Category Archives: Practice Growth

The Core Purpose Drill Down Tool to Align Your Business & Marketing Strategies to Your Why
In my post on why purpose is the thread that aligns your strategies, plans, and actions, I talked about how purpose serves as the backbone of your business and is MAKE or BREAK for productivity and growth. Here, I give you a simple yet powerful tool to clarify your compelling core purpose so you can: Feel…

Change Your Story. Get More Ideal Clients.
When I talk with business owners and entrepreneurs who are struggling to get more ideal clients, one of the first things I do is look at their websites. Nine times out of ten, the ones who are under achieving over-focus on their credentials and protocols, but don’t give prospective clients a glimpse of who they…

Why Your Brain’s Ability to Imagine Big Goals May Be Limiting Your Business Growth
This morning, I saw this Albert Einstein quote: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” You may be wondering…did Einstein have to run a business, attract clients, cook his own meals, or get kids out the door in the morning? No. He didn’t. If he did, he might have…

Why Some of the Most Creative Entrepreneurs & Business Owners Suffer from Imposter Syndrome
Does this sound like you? You have a vast imagination, and may even be able to see your ideal future as if it already existed, but you just can’t seem to implement what you can imagine so you and your practice can thrive, not just survive. If your ability to implement goals and solutions lags behind…

This is the #1 Block to Filling Your Schedule
When you are not measuring up to your own expectations for success, attracting ideal new clients and retaining current ones is harder. In turn, that makes it harder to fill your schedule and pay your bills. Brian Tracy, the renowned expert on sales and selling—converting the awareness you build through your marketing efforts into clients…

It’s NOT About YOU: The Hard Truth About Communicating Your Value
“I need to communicate my value better.” This is one of the top three priorities I hear from business owners and entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses. If you want to communicate your value better so you can get more clients who value and will pay for what you can do for them, you are not alone! I struggled with this for years. The #1 biggest mistake I see business owners make is defining value…

What Every Business Owner Needs to Know–Are You A Bird Or A Frog?
Are you a bird or a frog…? Knowing which one you are can dramatically impact your success in these ways and many more: How you build your business and structure your offers, What you look for in associates and staff, How you communicate with your clients and team, How to understand and build on strengths and manage weaknesses, Who you seek as business…
Change Your Questions, Change Your Results Fast
You get more of what you ask questions about. Ask about what’s not working or needs to be fixed and you learn about what’s broken. Ask about what’s best and how to create more of it, and you get more of it. In 1985, David Cooperrider, a budding thought leader in the positive psychology and…

Don’t Fall Off The Horse! How to Keep Vacations and Other Disruptions From Killing Your Routines
Have you ever come back from vacation feeling like you need a vacation more than ever? Join the club! While the busy-ness of a workday may feel overwhelming at times, it does impose time constraints and deadlines that so many of us need or use to support our routines. And then you take a vacation, …
The Backbone of Your Practice: Why This Aligns Your Marketing Impact and Business Growth
Nothing impacts the return on your marketing dollars and maximizes productivity more than having a clear and compelling purpose that is relevant for the stage your business is at now. In my recent blog post, I talked about why purpose is make or break for marketing impact, and why every practitioner needs two clear purpose…