Most people love a comeback story. But if you’ve ever been in one — building a business, leading a team, or trying to turn something around when the odds are stacked against you — you know it doesn’t feel inspiring while you’re living it. It feels uncertain. Lonely. Risky. That’s why the story of the…
We’re 15 days into the New Year and into the month of January. Are you keeping your “New Years Resolutions”? The easiest promises to break are the ones you make to yourself. They are also the costliest ones. You may not recognize them as costly because it’s easy to look away, to divert your eyes,…
Average is the enemy of great. Average is never ok in my business! Standards… Expectations… Commitment… Discipline… Work Ethic… What are yours? To be great you have to have special focus, special commitment, special preparation and Discipline… That’s how you win…even under pressure, because the pressure doesn’t affect you… …you prepared for it ahead of…
Do you fall prey to BSOS? …BSOS – Bright Shiny Object Syndrome Do you jump on every new (and exciting) thing you see or that comes across your social media or email? Do you have courses and things you’ve bought that you’ve never opened or looked at? (but they sure look pretty on your bookshelf…or…
Cooler temperatures… College football… It’s getting dark earlier… Halloween and Christmas items in the stores… Yep… Fall is coming (or here – depending on where you live). It also means we’re almost in the last quarter of the year. The holidays are coming. Have you checked in on your business to see where you are…
Is your business slow right now? Does it feel like it takes more time and/or energy than it usually does to make a sale? Maybe you’re feeling a bit more “sales resistance” than you’d like. I’m hearing this a lot lately. One of the things I always recommend when I hear this is to go…
Many times, there’s a big difference between doing what’s easy and doing what’s necessary – or doing what will make the biggest change or impact. This is true in life as well as in business. It’s easy to do what’s simple and easy. You can stay in your comfort zone and not much, if anything,…
Dedication… Desire… Determination… I call these the 3 D’s – or Diane’s 3 D’s. There is a fourth that I live by… Can you guess what it is? If you guessed Discipline, you’re right. (And, it should go first, not last) With those three things, you can do almost anything you want to do. If…
The Women’s SEC (Southeastern Conference) Softball tournament was last weekend in Athens, Georgia, and since it’s only 63 miles from my house, I got tickets and went. (I’m not great at doing things by myself, so that in and of itself was a stretch.) My plan was to just drive back and forth each day……
Who do you spend the most time with in your lifetime? … Yourself Right? Last week in the Mastermind with my clients, one of my clients, who does amazing work in their business, was talking about some things and it dawned on me they were their worst critic… like most of us are. So, being…
