“I said no to something! I was invited to dinner with some friends, but I said no because it was our last night on holiday and I wanted to try a new restaurant instead.” This report came from a proud client who, historically, was terrified of offending people, so she would bend over backwards to…
I remember sitting at my desk at BlackBerry when my co-worker Andrew excitedly returned to work with a big smile on his face. He had been on a Six Sigma training course, and it was totally blowing his mind. I was 22, and a complete sponge for everything in the corporate world, so I eagerly…
and an innovative courage-based planning tool to use when your self-doubt comes between you and your goals How many times have you set goals in your business? And how many of those times did you immediately put them out of sight and forget about them? Or worse, how many times did you set a goal,…
That “clarity” you’ve been looking for? This is it. Money. It’s one of the core outcomes of running a business, yet often the least understood by the entrepreneur. It’s a key factor in decision-making for a business, yet the entrepreneur rarely has clarity on where their finances stand. Sometimes I wonder if I’m obsessed with…
It is completely possible to have a successful business and never hire a coach. Surprised to hear me say that? Think about it for even a minute, and you know of course it must be true. Technically, you could consider coaching a luxury. And yet, I’m a coach. I was speaking to a client who…
It was July of 2011, and I was sitting in a lecture hall at the University of South Australia. Not because I was taking classes, but because I was working a temp job setting up AV equipment for professors. I had just moved to Australia a few months earlier, and the world was my oyster.…
You know that feeling you have in your body when you’re completely resisting something? Mine shows up as a heaviness and a tightness; it’s like my limbs are being weighed down and it takes immense effort to get them to move. I tell myself to do it, but my body won’t listen. I get that…
“I can’t keep putting in all these hours — it’s not sustainable for me.” “I don’t have time to hire someone; it will take time out of my business and I’m already maxed out.” “How can I possibly make more money if I’m already working way too much?” Ultimately, “I’m so busy with clients I…
As an INTJ, one of my superpowers is “order out of chaos”. This kind of structure comes very naturally to me, but I’ve learned that many of my clients appreciate when I can help them add order and processes to their businesses as well. One of the ways I do this is by making myself…
We were walking down the moonlit streets of Adelaide after an amazing night of hosting the great podcaster Jimmy Moore for a talk, and Brett turned to me and said, “We should start our own podcast.” It was January of 2013 and I had just started my health coaching business not long before. I adored podcasts (it’s…