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What are you doing this summer?
This is advance notice.
The advance warning is about something you should DEFINITELY do, if you possibly can.
In this economy intelligent people are crying out for proven ideas on how to build their business and make a lot of profits.
So many people are asking for my help that I am opening up 3 hour blocks of time inviting the right people to my home in the Philadelphia PA area to help them in their business.
If you, too, like the idea learning my business and marketing on and off line ideas, you’ll be interested in this invitation.
You are invited to come to my home and work with me while we have some sandwiches and beverages for a full 3 hours, hands on, where I help you with your business success. I won’t offer you additional services, won’t follow up with you, won’t coach you and will teach you hands on how to make your business more profitable.
I have several days coming up quickly to help you directly.
Yes: it is short notice – but I hope you are in a hurry to succeed. I am certainly in a hurry to help you do so!
Let’s face it, in times like these it doesn’t pay to sit around thinking about doing something. The sooner you act, the sooner you’ll see results, and I’m here to help you do so.
So, please RSVP straight away.
Respond to t@coachinstitute.com if you want to reserve a date.
The investment for 3 hours of my time to build your business is only $3,000 – but I only have a couple of dates open.
So, let’s see if we can find a date and if so, and only if so, will I request your credit card.
No payment plans.
This is only for serious folks who know my phone time for 3 hours is more than what I am asking for live lunches with me!
I really hope to see you at my home shortly,
T
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As a public service to my readers and followers in the business community Levine Business Coaching offers a “Marketing Advice Clinic” that qualified business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketing directors may take advantage of on a limited basis. The following are responses to questions we’ve received lately concerning this free business service. Read the rest of this entry »
Success is an Attitude
Notice how some people give up when push comes to shove… when the going gets tough… when life dares to push them around a little? They sit down and stop. Or they run the other way. They grizzle, complain and blame. Notice also how those people are always avoiding and never going anywhere or achieving anything?
Then there are those who tackle life’s challenges head on, who don’t run and hide, who refuse to sit down and quit… one way or another they are determined to taste success.
It’s not about opportunity – they can both have the same opportunities and challenges – that’s not what creates success… it’s attitude.
The right attitude is behind all successful people. When the going gets tough, the right attitude is what keeps them up on their feet, looking for new open doors, new opportunities, new paths around their obstacles, new ways to reach success.
Successful people look at a grey cloud and know there is a silver lining and are determined to find it and don’t stop until they do. Unsuccessful people see the grey cloud and figure it’s probably going to rain so may as well stay home and do nothing.
So if you aren’t tasting success yet, how’s your attitude?
Top 10 Ways to Relieve Stress
Feeling blocked or unproductive at work is natural and can be caused by overwork, lack of momentum, the weather, increased responsibilities, or many other things. It is helpful to understand what caused the block but even more helpful to do one of the following to relieve the stress fast!
1. Move your body.
Take a ten-minute walk in or outside the building. Get your body moving to create greater energy flow.
2. Talk to a colleague.
Seek out a colleague in your department or another one and let them know you are stuck or feeling stress. Spend five-minutes or so just talking about how you feel. Sometimes just verbalizing the feelings out loud makes us feel better.
3. Take a five-minute catnap.
That’s right … put your head down and give your mind a break to work through the block. It worked in school and it can be useful at work.
4. Turn up the music.
If you have a radio then pick a station to listen to, really concentrate on for five-minutes. Take your mind off the situation and let the music in.
5. Eat or drink.
Take a snack break. Enjoy a favorite food or beverage and just relax for a few minutes.
6. De-clutter your workspace.
Organize your work area. Put things in piles, do some filing, clear off your desktop. Take your mind off of everything and design a better work area. A cluttered, messy work area can create feelings of stress.
7. Give yourself a reward.
Have a special meal, call someone you haven’t spoken to in while, schedule a massage or new haircut or pick up vacation brochures. Lift your spirits and give yourself something to look forward to.
8. Switch tasks.
Stop working on the current project. Switch to something you are more in the mood to do. Get yourself into a project or task that has more appeal at the moment and then come back to what you were doing at a later time.
9. Create momentum.
Get into a routine. Having a clear routine develops momentum and that will keep you from feeling the stress and getting blocked.
10. Plan a quick get away.
Plan an escape for the weekend. Take a trip on a train, plane, bus or take a car ride. You may even want to bring a bit of work – the change in environment may give way to that block.
What Changes to Management Can Improve the Bottom Line?
When change is introduced into the workplace, there is often a degree of resistance, anxiety and sometimes even ridicule of the new methodologies. People equate change with difficulty and something to be feared. This is where open communication is so important and it starts right at the very top.
If you don’t have the full support and understanding of key management positions, any organizational changes being made are going to be thwart with difficulties. It is up to CEOs and Presidents to champion the cause and ensure their managerial teams are also in full support, so that it can filter down through the ranks more smoothly.
