Coach Andrea’s Intro A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk to a group of highly enthusiastic and energized business owners in Concord, MA.  The time for creating goals for 2012 was upon us. About half of the group raised their hand when asked if they’d already created their goals for 2012.  Congratulations was in order!  Next, I asked if they believed they would accomplish these goals.  Not all of those hands remained raised.  This week’s Tip includes the 6 steps I used to help the business owners in Concord, as well as my clients, answer YES I Can! Quote of the Week “We would accomplish many more things [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro When you delegate a job to one of your staff, why don’t you get back what you asked for?  One way to get closer at hitting 100% on your requests is to be clear in your communication.  Natalie Manor’s Tip this week is a great reminder about creating that clarity. Quote of the Week “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” ~ Joseph Priestley Are You Creating Clarity? By Natalie Manor This is crucial to building a confident communication habit.  Make sure that you are clear each and every time you speak and/or write and that the other(s) in communication with you understands [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro This week’s Tip by Nancy Solomon is a reminder to continue to step into your greatness.  You are here in this life to be you! Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine! Quote of the Week “Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it – but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes You Were Born to Be Brilliant By Nancy D. Solomon Embedded deep within our souls, in the very fiber of our DNA, is our blueprint for greatness.  Each [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro Happy New Year! There are so many articles on the internet about goal setting.  Whether you own your own business or work for someone else, the key for setting goals is choosing what will be most important to you.  What makes the biggest impact for you in your life?  Steve Straus’s article reminds you to be conscious in this process. Elevating Life By Steve Straus “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” ~  Henry David Thoreau The key to this quote is not “endeavor” it’s “conscious.” You can work hard, endeavor, on the wrong [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro During the hustle of December, I can lose sight of my priorities as my to do list grows and grows. Taking a few extra minutes to reset priorities makes a huge difference.  This week’s Tip shares 5 ideas on how to keep your priorities front of mind and get them done. It’s that time of year when you take note of how you did on your goals and determine what’s most important for the upcoming year.  See the Ideas and Information section for a process to capture your accomplishments and set your goals. One of my priorities is to enjoy my family during this holiday season, so [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro Want to build your self-confidence?  This week’s Tip by Graham Jones, provides a quick and easy technique to remind you of what you are doing well. Quote of the Week “Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.” ~ Dr. Thomas Arnold Bennett Ensuring Quick Wins By Graham Jones, Ph.D You will probably have long-term goals related to your ambitions, but have you broken them down into medium- and short-term goals?  I encourage leaders who lack confidence to identify short-term goals because if and when they [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro Your mind is very powerful. You know how when buy a new car you start seeing that same car and color everywhere?  Were those cars all hiding in their garage a week ago or has your perception changed?  You have expanded your awareness, changed the way you look at things, and the things you look at have changed. This week Simon Tyler applies this concept to the areas of your life where you don’t like what you see. Quote of the Week “Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there adequate perception of the world.” ~ Hans Margolius If [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro The good news is you can learn to be a top achiever! In this week’s Tip, Chris Widener shares 6 traits you can build and develop to become successful. He also notes you don’t have to be born with these attributes. How many do you already possess? Quote of the Week “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.” ~ Woodrow Wilson The DNA of Top Achievers! By [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro Whether you own your own company, manage others or are an individual contributor, you have a “boss.” Your boss may be your board of directors, your clients, and/or your manager.  No matter which category applies to you, this week’s Tip provides a great checklist for making your boss love you! Quote of the Week “Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.” ~ Eugene S. Wilson Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Boss Thinks You’re Doing a Great Job By Penelope Trunk Know your boss’s priorities. If your boss [...]

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Coach Andrea’s Intro Like Natalie Manor, this week’s Tip author, I, too, have had people come to me who don’t know how to be “successful.” They are working with someone else’s definition of success and when you do this it isn’t inspiring. Our work is to help people create their own definition of success – one that has you jump out of bed in the morning, enthusiastic about going for it! Read further to see that success can be anything you want it to be. Quote of the Week “The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our [...]

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