"Liz Smiley challenges me as an entrepreneur. Each week she creates an action plan, and then makes sure I'm on track to fulfill my goals. She ensures I'm empowered and truly perform like a bad ass business woman." -- Jessica Kizorek of www.badassbusinesswomen.org

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Is That Warm and Fuzzy Feeling Important To Producing Results


I am working on my eBook tonight after a very up and down kind of day. Results are not produced without actions. Actions need to be taken with a powerful infrastructure and a solid foundation. To be effective you need to be operating from a powerful place, but when you get one "No" after the other sometimes it is hard to keep staying in a powerful place.

Today my coach and I went back and forth until we figured out that my conversation of "I am not worth it" keeps ruling the day. The story of my life. As I have told my clients the only way to have it stop having such a grip on you is to get the absurdity of it. You end up having a grip on it instead of it having a grip on you. At last count I had the thought "I am screwed" or "I am not worth it" 62 times. It is crazy but I started getting some freedom and power back half way through the day. It started getting funny noticing how many times I had those thoughts.

When I did an interview with someone for my book and the first thing she said is that when she heard the word accountability she did not feel warm and fuzzy. That's why I am writing my eBook "Why Accountability?". I want people have some freedom around the word and to understand the value of being accountable and being responsible. So keep an eye out for my eBook "Why Accountability?"

What do you think of when you here the words accountability and responsibility?

When you are being that what does it provide for you in your life?

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Daily Grind

I love making a difference. I love working with people and having them win. Networking, cold calling, research for leads, calling friends for referrals? YUCK!

The problem is if you do not do at least one of these continuously then your business will never be stable, reliable or even really fulfilling because you will always be worried where the next piece of business is coming from. This sales pipeline is the life blood of every business. Knowing your effectiveness is key.

Do you know how to calculate your effectiveness? Do you know how many people you need to speak to or connect with to produce business?

You can easily calculate exactly how many businesses and people you need to speak to in order to reach your million dollar goals. It is all math, but almost no one does it. Most business owners or sales people guess, or hope, or pray. They don't do the math. They don't take the time to figure it out and work smartly. The funny thing is this is what I tell my clients to do. I even sit with them and calculate it, but when it comes to running my business I blow it off like it doesn't matter and it won't make a difference.

I promise taking the time to do this thinking and planning will take all the stress and craziness out of your day to day business. It will bring freedom and play.

"Do something. Anything. Inspiration seldom generates action. Action always creates inspiration." -- Author Unknown