Have you ever asked yourself why one person is successful and another isn’t?  They may be using the same strategies and work their businesses the same way, but one will succeed and the other, fail.

Recently, one of my mentors, Lisa Sasevich, introduced me to an amazing presence in this world: Edwene Gaines.  Now, you can think of her as a very funny  (and highly entertaining) old lady from Texas who happens to be a unitarian minister who travels the world to teach spirituality and prosperity.  Or, you can think about her as a “woman of power” who is committed to make a difference on this planet, which is how she introduces herself.

If this sounds familiar, I’ve written this post for you:

You are attempting something new.  A new business, a new project or sometimes it is as simple as doing the same thing in a different way.  It seems to take a lot of energy.  Often there are setbacks.  Then it takes more energy to get going yet again, keep going.  And the voices….  Telling you what you can or can’t do and constantly making up rules about what is or isn’t possible.

Would you be interested if I told you that I can help you make big profit?

Merriam-Webster definition for profit:

• money that is made in a business, through investing, etc., after all the costs and expenses are paid : a financial gain
•  the advantage or benefit that is gained from doing something

Knowing how to get what you want from others is a skill or a mindset, depending on who you are.

So what is that thing that you’ve really been wanting to do, but it just seems to be stuck inside you?

Just coming back from an awesome few days in San Diego with my Top Coach Mastermind group led by Christian Mickelson, my brain is full and my mind is spinning. Helping my clients double, triple, 10x their business, what stands most in their way?

Here’s you:  entrepreneur, business leader, boss, manager (parent, spouse…)

You know what’s best for the company.  Are you your company’s biggest asset or it’s biggest liability?

Last week I found myself at a very interesting networking event.  One person opened the conversation by asking, “so, what’s driving you?”

What is driving me?

You are sitting in a meeting, it’s barely been 30 minutes since it started, everybody is sitting still, and at the head of the table there is a talking head. Your eyes are crossing, your vision is getting blurry, you don’t understand what people have said and all you hear is “Wah wah wah wah WAH wah Wah wah wah wha.”

In Harvard Business School article: How to Succeed With Your New Boss (2002), Michael Watkins writes:”Managing up is as important as managing down.”  From my own experience and drawing from stories of many of my clients, I say, it’s almost the same thing.

Here we are, the last day of the year and with it comes the (often) dreaded pressure of New Year’s resolutions… Goals.  Strategy.  Makes me immediately not want to think about it.

With only 9 more days until Christmas, a lot of busyness, expectations and assumptions are chasing after us.  It is easy to get lost in taking care of the flood of details and to forget the true meaning of the holidays.

• what is it for you?

The holidays are getting closer and closer and with them lots of social occasions.  Holiday parties, gift exchanges, family get-togethers; lots of showing up and talking and relating. Some of us may be genuinely looking forward to all this merriment and others…  not so much.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Some time off, being with friends and family and the wonderful tradition and intention of giving thanks.  Was it wonderful for you?

Some observations I have heard were, yes, it is always a great opportunity to think about what we are thankful for and also, did it bring up the things you are not so thankful for?  And did you feel ungrateful and guilty that you even thought that way?