By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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 responsibility for ...
When you look at these three styles of entrepreneur, which one do you most resemble? And which characteristics pose the most challenge to your achieving your goals? Take a moment and ask yourself "What single change can I make to keep myself focused and on track?"
By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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 entrepreneurs fall into a single unique category and can be considered ‘successful’ for making that choice. ...
Many of my business clients are used to an ‘open door’ policy. They have the mistaken notion that an open door culture must mean ‘I’m always available.” As a result, their own work takes three to six times as long to accomplish as it needs to. The best technique you can use is Calendared Open Door. ...
By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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. When I asked him to say more about that, he told ...
Are you faced with an overwhelming list of Must Do’s? The first step in getting focused on your High Payoff activities is setting a clear intention. So put down the pen, put your phone lines on hold, turn off your email and get out of your chair. Walk over to the nearest window. With your eyesight ...
By Linda Feinholz, "Your Success Catalyst" 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 of his To Do list for ...
If you’ve been doing it all alone, you’ve been making it much harder than it needs to be. If you don’t have access to mastermind groups like the ones I put together for myself and for my High Payoff Catalyst members, it’s time to start your own! Ask yourself