It is not enough to merely hand a list of problems and preferred outcomes or objectives to a managerial team and expect them to go ahead and get to work on it. They, too, need guidelines and guidance, reassurance, and training. Many Managers get to where they are through natural progression up the corporate ladder, climbing their way on their years of experience. But this doesn’t mean they know how to manage. The Manager of the Sales Department may be an excellent Sales Person himself and know how to train his staff in successful sales techniques and strategies, but as a manager of people and an organizational change expert, he may well be out of his depth. The same can be said for many managers in many different departments.
All the brilliant change plans in the world will fail if those who are responsible for the action have no idea what they are doing and possibly, don’t believe in what they are doing. So the first step is ensuring the managerial teams understand what changes are being made and why, and what outcomes are being sought and why. They then need training in the best methodologies for introducing the new systems to their own departments. This requires a whole set of skills many managers lack, simply because it has not been something they have been taught before. This includes people skills, communication skills, and negotiating skills. Read the rest of this entry »
Be Upstanding to be Outstanding
It would be reassuring if we could always assume every person we dealt with in business was an upstanding citizen who could be trusted to be open, fair and honest. How successful might we all become if we strived to be the best we could be in our own businesses and everyone else was striving likewise in their own endeavors. There would be no more scams, rip-offs, cheating or deceit.
You may have heard of the expression “be the change you want to see occur in the world”. Yes, it can be a challenge in a world where a percentage of people do not understand the concepts of being considerate, honest or helpful, being in it only for themselves. One of the problems is that some people simply do not see themselves as others see them. They are not aware of their own shortcomings because in their minds, they don’t have any shortcomings.
How do you know if you fall into this category? No offence, but none of us can progress if we are not aware of our shortcomings, because without this knowledge, there is nothing to work with. So let’s quiz Joe Bloggs and if you find yourself identifying with the responses, you may have a little work to do on your self-development… : Read the rest of this entry »
The Challenge for Today’s Manager
What do today’s managers have in common with yesterday’s? Despite progress and changes in the landscape of today’s modern business, the one constant, the one thing that has not changed, is that Managers are still playing the role of the middle-man… that go-between for upper management and the people they manage. The line they must walk is fraught with challenges and stresses, with each day presenting them with a new conflict of interests they must somehow deal with.
Managers are a species apart, expected to please all the people, all the time – which we know is impossible, right?
They must protect the interests of those they work for and those they manage. They must represent the view of those they work for and those they manage. When something goes wrong, guess who is in the firing line?
This is all in a day’s work for today’s Manager, who gets little thanks and acknowledgement, but plenty of criticism and blame.
But it doesn’t end there, in-house… Read the rest of this entry »
20 Ways to Find, Sustain and Share Happiness
Sometimes we get so caught up in the stress and pressures of juggling career and family commitments, building our business, networking, studying, budgeting, and so on, that we forget what is important. We forget that our basic birthright is to be happy, and that is such a simple concept that often it slips under our radar.
So let’s remember the basics and incorporate some happiness into our daily lives. And if Happiness was a soup, here are the ingredients… Read the rest of this entry »
How Changes in Management Can Improve Bottom Line Results
By this stage I am probably preaching to the converted, but on the realisation that every year a new, inexperienced generation enters the workforce who face similar challenges to those with managerial aspirations who went before them, this information is still valid.
When change is introduced into the workplace there is often a degree of resistance, anxiety and sometimes even ridicule of the new methodologies. People equate change with difficulty and something to be feared. This is where open communication is so important and it starts right at the very top.
If you don’t have the full support and understanding from those in key management positions, any organizational changes being made are going to be thwart with difficulties. It is up to CEO’s and Presidents to champion the cause and ensure their managerial teams are also in full support, so that it can filter down through the ranks more smoothly.
Here are 5 areas where guidance and training can help: Read the rest of this entry »
TIPS TO LESSEN ANXIETY
First, let’s not confuse the anxiety to which I refer with clinical anxiety disorders, which are a more serious matter requiring professional medical help.
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, anxiety is
1 a : painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill b : fearful concern or interest c : a cause of anxiety
2 : an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one’s capacity to cope with it
Approximately 13.3% of the adult population in the U.S. is affected by an Anxiety Disorder. We agree, Coaches are not therapists or psychiatrists, and it is not our role to treat these disorders.
The anxiety I am talking about is that suffered by everyday workers, going about their business in a state of stress and discomfort. This work related anxiety is persistent and causes you to worry excessively about events or activities or circumstances at work which may, or may not, even happen… but the fear is very real.
Stress feeds anxiety. For example, in a day when job security is no longer guaranteed, quite often it doesn’t take much to turn a “worry” into an anxiety, bringing with it a string of very real physical (and mental) health symptoms.
Before I suggest some tips to help prevent anxiety, it might be helpful to know some kinds of situations that are known for producing anxious moments: Read the rest of this entry »
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