Entries For: July 2009

What are the next three phone calls you'd like to receive?

I just got off the phone with my awesome mastermind group... coaches around the country who I met during the Beyond Six Figures Program for Coaches with Eva Gregory and Mary Allen. In this program, I learned tools and skills to take my group coaching programs to new heights! I'm starting another new coaching group live and in person in Tallahassee, FL on September 15th. Details can be found at www.inspiredentrepreneur.com.

But I digress...

So, in my mastermind group, we help each other problem solve, brainstorm and get unstuck. We celebrate our successes, we analyze our failures and serve as a sort of "board of directors" for each other and our businesses. Here's a great resource to help you create your own mastermind group.

Sooooo... one of our members today was talking about a slow period in her business and was seeking coaching, strategies and ideas for how to deal with this. A powerful question that came up was this:

What are the next three phone calls you'd like to receive?

Think about that for a minute. If you could get your phone to ring three times before the end of today, who would you want to hear on the other end of the line? Some ideas...

- a potential new client

- an invitation for some free PR for your business (maybe an interview on radio, TV or in the newspaper)

- a current client who's really happy with the services you provide and who wants to refer someone else to you and they ask "do you have any space for a new client?"

- someone offering you an all-expenses paid vacation

- a friend offering to babysit your kids for the weekend

- your partner calling to say they're going to treat you to a nice dinner out tonite "just because"!

A lot of times when business gets slow, it's because we need the space to think, to regroup, to recommit to our vision. Sometimes we simply need a little break, some time to rest and rejuvenate. So what do you want? What do you  need? What do you choose?

Decide today and make a clear declaration about the next three calls you'd like to receive. Then sit back and watch what happens!

P.S. One more note about my mastermind group...

We've been meeting for almost a year now and these wise folks always have something brilliant to share. Big thanks to Bev Martin, Suzee Ebeling, Joselito Laucendia and Karen McMillan - you make me a better coach and human being each time I talk with you. Thank you for sharing your gifts and your expertise with me!