The Business Growth Companion

14/03/2023

And she said 'Don't ever contact me again!!"

And so it went on. ''Spreading rumours, non supportive - this is the 💩 I have to put up with!"

This turns into a rant because he kept piling on the reasons that he was feeling the way he was feeling.

At this point, I screamed 'Stop!' a good diverting tactic, which stops the flow.

Is it OK if I tell you something openly & directly? (always best to get permission! He has to accept it then as he's given the go ahead!)

When are you going to start taking yourself seriously?

What do you mean he answered defensively!

We spent the next 45 minutes talking about the recurring mindset that he displayed in collecting evidence of his limiting beliefs. He had good reason - don't we all - but it was holding him back, stopping him from making progress.

I think we will be having similar conversations regularly but when we conquer it, he will fly!

I'd love to hear of what holds you back

10/03/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱!

One of my favourite parts of training was the early morning volleyball! We used to get up at 6am congregate on the hotel lawn choose teams & start playing!

It was so entertaining & funny. How people re-acted differently - some showed their real competitive edge, others tried to hide from the spotlight, others creating a real rivalry!

Obviously the referee would observe us & make note of our characteristics. I remember being ultra competitive chiding anyone who wouldn't take it seriously. The result was all important (don't judge!)

Every day there would be a different referee & he would disrupt the game. Change teams, change the rules without telling us.

When we complained he would say ' do you think that business is fair? that it plays by the rules? You have to adapt! There is nothing to say that rules don't change every day!

How true! How un-fair it still is! Even more so!

And yet we survive, we adapt and we develop(if we're open to learn of course!)

Certain things stay with you don't they? It is important to have fun in life & business but it is also dead serious..........if you want to create that life that you want. Seems to me that there is a certain urgency to that.

What do you think? Do you have a certain activity that sticks in your mind?

21/02/2023

3 levels of business
Lifestyle. Busyness. Choice

Where are you? Most are stuck in that middle group! Dm me if you want to break free!

14/02/2023

13/02/2023

When I started coaching I thought I'd have a queue 🤔 of prospects at my door ❌️

After 1 year I tried to fake it until I made it ❌️💩

After 2 years I tried to SELL SELL SELL ❌️

After COVID I realised a) I was enough as I was ✅️🍾
b) Coaching isn't sold, it's bought

My job isn't to persuade, it's to facilitate the value of coaching to shine as bright as a star ✨️ 😎 so as a business owner YOU can see what sense it makes to work together so in year 4, it started to happen......the value attracted one after the other & my mission 😀 is starting to take place!

If you want a coffee ☕️ you are welcome to find out that there IS another way & how I get real results.

It's no longer my job to persuade & sell, its your prerogative to discover......pure value & results

24/01/2023

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23/01/2023

''Who's generally speaking the more sceptical & negative between us?''

This was the incredibly stupid, ingenuous, badly thought question I posed to my sis in law during a night out!

Thinking I had a strong chance of not being that person, you can imagine my dismay, when, without hesitation she chose me!

It was obvious that the opinion I had of myself, a positive resilient individual, did NOT match that of those who knew me. Whilst this light hearted exchange did not carry too much weight, when it was repeated early in my coaching career by the Head of Performance, it concerned me a little more.

It was a clear indication that I needed to work on my mindset & my personal development. Over the last four years that's exactly what I've done - studied how the mind works, become an accredited NLP practitioner & discovered meditation & mindfulness strategies.

There are two reasons as a coach, I had to take this more seriously and many reasons for personal development!

Reason one - positive thinking - growth comes from belief first & foremost - whatever the mind conceives becomes possible ( if you block that with your 'feet on the ground, realistic thinking' nothing can be created)

Reason two - when my client is up My duty is to be up too When my client is down my duty is to be up for them

Very often the right mindset allows you to imagine ' what if it does work ?' Because the subconscious makes up 95% of our thought process & because its main function is to keep us safe & also because it comprises predominantly stored memory of negative messaging, overcoming the subconscious is a little like an ant taking on the elephant!

Regular repetition of positive messaging alters your state & eventually clears a path for those things you actually want!

I'd love to hear your stories whether you are naturally forward thinking, whether a single event has led to a change or whether you are constantly working at it.

Always happy to chat about how to develop your mindset so success becomes your default!

17/01/2023

It all starts with your destination!
As an entrepreneur having the ability to make quick decisions & having the clarity why is essential.

That is why knowing where you are heading is essential to your success.

As focus was recently described ' know your path & stick to it so resolutely that the paths criss crossing yours, will have no bearing'

Click below on the link in the comments to get your template for your long & short term plan together with the 7 steps to know your destination.

17/01/2023

Why you should spend your time creating systems

16/01/2023

Ive recently heard 2 stories revolving around resolutions, planning & realising our potential that id like to share with you.

The first talks of a man who spots an egg, its an eagles egg but the man placed it in a nearby chicken farm not knowing what better to do. The eagle became conditioned by the environment in which it developed & started to take on the characteristics of the chickens.

One day he looked up high in the sky & asked a chicken ' what is that amazing creature?!" Full of intrigue. " That is an eagle" said the chicken " but dont worry yourself about him, youre a chicken & our place is down here"

The second is the well known story about Icarus whose father advised him not to fly too high because of his wings made from wax & if he was too high the sun would melt them with disastrous consequences.

What is not so well known is that the full story also included advice about not flying too low to the sea as the weight of the wings would pull him into the sea!

Now, when we lookmat resolutions, stop being so soft! Stop setting yourself up to fail!

Make sure instead that you know who you are meant to be & set yourself up to be resolute about that! You see its a sin!
(From the Greek ' to miss the target") its a sin to die like a chicken if you're an eagle. Its a sin to fly too low by being too humble(conditioned by society as the go to default characteristic) & its a sin to stay in your comfort zone, whilst there are people out there literally begging for opportunities that you currently enjoy.

Dont be a sinner! Dont make dumb resolutions - but be the person you are meant to be!

15/01/2023

"Its the best pitch I've witnessed" declared Stephen Bartlett

Someone with ADHD & nerves & whose story included rising from being homeless to running a successful oversize clothing brand. More about him later.

I won't lie! I'm a sucker for programmes such as'Dragons Den & The Apprentice!

Do you believe in choice? Extraordinary stories really inspire me & I love hearing these stories. They are however extraordinary - you don't have to go through them to be successful!

Actually within ActionCOACH we have someone with a similar story - as I said extraordinary !

I'd love to know how the guy on DD managed it - he was really very good & did manage to get fu ding for his business!

But it makes you think doesn't it? If someone so disadvantaged can achieve it, why can't we achieve this & more?

Could it be we choose otherwise? What do you think?

14/01/2023

"Don't waste your talent son.......time goes so quickly. Don't be that person who lives with regret because that regret stays with you forever & leaves you helpless"

This was the advice given to Dele Alli from Jose Mourinho whose career seems to be going from bad to worse. It was delivered in a very wise & sympathetic manner but incredibly sincere.

For athletes that window of opportunity is very short, as a business owner it takes one decision.

Yes it's that simple just not easy

Don't ever reach the point of regret - its so much harder than failure, than not doing 'the right thing'

Be a hero! Be the person who uses the gifts they have been given

Always happy to discuss how to tease the hero out of