Linda, when you kept steering me to simplify my Vis...
20th January 2009
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So often our focus is on what's 'not yet' done, what is sitting on our To Do list, and what we 'ought to' be getting to but haven't yet completed.
Children have a great deal to teach us about what motivates our hear...
16th January 2009
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Recently I used my monthly mastermind group to review the targets each person set, check how close each participant was to achieving them, and sort out any obstacles getting in the way.
As we worked our way around t...
14th January 2009
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Business life has cycles. Some of them are created by external circumstances, like the economy we're all contending with these days. Others are internal to our company, driven for instance by new products and services ...
