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Written by: Melanie Benson Strick

It's Time for a Revolution....But Not THAT KIND! - Click To Read Article
Sometimes I want to run up and down Melrose Boulevard screaming “Stop the Madness People!” Well, not really, but the thought has occurred to me that somewhere, somehow, this madness has to shift. I’ve found that picking up a paradigm-shifting book is the best way for me to re-center myself. Last week I finally started reading “The Storm Before the Calm” by Neale Donald Walsh. As I was browsing through the first few pages this quote literally jumped off the page at me.

It Takes a Village to Raise a Nation - Click To Read Article
After years and years of building my business I know it’s a heck of a lot more fun (and a lot less work) to raise a vision when you have a village of people supporting you! I’ve always had a team. To me that’s a no-brainer. But sometimes I lose sight of the other important “villagers” I need to help me stay connected to my vision.

Should I Pull the Plug or Persevere? - Click To Read Article
If you could start from scratch, what would your business look like? I’m hoping if you are feeling drained or uninspired by your current business you’ll find the courage to tackle this head on. Nothing good comes from forcing yourself to do what doesn’t light you up. Burn out and overwhelm are a sure-fire recipe for the Universal Wake Up Call (and you know those are painful, right?)

Is Giving Vital to Business Growth? - Click To Read Article
I’ve always been a softie for helping out families in needs during the holidays. But recently two good friends of mine stirred me up and had me rethink my holiday ritual. Why wasn’t I making this an all year practice?

When Being Driven Takes You to the Dark Side - Click To Read Article
In order to get more results, many of us condition ourselves to rise above our mental and physical limitations. We challenge ourselves to achieve the unimaginable in record time.

When the Pursuit of More Money Costs Too Much - Click To Read Article
I don’t know about you but I don’t see a lot of sustainable sales models - I see a lot of entrepreneurs desperate to make it big sacrificing what’s important to them to make more money! People hurt themselves, their team, their families, their clients and their industry with their approach to building an empire.

Why Problem Solving Doesn't Work in the New Era - Click To Read Article
When you focus on a problem you can actually get...more of the problem! As we enter into a new era of how to create successful businesses its time to upgrade our skill sets. Discover how you can shift out of a problem by using a new strategy.

Six Tips to Instantly Master Your Finances by Becoming a Millionaire-Thinker - Click To Read Article
What’s the fastest route from where you are today to your ideal financial status? Becoming a “millionaire-thinker”. Now you may think this means you have to be a millionaire – you don’t! The truth is many people don’t aspire to that level of financial success – and there is nothing wrong with that.

The Controversy of Coaching – Can It Be a Bad Thing? - Click To Read Article
Knowing when you need a coach, versus a mentor, can be a bank account saver. At different stages of our business development we need different kinds of support. Hiring the wrong kind of mentor can leave you frustrated, overwhelmed...and broke. Read on to discover this important distinction in a sea of "coaches."

Diversify or Focus: The Sand Pail Approach to Stable Income - Click To Read Article
Do you experience up and down cash flow? Or worse yet, worry that one of your "big fish" customers will stop and then you'll be left high and dry? You may be missing out on a strategy for predictable, consistent income. Try the "Sand Pail Approach" and get more peace of mind!

What To Do When You Outgrow Your Business - Click To Read Article
If you have ever hit a wall in your success, felt stuck or gotten confused about how to grow beyond your current level, you may have outgrown your current business model. Here are some tips on how to recognize this phase and what to do if you are ready to grow beyond your current business model.

When No Leads to The Bigger Yes - Click To Read Article
How do you know what to say yes to...and what you should be saying no to? As a business owner, your time is one of your greatest assets. Here are some tips to help you know the difference.

How to Leverage Your Unique Brilliance with “Brand Multiplication” - Click To Read Article
Tired of working so hard to get your products sold? Do you have a proven concept, program or product that could be successful in new markets? Then you may be a candidate for a brand multiplication program (otherwise known as licensing, certifying or reselling your unique brilliance.) Wi

The Tell-Tale Signs You Have Recreated a JOB. (vs. a Business that can Thrive With or Without You) - Click To Read Article
If you are an entrepreneur or service professional working harder than you ever imagined, you've probably created a job for yourself. But you may not even notice the signs that your business has you trapped! It doesn't have to be overwhelming to grow your business so discover the 3 tell-tale signs you've created a job and how to shift into more time and money freedom.

Five Insights On Increasing Profits through Value and Service - Click To Read Article
Are you focused on lead generation or improving customer experience? It's 5 times more expensive to generate a new sale. The most profitable way to grow is to increase repeat sales and referral business and yet, over 65% of entrepreneurs spend a majority of the budget on new business. When you increase your value and service experience, you'll be able to generate more profitable growth from your most valuable asset - your current clients.

