Client Attraction: It starts with excellence!

Are you playing all out?

It really doesn't matter how everyone else plays the game when it comes to business.  Ultimately your business, it's success and all you achieve with it comes back to "YOU"!

A couple questions to ask yourself...

Have  you set up your business to win i.e., have you given yourself the best possible chance to win?

Are you going through the motions?

Have you settled for "good enough" or "close enough for government work" as your standard?

...people know these things intuitively when then meet you.  If your not playing the game with everything you have to give it will become very obvious at the time when it's most critical.  The moment the curious visitor decides to say "YES! I'm in..." or "Not today...".

80/20 rule...

Have you ever heard the saying "80% of winning the game is showing up."

Or have you ever heard "20% of business is about skill, the other 80% is about attitude."

Both sayings, while they may be accurate, can actually take you out of the game i.e., keep you from having the successful business you want if you are not careful.  This is especially true is you are a soloprofessional or a solobusiness owner (i.e., a life or business coach).

How much skill is enough?

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 be "AAAMAZING" and 1 being "BOOOOO! HISSSSS!" how would you rate your skills, your ability to perform the service you delivering?

How would you rate the quality of the service you deliver?  (10 being "OMG I WANT MORE!" and 1 being "EEEEEW, GET AWAY, NOW!")

My point, unless you are going to promote someone else, someone who is EXTREMELY skilled, you will have to be the one with the skills!  You will have to be the one with the "MAGIC"!

Before attitude comes skill...

First things first, become a master at what you do (the service you want to provide).  Once you are masterful then focusing on the business will be much easier.

Excellence in action...

...exellence is very compelling and extremely attractive.

When you skills are masterful it's easy for people to remember you, it's easy for people to recommend you.

Time to get real with yourself...

1. Are you delivering the quality of service you want?

2. Are your clients AAAAAMAZED by you and the benefits of working with you?

3. How compelling is the experience of working with you?

4. What 3 things could you do today to improve your skills and your service?

5. Well, what are you waiting for...GET BUSY!

To your success,

James Possible (Mr. Possible)

Possibility is not an accident, it's a choice!

Small Business: Winning in business, your dream depends on it!

Financial Freedom!

T. Harv Eker says it best "First you have to win the money game!"

Most people start their own business to do just that..."win the money game!" Still, it is all to often that these small business owners find themselves working harder and longer than they ever did as an employee. Truth be told they are a far more difficult boss to work for (i.e., working for themselves) than any other boss they've known or work for to date.

5 challenges you might face...

While there are many reasons we can find ourselves as small business owners struggling just to make it let alone enjoying it, let's focus on a couple key points...

1. You have to do it yourself or it won't ever be done correctly!
2. Hardwork equals success!
3. You can't afford to pay someone else!
4. You don't have a target income beyond "your monthly bills!"
5. You don't have a target audience beyond "anyone who will pay!"

You don't have to match-up with all 5 points to find yourself trapped in a business that will never give you the time to enjoy what you have created.

Which one is your biggest challenge?

A great book to read is "The 4-hour work week!" by Timothy Ferriss.

In his book Ferriss repeatedly talks about "challenging your assumptions!" If you are willing to do just that you will find both your business and your life changing in powerful ways.

The first step to any change is to have an awareness of what it is you want to change!

If you are convinced that you are the only one who can do what you do and no one else can do it as well as you...get ready; your life is going to be miserable!

How can you challenge your assumption?

Time for a change!

Pick something small, something you might want to do and may even feel like you have to do it and consider the following...

1. On a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being "EXTREMELY DIFFICULT" and 1 being "EXTREMELY EASY" rate one of your typical tasks.

If the task you are rating comes in at a 6 or less then make it your goal to find a way to have the task completed without you having to be involved.

2. Once you have found a way to complete the task without your involvement then give yourself 3 to 7 weeks to test it out.

3. At the end of the test period rate the success of your test on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "EXTREME FAILURE" and 10 being an "EXTREME SUCCESS!"

If your test rating was a 6 or less ask yourself "What could I change to improve the results?"

If your test rating was a 7 or higher ask yourself "Do I need to improve the results?" If so, take some time to consider how you might improve it.

4. Repeat the process.

Note: Once you are satisfied with the completion of a given task then move on to the next task. Repeat often and continually.

Financial freedom is an outcome or a result of how effective you are at building a business or being self-employed. One or the other...not both!

Hint: Self-employed rarely means "financial freedom."

You can change that today...

To your success,

James

Small Business: Dream or Nightmare?

All they really did was trade one headache for another!

Have you ever known someone who out of frustration with their job and their income started their own busines or even took the time to plan and to save before they opened their business only to end up struggling with the challenges of being an entrepreneur or small business owner?

The dream of financial freedom!

I created this blog to discuss the issues these small business owners, entrepreneurs and coaches face as they work to build a thriving and financially sustainable business.

Is this you or do you do someone struggling to build their business...if so take the following action steps today.

Action Steps:

1. Subscribe to this blog
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To your success,

James (Mr. Possible)