My new client was pouring her heart out to me. Her eyes were shining as she described how she had achieved the goal she had set herself. “I wanted ten more client hours in my week, consistently filled, and look, here’s my appointment book!” She showed me a week in her diary, with all her appointments slots filled.
But then she slumped back in her chair. Her energy suddenly changed, and there was a silence. I waited. “The only problem is I feel a bit down about it, and I can’t understand it. I’ve got what I said I wanted, the money is flowing in, my time is booked up for the next month or so, so why do I feel a (more...)
7 tips for keeping focused on what you really want in your business
I have a friend who owns a shop and is constricted for various reasons on how much she can develop it. Yesterday she was telling me how challenging it was to be there on a daily basis, trying to keep her eye focused on the big picture of what she wants, and the experience that that brings her, when all around she is surrounded by details of things being not quite how she wants them to be.
I really felt for her as she described some of the things she wanted to change but was having to hold back on for the time being.
So what do you do when you know the experience you want, the results to be achieved, and yet you (more...)