How Well Do You Really Know Your Ideal Client? We’ve all done the exercise. It’s the first thing you’re taught when you first start your business: Create an ideal client avatar. This vision of your ideal client guides everything you do, including pricing (you can’t charge that single mom as much as you can the… Continue reading How well do you really know your ideal client?
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Fear based decisions are bad for business
Fear-Based Decisions Are Bad for Business At one point, every business owner will find herself in a troubling situation. Revenue is down. New clients are scarce. Profits are falling, and a peek at the financials is enough to bring on a full-fledged anxiety attack. Unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, chances are you’ve experienced… Continue reading Fear based decisions are bad for business
4 Solutions for De-stressing your business starting right now
4 Solutions for De-Stressing Your Business Starting Right Now What if you could save an hour a day starting tomorrow? That’s 5 hours per week, or more than a half-day off. Imagine closing up shop at 11am every Friday without worrying about all the stuff that didn’t get done. You can do that, when you… Continue reading 4 Solutions for De-stressing your business starting right now
VIP days: The secret strategy of top earning coaches
VIP Days: The Secret Strategy of Top-Earning Coaches How many hours per day do you spend on the phone with clients? If you’re like most coaches, the answer is often “more than I want to.” Let’s face it, coaching can be exhausting. Sure, you love working with different clients, and you get a real charge… Continue reading VIP days: The secret strategy of top earning coaches
Slide secrets: How to create attention grabbing slide presentations
Slide Secrets: How to Create Attention Grabbing Slide Presentations If the very thought of PowerPoint makes your eyes glaze over, you’re not alone. The world is filled with incredibly boring presentations, and you’ve no doubt sat through your share of them. Now that you’re preparing your own presentations, how can you ensure your audience doesn’t… Continue reading Slide secrets: How to create attention grabbing slide presentations
Self Care Lounge
Taking exceptional care of mind, body and soul in the workplace. This is an advanced professional group coaching experience for coaches, leaders, executives, medical and legal professionals who are working in stressful environments. If you are not in a leadership/management position or working as a professional this session is not for you. You are most… Continue reading Self Care Lounge
How to create a bulletproof warrior mindset
How do you create a bulletproof warrior mindset that will help you overcome even the toughest obstacles?🌟 Our minds are incredibly powerful and it is the one thing we hardly ever learn to fully utilize. Often people think that understanding the mind and working on mindset is esoteric or woo-woo, but there is a lot… Continue reading How to create a bulletproof warrior mindset
How to reinvent yourself
It was November 2017 when I found myself sitting in a hospital bed, being prodded and poked by doctors who were scratching their heads wondering how I had such a serious blood clot at a relative young age (mid 40’s). “This should not be happening”, they said. I agreed. Batches of tests were being ordered.… Continue reading How to reinvent yourself
Why you need to know about PNI
We now that our emotions, attitudes and beliefs can affect our bodies and physical health. Tons of research have been done in this area. Today the science of understanding the mind-body connection is called PsychoNeuroImmunology or PNI for short. What is PNI exactly? According to Orr & Patient (2004), PNI examines how your coping styles,… Continue reading Why you need to know about PNI
The “more than” principle
What is the More Than Principle? The “More Than” Principle is a core belief I hold in my work and daily living. It works like this: I believe that every encounter I have with another human being, should leave both of us “more than” we were before. It does not matter whether it’s my most… Continue reading The “more than” principle
The original Irock+ Coaching Framework
I developed this model and method over a number of years to create positive transformation for specific individuals and organisations. The original model I presented at the WAIC 2015 conference can be found below. I’ve since refined this even more and have distilled the absolute best of what works and have added a few aspects… Continue reading The original Irock+ Coaching Framework
30 of the Best Affirmations
I absolutely love affirmations. It’s what kept me going when I was studying during the Matric exams (like a 100 years ago), what kept me motivated while studying at varsity and what kept me focussed on what is important when I had some health challenges towards the end of last year. I’ve put together a… Continue reading 30 of the Best Affirmations
No more ROI: The real way to sell High Priced Packages
Want to know what keeps a lot of coaches and service providers from charging what they’re really worth? It’s that all-too-common belief that “I am not a sales person.” Combine that with a healthy dose of “It’s rude to discuss money,” and you can see why it’s just easier to keep your rates low. It’s… Continue reading No more ROI: The real way to sell High Priced Packages
Easy pricing strategies to determine your rates
It might just be the most stressful decision you ever have to make: what to charge? You’ve got the competition to consider, your own skill set, what you perceive to be your skills (yes, this is different from the former for most of us), what your market will pay, your location, and a host of… Continue reading Easy pricing strategies to determine your rates
Online appointment scheduling now available
I’m so excited to anounce that you can now book your coaching sessions online. There is no need to play telephone or e-mail tag trying to find a time slot. Appointments should be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, otherwise you might not see any time slots available. This new streamlines functionality should make… Continue reading Online appointment scheduling now available
How to get 5 new clients in the next 30 days
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29 Days to go till the end of the year
It’s coming close to the end of the year and as I’m reviewing this past year, I find myself in a deeply reflective state. A lot happened this year and it feels like time was set on fast forward and I’m just catching up now. I’ve met some amazing people this year, made… Continue reading 29 Days to go till the end of the year
Don’t support the “End violence against women and girls” campaign
I posted the following message on Facebook yesterday and it seems to have struck a nerve. I will not be supporting the UNiTE to end violence against women campaign and here’s why. I believe what we focus on grows (Appreciative Inquiry principle). The toolkit provided by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campign UNiTE, contains the word… Continue reading Don’t support the “End violence against women and girls” campaign
His Suicide Changed my life
With the passing of Robin Williams in the past couple of days, a lot of attention is being given to people with depression and subsequent suicides. Suicide in particular has come up in almost every conversation I’ve been involved in the past couple of days and I’ve witnessed some really surprising attitudes about suicide. People… Continue reading His Suicide Changed my life
Who is in charge of your time?
Wow, can you believe we are in August already? I’ve been catching up on some reading and found this amazing book written by Scott Duffy ” Launch – The critical 90 days from idea to market”. I came across this book as part of the research I’m doing about developing small business owners. The book… Continue reading Who is in charge of your time?