Tweet 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 [...]

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Tweet 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 [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro Michael Neill’s articles always provide a new tool that’s easy to use.  This week’s Tip has you turn around the word “but” to help you increase your success. Quote of the Week “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” ~ Shirley MacLaine Reversing “Buts” By Michael Neill I believe the credit for this one goes to John McWhirter, a UK-based NLP trainer. I originally came across it as a sales technique for handling objections, but I’ve used it a lot in my own personal development work…. How many times have you heard sentences like this? “I’d like to hear more about your idea, but [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro Periodically, the most important action you can take to improve your results is to stop.  Then assess, looking both forward and backward. This week’s Tip by Dr. Alan Zimmerman provides a simple exercise you can do whether you are sitting down with your first cup of coffee for the day or taking your first sip of wine watching the sunset. Grab your journal and pen and answer the questions below. Quote of the Week “Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.” [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro This is a great Tip for sales people by the authors,  Bob Burg and John Mann. How many times have you been “turned off” by sales people who wouldn’t keep their mouths shut? Bob and John offer an alternative to talking… listening. Quote of the Week “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Sell More With Silence By Bob Burg and John David Mann The legendary architect and futurist Buckminster (“Bucky”) Fuller hit a deep crisis in his twenties. Having gone broke and lost his infant daughter to meningitis, he felt his life [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro As we are getting close to the half-way mark for 2011, I thought it was a good time to check in on your goal progress.  Michael Neill’s article this week gives us permission to put aside the “loaded” goals on your list. You know those goals that you’ve given so much significance and meaning? Just put them aside for now.  Read on to learn more. Quote of the Week ” Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.” ~ J.K. Rowling The Loaded Goal by Michael Neill Creating results in the world is fairly straightforward.  If I want to lose weight, I take in less [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro Whether you lead a business of thousands or are a solopreneur, are you the best that you can be? This week, Chris Widener delineates the characteristics of those who are the best at what they do. After reading the list, I noted a couple of areas where I needed to revise my outlook and way of being. How about you? Quote of the Week “The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.” ~Harold Taylor The “Best” Test by Chris Widener Some time ago, I spoke to a group of salespeople in Kansas City as they kicked off [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro As I mentioned last week, many of my clients are receiving and delivering performance reviews. This can be a stressful time where people might be on the defensive about what they are saying or hearing. What if you entered the review with an open manner, used Steve Straus’s question and really meant it? Quote of the Week “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” ~Og Mandino Feedback (great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) by Steve Straus “How am I doing?” Feedback is one of the great “secrets” to [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro Happy New Year! Are you ready to make 2011 your best year ever? Art Sobczak’s questions prompt you to look at your business and life and COMMIT to actions that will make a difference for you. Quote of the Week “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” ~Napoleon Hill How to Make 2011 Your Best Year Ever By Art Sobczak Today’s Tip has been a New Year’s tradition for about five years now. It’s usually one of my [...]

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Tweet Coach Andrea’s Intro My clients often ask, “How do I get from where I am to where I want to be? How do I accomplish what I want to accomplish in this life? Where do I start?” This week’s Tip by Chris Widener outlines 7 steps for achieving your dreams. First, you dream! Here in the U.S. next week is Thanksgiving. A very Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Thank you for sharing your ideas, thoughts, feedback, challenges and successes with me. I am honored to be included in your life. There will be no Coaching Tip of the Week on November 26, 2010 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Enjoy [...]

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