Karen met Debbie when their kids had started kindergarten together and had developed a life-long friendship.

They both had a passion for crafts. When their last child was in school, they decided to start a home craft party business together. At first they offered craft classes and would sell supplies to students in the class. Their first year wasn't a big money maker. They joked that they were able to help buy Christmas presents, but didn't provide more income than if they had...

The alarm clock didn't go off; the sun was still 3-hours from brightening the day; and Stanley couldn't sleep.  It was 3:00 am and Stanley's knew he wouldn't get back to sleep.  Why not just start his day early like he had so many times before?  His head was filled with thoughts of what he could do to get his business back on track.  He might as well do some work since he couldn't sleep.

Stanley owned an engineering consulting firm.  His firm worked with...

Samantha was trying to get herself up for another networking meeting.  

She was part of a networking group called Business Achievers that met every month. Each month, all 35 of them would gather together for a dinner where they'd explain what they did and hope they could get referrals from the group. Samantha dreaded these meetings, but was convinced that she could get business from them, if she said the right words in her elevator speech.

Samantha had owned a boutique shop in her...

Sara was worried. It was 9:00 pm and dinner was beyond cold.  

Lanny almost never stayed out this late. Was he stuck somewhere? Did his equipment break down again? It would've been nice to get a call at some point. Sara knew that a call would've just resulted in another fight about why Lanny wasn't home yet. And, even Sara didn't want that.

Lanny started mowing lawns for spending money in High School. He seemed to make enough to make a living out of it. Lanny opted not to go to college...

Paula was frantic.  How did she get here?  She'd worked so hard to build what she thought was a successful business only to watch it crash.  What went wrong?  She had more orders than she knew what to do with, and yet she was ready to close her doors and let everyone go home.   She thought maybe one more call to the bank.  Maybe her banker, Jonathan, could bail her out by giving her a short-term loan once more.

She called Jonathan and he wasn't that helpful.

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As a Core Energy Coach, I help my clients use a mindset that works FOR them instead of AGAINST them.  Most of my clients are business owners.  It's sad that business owners tend to talk themselves into the most self-damaging ways.  To be clear, when I first heard of Core Energy Coaching, I thought, "How can changing your thoughts change the facts of your situation?"  The point is NOT changing the facts; but clearly identifying the difference between FACTS and...

Statistically, large companies produce $250,000 per year in revenue per employee; while the average small business generates $100,000 per year in revenue per employee.  This is a 70% advantage... WHY?

Corporate Mind Set

A large company needs to continually provide a return on investment or their stock will plummet; and a lot of anxious investors will lose equity.  This reality means that the management team needs to be on top of its game.  The CEO and managers of a large...

Do you have what it takes to run a business?  YES.

As a writer, I guess I should not tell you the answer to the question I have posed right off the bat.  However, there is a second question that is probably more important, "What does it take to succeed in business?"  You see, many people think that in order to succeed in business, you need to have a lot of smarts, or money, or luck or something special... and if you weren't born with it, you're destine to some other role in...

As a Coach, I tend to help people break through BLOCKS in how they think.  And there's no bigger block than when it comes to difficult decisions or CHOICE.  

My clients tend to suffer from one of three afflictions:

1. Their mind is blank... they have nothing to choose from because nothing comes to mind at all;
2. They feel they have too many choices and they are afraid they will make the wrong choice; or
3. they are limited to one choice... and they don't like this choice.  

I thought...

Coach Russ met Ian at a local coffee shop.

He was concerned after hearing how frazzled Ian was over the phone. Ian was an acquaintance of Russ's for the last 10-years and have never really wanted to seek Russ's advice or coaching. As far as Russ knew, Ian was some sort of engineer and ran a successful engineering firm.

Whenever Russ asked Ian how things were going, Ian would always give the response, "Fine, fine. We're busy. Always good to be busy." But this time, Ian sounded like he was in a...