http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_821044_15.html 12th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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 ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_818168_15.html 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_815347_15.html 10th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_812843_15.html 09th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_808331_15.html 04th March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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.... http://www.articlealley.com/article_805438_15.html 03rd March 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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 ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_795853_15.html 23rd February 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_787785_15.html 17th February 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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 ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_779257_15.html 05th February 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_773390_15.html 31st January 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_770677_15.html 28th January 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_765017_15.html 22nd January 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_762041_15.html 20th January 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_756118_24.html 16th January 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Linda Feinholz 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 ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_753172_15.html 14th January 2009 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Have you ever had one of those perfect solo-preneur days... Your To Do list is crystal clear, prioritized and focused on all the High Payoff activities that will get you the results you dream of. The phone is nic... http://www.articlealley.com/article_727989_24.html 19th December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Much of my work with entrepreneurs focuses on building their business. Depending on their company's stage of growth, that has meant showing them various options, many they've given only a moment's thought to, and some ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_726157_15.html 18th December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Personal productivity is a topic that we all explore, sooner or later. Pick up any magazine or newspaper, tune in to your local radio, and you'll receive a flood of material on work productivity. Get on an airline and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_704928_15.html 02nd December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz "I'm too small to be a Leader. We don't need to spend any time on that!" Those were the words from my small business client, Paul. He didn't mean that he was too short. He meant that in his mind, his $4 million busi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_702459_15.html 01st December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz If I were to make a guess, it would be that you're hearing an average of 6,294 messages a day about how bad a disaster the economy is, how everyone is going to loose their jobs, the roof over their heads, and even the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_699060_24.html 01st December 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I shocked an audience last week. I was there to talk about Living a High Payoff Life. It's one of my favorite topics, and every time I speak about it people's faces light up and they become very intent. They can fee... http://www.articlealley.com/article_696776_15.html 27th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz One of my clients, Don, kept waffling back and forth over which sized firms he wanted as his clients. For the lack of that focus, his efforts were scattered and outright conflicting with each other. If you've been a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693951_15.html 25th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I've mentored a quite a few already-successful entrepreneurs over the years. To folks holding jobs inside businesses, these business owners appear to be a breed apart. I say 'appear' because you may think all entrepren... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693696_15.html 25th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Most entrepreneurs are control freaks. And that holds for small business leaders and managers inside businesses alike. You've spent a lifetime, since your school days in fact, being rewarded for taking personal respons... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693521_15.html 25th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz There are times when business leaders I'm working with settle in face to face with their peers, arms crossed and accusations flying. I've found it helps to view myself as a referee on the grammar school playground duri... http://www.articlealley.com/article_691277_15.html 22nd November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Just like planning for a voyage, business owners and professionals need to evaluate if what they are currently doing is going to carry them forward to their next destination. If not, they must find the tools and resour... http://www.articlealley.com/article_683294_15.html 05th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Have you ever stopped and asked yourself if the 'baggage' you're carrying with you in business is serving you well or diverting your attention? I spent six weeks on the road on vacation this year. All in a single tr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_681524_15.html 04th November 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I just finished unpacking my bags after six weeks of travel. As I put things away I found myself reviewing whether it had been worth carrying each item with me for the duration of the trip. I kept thinking back to my v... http://www.articlealley.com/article_680362_15.html 31st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz One of the greatest challenges that business owners and entrepreneurs face is when to talk and when ... not to. I found one of my clients running meetings by announcing the topic and stating her opinion about the so... http://www.articlealley.com/article_678779_15.html 30th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Napoleon Hill and many motivational speakers who followed him speak of the natural and necessary progression from idea to decision to action. Their list consists of Hunger, Desire, Avoidance, Emergency In over 20... http://www.articlealley.com/article_677967_15.html 