You are invited to listen to my 5 minute interview with Elizabeth Marshall by clicking here. If I were to start a practice today, one of my primary marketing activities would be networking with others in my community. But for many, the idea of networking, brings up uncomfortable images of strangers handing out business cards [...]
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With the many ways one can build a practice, a recent comment from a new client resonated with me. “I want more clients and I love to write. I want to write a book but I don’t know what to do about publishing, marketing it and creating a community around it.” Publishing is a topic [...]
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Have you ever wondered why we cry at certain movies? Sometimes they are happy tears, often they are sad ones. How is it that we can get so involved with characters we don’t know such that within two hours, we are shedding tears for their fate? I was asked that question by a reporter once. [...]
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In a graduate school business class, years ago, I studied “entrepreneurship.” This was about creating a business and selling products. At the time, I was a computer business consultant in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. I was considering starting my own computer consulting business and took this class to see entrepreneurship in the consulting business might be [...]
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On the minds of many therapists are these two questions: How can I increase client commitment to therapy? How can I make sure they don’t drop out of treatment? At this year’s Therapist Leadership Conference, Bob Bertolino shared some interesting research related to how and why our clients get better. But first, here are some [...]
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The bad guys are at it again with an email invading inboxes worldwide claiming that the user must reactivate their AOL online account within the next 24 hours. I want to encourage you not to click on ANY links in these emails. These users who click on these links are asked to provide their email [...]
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Ben Saunders is not a therapist. He has a very big dream and plan. He wants to set the new fastest time (on foot and with no support) from the edge of the Arctic Ocean to the geographic North Pole. He is not a newbie to Arctic excursions. He is the youngest to ski solo [...]
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Are you saying ‘yes’ too often?
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When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, “It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn’t look like David.” In our therapy or coaching practices, in order to say ‘yes’ to the right things, we have to say ‘no’ to other things. Frankly, [...]
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