Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Seven-Strategic-Actions-to-Deal-With-Stress-At-Work-From-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Seven-Strategic-Actions-to-Deal-With-Stress-At-Work-From-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html Look around you and you will see stress. People are being challenged in this new economy. Stress is a fact of daily life and it is especially true at work. And the stress is heightened because many small business owners must face these challenges essentially alone or with some minimal support system for assistance. While some people will strive on stress and will use stress to improve their performance, there are many others who fold or breakdown under the strain of stress. Here are seven strategic actions from “Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach” to deal with the stress at work. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Ten-Tips-For-Managing-Stress-of-New-Beginnings-New-Opportunities-New-Intentions-and-New-Goals-For-The-New-Year.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Ten-Tips-For-Managing-Stress-of-New-Beginnings-New-Opportunities-New-Intentions-and-New-Goals-For-The-New-Year.html The new year resets the calendar and it is a good time to view the start of a new year as a time of new beginnings, new opportunities, new intentions, and new goals and to develop a strategic action plan to use each of those new things. Too many times, we focus on the stress and the fear of new beginnings or change. One of my biggest recommendations to you for stress relief is to choose an attitude and mindset that looks at all challenges, issues and problems as OPPORTUNITIES wearing various disguises. Another major method of addressing stress is to take a look at just how busy we are on a daily basis. So, if we agree that stress is something that is almost impossible to avoid, here are ten (10) tips from your strategic thinking business coach on how to manage the stress of change. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/End-of-Year-Thoughts-From-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach--Looking-to-Success-in-2009-and-Beyond.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/End-of-Year-Thoughts-From-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach--Looking-to-Success-in-2009-and-Beyond.html As we enter the month of December each year, we often wonder where the year has gone, how quickly it has passed and what we did or did not accomplish. He end of each year finds us thinking about holidays, gifts, parties and friends, as well as the closing out of another business year. The end of the year is a time to look back on the previous year and look forward to the next. And while reflecting on the past year, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach would like to suggest that you take time to remember and to give thanks for the great things that happened in your business. And to build on all of the positive things that you accomplished this past year and carry that positive momentum into next year. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/The-PR-Doctors-Prescription-For-A-Great-TV-Guest-Appearance.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/The-PR-Doctors-Prescription-For-A-Great-TV-Guest-Appearance.html One of the media opportunities that you will seek is to appear on TV as a guest of a show or to be interviewed. This article will focus on the times you are a guest on a specific show. First, it is important to note that the television news media are literally inundated with pitches for media appearances every day. So when your chance arrives you want to be prepared. So what are the strategic actions you can take to be a top TV guest? The PR Doctor offers the following prescription of strategic actions to help you achieve that goal. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Strategic-Email-Actions-For-Effective-Marketing-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Strategic-Email-Actions-For-Effective-Marketing-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html The use of email marketing continues to grow and we are almost assured to receive multiple email marketing messages every day. Think about those email marketing messages you receive. Some of them are annoying, an insult to one’s intelligence, totally irrelevant to you and your business or organization, arrogant, or sometimes very offensive. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach emphasizes that one needs to be very sensitive to the use of email marketing and needs to think strategically about the who, what, when, where and why relative to marketing emails that are sent. Here are nine (9) recommended strategic actions to take to help ensure successful use of email in your marketing. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/The-PR-Doctors-Prescription-of-Strategic-Actions-For-A-Healthy-and-Strong-Pitch-To-The-Media.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/The-PR-Doctors-Prescription-of-Strategic-Actions-For-A-Healthy-and-Strong-Pitch-To-The-Media.html The news media is literally inundated with pitches for media coverage every day. Unfortunately a very large percentage, some say as high as ninety (90) percent are useless form letters and from people who have done absolutely no research about the media where they have sent their pitch. Media pitches that are done with a lack of media-savvy are real irritants and can really greatly diminish your chances of getting the media attention you want. However, there are proven professional ways to improve your chances with the media by being strategic in your pitches to the media. So what are the strategic actions you can take to improve your “pitches” to the media? The PR Doctor offers the following prescription for a healthy and strong pitch to the media. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/How-To-Improve-Your-Own-Time-Management-Through-Seven-Strategic-Questions-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/How-To-Improve-Your-Own-Time-Management-Through-Seven-Strategic-Questions-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html Time is such a precious commodity and it is highly valued by strategic thinkers. Strategic thinking people want to get the most benefit out of their time and they have discovered that a great way to do just that is to develop the ability to ask yourself the strategic questions at the right time. And the beauty of this technique is that you only need to invest no more than sixty seconds to ask those questions before you begin any specific activity, task or assignment. The skill of asking the right questions must be acquired and as time goes by you will improve your ability to ask the real strategic questions. It is important to learn how to ask questions and one tip is to have your questions begin with the word “what.” Here is a list of seven strategic questions to ask. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Seven-Strategic-Actions-In-Seven-Seconds-To-Make-A-Great-First-Impression-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Seven-Strategic-Actions-In-Seven-Seconds-To-Make-A-Great-First-Impression-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html Have you ever been at a business gathering and you feel ackward, ill at ease and downright uncomfortable because you are encountering many people you have not met before? And are you actually afraid of meeting someone or simply making a negative first impression? If you answered YES, you are not alone. There are many people that do have this type of fear or uneasiness. So now you ask why is this so important? It is important because we know that in a time span of about seven seconds you have already decided whether or not you like the person you have encountered and they have made that same judgment about you. The power of that first impression can be awesome and can stay in one’s mind for a long time. So what can you do in those seven seconds? Here are seven strategic actions to take for you to make a positive first impression: http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Eight-Essential-Qualities-of-Passionate-Powerful-and-Proven-Leaders-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Eight-Essential-Qualities-of-Passionate-Powerful-and-Proven-Leaders-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html The term leader is used and dare I say misused quite often in our society today. Leaders are mentioned in the context of community; family; business; church, local, state and federal government; an organization; or some other institution or group. But how many of those mentioned as leaders really possess the essential qualities of a passionate, powerful and proven leader? In order to determine the answer to that question, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes one needs to define the term leader by listing the attributes or qualities necessary to earn the title of leader. Here is a list of eight essential qualities that I believe define a passionate, powerful and proven leader. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Ten-More-Important-Lessons-Learned-For-Leaders-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/223/Ten-More-Important-Lessons-Learned-For-Leaders-According-To-Your-Strategic-Thinking-Business-Coach.html Building upon another article I wrote on important lessons learned for leaders, I thought about additional important “lessons learned” for leaders that could be shared. The potential reward and return on efforts related to the strategic action to identify the “lessons learned” from our experiences merits additional thought. I found another great quote to share to confirm the value and importance of the “lessons learned” approach. The following is a quote from John Keats. “Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. Here are 10 more important "lessons learned" for leaders.