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What is the difference between a hobby or a business? The difference is; if you are selling goods or services and making money (profit) at your venture, then it is a business. If you are providing goods or services and giving it away or just barley breaking even-it’s a hobby. There is no dollar threshold to cross or any sales numbers you must achieve to be considered a business. All you need is a reasonable expectation of making a profit and proving the profit motive. If you are ...

What is the difference between a hobby or a business? The difference is; if you are selling goods or services and making money (profit) at your venture, then it is a business. If you are providing goods or services and giving it away or just barley breaking even-it’s a hobby. There is no dollar threshold to cross or any sales numbers you must achieve to be considered a business. All you need is a reasonable expectation of making a profit and proving the profit motive. If you are ...

When a business’s culture stagnates and complacency sets in, performance declines, growth stalls and existing customers sense the lack of drive and erosion of value occurs. In many situations where a business has lost its drive and is backsliding, the cure it to reset to a performance-based culture. This is a move that can have a significant impact on the organizations long-term financial performance. But how to instill a performance-based culture as a means of improving a product or ...

“Work smarter, not harder.” We have all probably heard that saying before. It’s great advice, but many entrepreneurs fail to work smarter and they grind it out and work harder. Which leads to frustration, stress, and burnout. On the other hand, working smarter leads to a work/life balance, control, and focus. Here are 10 simple ways to get business SMART: Come up for some air. This takes on two different meanings. One is, take some time away from your business. You need to recharge ...

The primary goals of all chambers of commerce is to obtain new members and retain their membership base. Everything else is secondary – the lead/referral groups, ambassador programs, public forums, awards, networking, mixers, advocacy, government forums, leadership programs, boards, committees, and philanthropy is all secondary and even tertiary. Without members, none of those programs matter. Members are the life blood of all chambers no matter in what town, city, or country they are ...

Money can be such a trigger topic. I so get it, and it use to be me. Until I cleared my money stories, and learned how to become bffs with money. & now it flows to me with ease. Any of these sound familiar? money can’t buy happiness. it buys plane tickets and that’s almost the same thing. In all seriousness, money covers your basic needs for survival. Housing, health, food. As in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, you can’t reach self-actualization if you’re struggling to ...

A Toxic Life Coach can Transform a Great Client into a Difficult Client Working with Difficult Life Coaching Clients can suck out the joy of our coaching; BUT difficult client behavior is not always brought to the coaching relationship by the client. At times it is us, the coach, who triggers negative behaviors and transform a wonderful person into someone who we might perceive as a toxic or difficult client. Hopefully you don’t recognize yourself in any of points listed below; but ...

Of course, you want to enroll more life coaching clients. But you don’t want to be a pushy salesperson. The solution? Setup a simple online system that brings you a steady stream of pre-sold clients interested in working with you as their coach. I’ve used this system to enroll thousands of life coaching clients since 1999.  I’ve also taught this method to dozens of private clients who use it successfully. Here’s how it works: The 3-Step Coaching Client System You’ll ...

––– Success Today with Ramon Williamson Wednesday, February 14, 2018 ––– Happy Valentines Day! I'm planning to start writing daily again next week, Monday, the 19th. I've taken some time off to rethink my personal brand, positioning, and focus. It's been an eye-opening experience. More about this next week. Something I've thought about is how we as helpers and healers can live our deepest values while accomplishing our highest goals. My #1 value is love. But what is ...

"Expect Greatness, Assume Nothing." -- Bob Reish When we expect greatness, we increase significance. When we assume responsibility, we inherit disappointment. We all experience moments of frustration and disappointment when others don't meet or exceed our expectations. We expect a level of responsibility and professionalism and when behavior does not measure up to the level we expect, we become frustrated and disappointed. Right now, you are either shaking your head YES! or you are ...