9 Simple Virtual Team Outsourcing Tips to Make More Money - Click To Read Article
Is the cost of hiring a team holding you back? Discover the 9 Simple Virtual Team Outsourcing Tips to Make More Money in Record Time. I'll share them with you here and I hope you will pass it on to others who really need to discover how profitable it can be to outsource and delegate.

7 Keys to Identifying an Ideal Partnership - Click To Read Article
In the world of small business, it seems there is often a common quest: to find the ideal business partner. Usually this stems from a need to “get rid of” the roles or tasks that we struggle with. Like marketing, finance or sales.

5 Questions to Catapult out of “Stuckville” and Into Massive, Focused Action - Click To Read Article
If you were already a millionaire, what would you be doing differently? Got you thinking didn’t I. That’s the power of a question. So really, what would you be doing differently if every day you got up and went about your business as if you were already a millionaire?

A Simple Formula to Guarantee an Instant “Virtual Team” Return on Investment - Click To Read Article
Would you like to hire a team but aren’t sure if you can afford to? Use this simple formula to discover how you can afford to hire right now.

Monkey Management: 3 Simple Solutions to Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Sanity - Click To Read Article
Do you ever feel like you are carrying the weight of a thousand people on your back? Somehow no matter how good you think you are at delegating it still feels like you have a thousand things to do. It’s a feeling many entrepreneurs, managers and business owners have. William Oncken, author of Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey, calls it “the monkey on your back.”

How to Boost Your Bottom Line by Strengthening Your Power Factor - Click To Read Article
Your Power Factor is a combination of your energy, your bandwidth and your support systems. As entrepreneur's, our greatest asset is our creativity and ambition. But if our Power Factor is being compromised, then your bottom line can take the hit.

How to Breakthrough Your Glass Ceiling - Click To Read Article
You are working your buns off every day, with the pedal-to-the-metal and yet, the realization has sunk in, you can't squeeze any more in. You think to yourself," There has to be a better way." There is. It's called delegation. And it's your new secret weapon.

Octopus Balance: Insights on the Myths and Realities of Life Balance - Click To Read Article
Are you trying to obtain life balance amidst your chaos? Is it possible to create serenity when being pulled in multiple directions? Of course not! You have a choice to make to develop the life balance you so desperately need.

What does Bodie Miller Have to Do with Your Success? - Click To Read Article
Bodie Miller is at the top of his game. The guy is an AWESOME skier, his face has been plastered on major magazine covers, a Nike commercial features him skiing, and he is on the USA Olympic team. To those of us on the outside, Bodie Miller is at the top of his game – right?

What Billionaires Know About Getting Things Done Fast - Click To Read Article
Are you on the fast track? Developing an ability to function at record speed is a masterful key to the success of many billionaires. If your great ideas aren’t gaining ground you may need to consider the pace in which you are progressing.

Four Business Partnering Ideas for Colossal Expansion - Click To Read Article
A partnership is a way to balance your strengths with someone else's in order to get more done - without losing your mind! Entrepreneurs as a whole tend to thrive in their creativity but don't enjoy managing their business. That's where a partner can come in handy. A partnership is often the leverage strategy a CEO chooses when its time to expand. There are some real tricks to having a partnership that works. I've seen many situations blow up because the keys to having a profitable partnership aren't in place.

Billionaire Leverage Techniques 5 Tips to Accomplish Your Big Dream - Click To Read Article
If you study billionaires (which I do) you will learn a special leverage technique they all use to manifest their dreams into reality. I’ve seen this technique used by Oprah, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson. The technique: build a team to bring the vision to life.

5 Essential Habits to Protect Your Most Essential Commodity - Click To Read Article
A couple of years ago I was at a leadership conference where one of the keynotes, Suzanne de Passe of Motown Productions, talked about protecting the entrepreneurs’ greatest commodity – our energy. Suzanne’s key comment was “how you spend your energy is how you measure your success.”

Picking a Success Mentor to Accelerate your Results - Click To Read Article
Knowing HOW to pick a mentor or coach can be the most important decision you make this year. Having someone who can eliminate the guesswork, brainstorm new solutions assist you in prioritizing what to do in what order is essential to accelerating results. But you do want to make sure the person you hire is a good match for you.

3 Proven Ways to Completely Mess Up Your Outsourcing - Click To Read Article
Have you ever tried to do all of the right things to delegate and outsource, only to find that you still spend WAY too much time managing your team?

Quash Your “Employee” Mindset To Propel Business Growth - Click To Read Article
Is your employee mind restricting your business’ growth? Learn how to overthrow your employee mentality, step into your CEO shoes and enjoy a surge in your development! Many small (and large) business owners find themselves in a difficult position when transitioning from seeing themselves as the craftsman or solopreneur to a owner of a business capable of generating more than six figures, and that is that you just can't seem to crush that "employee" mindset when approaching your business.

