Why Confidence Is A Critical Success Factor Experience, education, and skills are important success factors if you want to succeed as a coach or consultant. Of course you need to be great at what you do. After all, you're asking people to invest money in

Avoiding Loneliness When You Work Alone Most people who dream of starting their own coaching or consulting business, fantasize about having the freedom to do the work they want, when they want. They relish the idea of no longer having to report to a boss,

Why Taking Time Out From Your Business Is So Important When you run your own coaching or consulting business, it's easy to always be thinking about business. And, when you work out of your home, it's easy to always be working. After all, your office is ri

Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset Being successful in your own coaching or consulting business requires thinking differently. You can't think and act like an employee and expect to succeed. You must cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. In this episo

Why Facing Your Fears is Essential for Success When you start your own coaching or consulting business there's one thing that's inevitable: you're going to have to do things you've never done before. And, probably a few things that scare you, or at least

Overcoming Business Challenges as a Coach or Consultant It would be awesome if everything in business went exactly according to plan. But that's rarely the case. Start your own business and you'll definitely be thrown a few curve balls. In this episode I

What It Takes To Succeed as a Coach or Consultant In this episode I talk about the fact that too often coaches and consultants put the success of their business in someone else's hands. A business coach. Mentor. Consultant. Or even a "success system" or "

Spend Wisely in Your Coaching or Consulting Business It's easy to become overwhelmed with all there is to do when setting up a new coaching or consulting business. And, as a result, to overspend and put yourself in a financial hole from the get-go… NOT

The Importance of Focusing on Revenue-Generating Activities What you spend your time on dictates how profitable and successful your business will be. Yet far too many coaches and consultants get caught in the trap of doing busy-work, instead of the real w

Start Your Coaching or Consulting Business on Solid Financial Footing Far too many coaches and consultants back themselves up against a financial wall when they're just starting out. And that can mean making decisions that are not in the best interest of