30th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz The economic news has really stripped people's confidence these past few weeks. I've seen it in my clients and colleagues. Everyone is smiling and pretending nothing has changed... or comparing whose portfolio lost the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675624_15.html 27th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Early in my business career I worked at the world-renowned UCLA Medical Center, running the non-medical patient care activities in several regular and intensive care units. I frequently heard comments that 'healthcare ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_668520_15.html 17th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz There are a lot of techniques we can bring into our business from other areas of life. Each has the capacity to significantly shift the way we've been approaching business. For instance, once a year, every year, I have... http://www.articlealley.com/article_664902_15.html 14th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz To an outsider, watching my day might be completely confusing, as I do plenty of tasks that don't appear to have anything to do with my work. I know, though, exactly why I'm using my private 80-20 formula: 80 percent o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_655616_15.html 06th October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Mark was certain it would be six months before he'd be able to break into a new market. He 'knew' the people he wanted to get to would view it a priority to make time for him. Donald was absolutely positive that his... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654815_15.html 02nd October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz If you're like most of my clients, you've been working to smooth out the kinks in your business. You've put your time into systems for streamlining activities and installed processes that make the work flow efficient. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654504_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Every week I'm asked the question. Every week it feels like the first time I've heard it. And every week I have a fresh "Ah ha!" reaction to it and a feeling of relief sweeps through me as I notice a new answer to the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654456_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I'm a voracious reader. There have been some years when I read nearly 400 books... and worked full time and slept fewer than 4 hours a night. I love reading. That was then... And now my body wants more sleep, and my... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654083_15.html 01st October 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz All too often our progress in business plateaus. You know, it levels off at the point you achieved when you last gave it attention. Very often we settle into 'habit' mode and forget to look at the long view for our bus... http://www.articlealley.com/article_640427_15.html 17th September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Taking a long cruise can shift it all! On day ten of a 12-day sweep around the Mediterranean, I was reminded of one of the critical success factors behind creating High Payoff Results in business and in life. I p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_617577_15.html 03rd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz One of my favorite times in my consulting and coaching is when a light bulb goes off and the person I'm working with has an 'ah ha!' moment and spots a new opportunity. Very often when I'm working with established p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_616652_15.html 03rd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Does Your Business Need Shaking Up? For many people it takes sudden shocking external events like the earth shaking under their feet to cause them to pause and refocus on what's important in their lives. For others,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_614978_15.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz What was once a 'perfect fit' has changed, several times in fact. I was reminded of that when I joined 250 colleagues at our annual get together this week. That's 250 of over 1,000 members of the ProVisors organization... http://www.articlealley.com/article_614413_15.html 02nd September 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Who knew I'd get a lesson for creating successful teams and productive organizations in a Paris Metro station? I got it loud and clear, and I'd hate to keep it to myself when it could change your life in High Payoff... http://www.articlealley.com/article_605758_24.html 21st August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz Every once in a while, things simply pile up. Like luggage for a long trip. Take me for example. I'd been 'planning' a trip overseas for six weeks. People started asking me "Are you ready to go?" two months before m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_604577_24.html 20th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz If you're like most people who are running a business, as an owner, an executive or an independent professional you get so immersed in the doing you miss your own graduations. Two of my clients are graduating this w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_600704_15.html 16th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz When is 'too much to do' finally enough? I mean enough to have you reach out and slap your personal and business 'reset' button? I was working with my client, Brenda, last month when she looked me dead in the eye an... http://www.articlealley.com/article_598286_15.html 14th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I have a problem with procrastination. I have clients who say they're stalling because "It's so easy to do it later...or tomorrow...or next week." For me, the issue is a different one. If I clear the decks, what'... http://www.articlealley.com/article_594754_15.html 12th August 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I learned for myself years ago that I have "Poof, Gone!" Syndrome. Many of my clients do too. If you're like most busy professionals, the thought of sitting in meetings with consultants, or in day-long workshops to ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_588268_15.html 24th July 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz I got an email recently from someone saying, "I don't have time to read your newsletters. It's stressing me out. You need to turn them into quick tips." If you're like me, your in-box is constantly 'pinging' you tha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_584845_15.html 22nd July 2008