10 Signs You are the Bottleneck to Your Growth - Click To Read Article
Are you the bottleneck to your growth? From control issues to lack of decision making systems, entrepreneurs unwittingly get in their own way and it stifles their revenue growth, their sanity and their ability to get massive results.

Six Steps To Create An Instant Shift In Your Results - Click To Read Article
What would you do if you knew that you could change your results in an instant? Would you create more money? More fun? More freedom? The ideal relationship?

How to Transform Over-Commitment, Way-Too-Busy and Mounting Debt with a Simple Strategy to Skyrocket Your Success - Click To Read Article
What’s the number one difference between the hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs barely making it and the top 10% who are wealthy, successful and living a life that they love?

Why You Need To Manage Your Compulsive-Inventor - Click To Read Article
As entrepreneurs, we all have that compelling need to create. It’s part of our genetic code; it’s what makes us willing to do what it takes to be entrepreneurs. Sometimes that compelling need to invent new things gets in the way of what makes us successful.

Your Focus can Make or Break a Million Dollar Opportunity: A “Real Life” Story - Click To Read Article
Sometimes you don’t have to focus so much on solving problems. Use your creative energy to create opportunities that are bigger than any of your problems.

6 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Trying to Grow Their Bottom Line - Click To Read Article
Have you ever felt like you were running a rat race? Everything seems like it takes forever, costs 10 times as much as you expected and you still feel like you are a million miles away from achieving your financial goals?

Why Entrepreneurs Must Slow Down to Speed Up - Click To Read Article
I know you are probably thinking that slowing down to speed up is an oxy-moron. But it’s true. You have to slow down to speed up your results.

How Your Greatest Gifts Can Turn Into The Saboteur That Ruins Your Success - Click To Read Article
Have you ever noticed that the very skills or attributes that you feel most proud of can become your biggest nightmare? Maybe you can relate to this story.

Do You Have A Hobby or a Real Business: 6 Key Indicators To Know the Difference - Click To Read Article
As every business owner knows, almost every business is born from a passion for “some thing” that we think we can do better on our own. The need for freedom, independence and unlimited earning potential gets the better of us and the next thing you know, you are in business for yourself.

The Insider Secrets to Not Losing Your Shirt on your Client’s Next Project - Click To Read Article
My client Anna called me last week, completely frustrated, about an unfolding nightmare with her new client. Anna had recently accepted a new client who had an exciting project. They discussed what specific needs the client had, and Anna determined that it would fit in her schedule. She received a down payment for the work, and scheduled the time in her calendar.

A Simple Formula for Consistent, Predictable Results - Click To Read Article
How would you like to be able to predict your future outcomes? How about achieve any kind of goal? You may not realize this but you have already perfected a simple formula for consistent, predictable results.

6 Steps to an "Altitude Adjustment" - Click To Read Article
Do you find yourself experiencing less than stellar results in your life? Is it possible that you may need an altitude adjustment (you'd like to be more successful than you are today)? Learn the 6 steps to shifting your attitude for an Altitude Adjustment.

The Single Greatest Revelation For Your Success - Click To Read Article
There is always enough money and time for what's important to you. It's true. Think of it this way. If you want something badly enough you will figure out how to make it work. It’s amazing what we rationalize from limiting beliefs, old habits or just a plain lack of self-awareness.

3 Tips to Equalize Cash Flow to Client Flow - Click To Read Article
Too many entrepreneurs start their ventures with little or no capital. They set deadlines that are impossible to meet because that is when they are running out of money. They forget to test their target audience with their offer to see if they really want it. Then they are surprised when the market resists. Frustrated, baffled and burned out, you wonder if you should just go get a job again.

Six SanitySaving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough - Click To Read Article
I've learned over the years that a breakdown means that something very valuable is happening – I have new insight into how I can improve my process, my attitude, or my belief so that problem never happens again. The bottom line is that life happens and breakdowns will occur. We have all heard the saying, "breakdown, breakthrough." So take those challenging situations and look for the opportunity to strengthen your personal mindset and your business systems.

How Control-Freak-Itis Can Derail Your Success - Click To Read Article
Imagine what it would be like if you could run a profitable six, seven or eight figure business and enjoy as much freedom as you desire? For many, the moment you decide to grow your business you simultaneously think of all the hard work ahead. You begin to question the dream and wonder if it’s really worth it. What if you could tap into a simple way to achieve your dream – without having to work more?

6 Keys to Solving Any Challenge with Out-of-the-Box Thinking - Click To Read Article
It is at the very moment that you feel hopeless, stuck and frustrated that out-of-the-box thinking can trigger a whole new dimension of reality. You see, the problem is that most of us try to solve problems with the same level of thinking it was created in. We can only access ideas, thoughts and possibilities that we currently live in because, well, quite frankly, that's our current reality!





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