The quickest way to lighten your luggage on a business trip is to leave the unnecessary and unprofitable items out. The same holds true on a daily basis for your company. One of the greatest drags on a company’s productivity is having everyone’s attention distracted from serving the most profitable and appreciative customers. And by not ...
By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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 trip. And I did it with one carry-on suitcase, a briefcase and ...
Are you one of the folks who always have an idea or an answer when a question is posed? If you’re quick to offer your ideas, and they’re at all relevant, others won’t bother to offer theirs. They’ll just think to themselves “That’s good enough. Let’s get the meeting over and get back to work.” Here’s ...
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 solution to it as she kicked off the discussion. And she was giving the topic one whole meeting ...
Warm up your ‘Avoidance’ muscles. Set aside 15 minutes each day on your calendar for the next fifteen days and label them “Contingency Planning.” On the first day, answer the following question: “What are the top 10 external changes that could occur?" Use the next ten days to explore each one. Then use the following ...
Napoleon Hill and many motivational speakers who followed him speak of the natural and necessary progression from idea to decision to action. Lack of the first two means no meaningful action will take place and success sits on the sidelines, waiting. In over 20 years of working with growing businesses I’ve found the true ...
When was the last time you reviewed your goals? You may not intend to set up businesses with 40-generation life spans. What of 40 months? 40 days? In less than 40 minutes you can set clear goals for your efforts and energy and for the rest of your team. Put your calls on hold. Open a word ...
By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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 passed a woman in the corridor this morning who was doing the ‘pivot ...
You have a chance to completely reshape your world and inspire others when you add it to your work in the world! Grab 2 pieces of paper. On the first piece, create two columns. Now in the left hand column list what you love about your work. In the right hand column list what bores ...