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How to Actually Survive the Holidays

I know this time of year, everyone encourages you to be thankful for the good in your life.  Holidays, by their very definition, should be a time of reflection and gratitude. So how is it that this time of year sometimes becomes the craziest of all?  Relatives to visit, parties to attend, extra meals to […]

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Why 80% Will Never Succeed…

Most people have heard of the Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 Rule. The premise is that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. It can and does apply to most things in life: If you’re in business, 20% of your clients bring you 80% of your revenue. If you look […]

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How Well Do You Handle Criticism?

Every week when I publish my Ezine, I usually get very positive feedback.  Everything from “you go girl” to “that was exactly what I needed to hear.” However, once in awhile someone will react badly to something I’ve written and take the opportunity to let me know about it and usually not in such positive […]

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A Note From Nancy

Over the past few months, Chris and I have been attending local events for women business owners. We have heard at several of them, when reviewing the “mission” of the group, that they are not a “selling-organization.” They are for support, sharing of ideas and best practices, etc. After observing what happens at these groups, […]

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Why so many women business owners are broke

In the last two articles, we have been discussing three theories as to why women are naturally good at the interaction (connection) and often really bad at the transaction (asking for the money). Low self-esteem Taught to cooperate, not compete Our view of sales Here is the third reason! No matter what business you are […]

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Q&A With Nancy – The Law of Attraction

Q: On a recent call with Chris, he talked about the problem of running away from pain and suggested that one of the ways to get motivated was expressing what circumstances you DON’T want in your life. Isn’t the Law of Attraction to attract what you desire through emotion and visualization of what you DO […]

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Why women are really good at the interaction but really bad at the transaction

In the last article, I wrote about how as women, we are naturally good at the interaction (connection) and often really bad at the transaction (asking for the money). I suggested three theories as to why this is: Low self-esteem Taught to cooperate, not compete Our view of sales On to the second reason. Most […]

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Q&A With Nancy – How to get past the pain from the past

Q: How do I get past the pain of the past? When I was a sales director a few years ago, I found myself always at the beck and call of my unit. I felt drained of all my energy and could not concentrate on my personal business. I eventually quit. Now I am heading […]

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Women are really good at this but really bad at that

After coaching women business owners over the past three years, I’ve come to realize that as women, we are naturally good at the interaction and really bad at the transaction. Connecting over a cup of coffee? NO problem! Quoting our services proudly and confidently? Suddenly we get all squirmy. The other day Chris and I […]

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Q&A With Nancy – Are you BEING and DOING everything?

Q: You mentioned on a recent call how to take note of how often we say “Oh, I can’t afford that” or “wouldn’t that be nice,” etc. to get an idea of our own financial blueprint. Aside from “buying that expensive cheese”…what other strategies did you use to change our blueprint? Does this come back […]

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