How much should you invest in professional development?

I asked this question from my personal Facebook page yesterday, and a firestorm of comments flowed in overnight. If this is a question on your mind right about now, join the conversation and add your two cents. Before asking the question, I conferred with three of my...

[Video] Use the Right Words to Elevate your Ideal Audience!

Are you thinking about raising the bar for the audience you get to serve in the New Year? Maybe you are running into too many prospects who complain about not having the money, time, or resources to make your products, programs or services a top priority. If that is...

[Video] Speak but Don’t Sell — What Do You Do?

Speakers: You’ve been invited to speak for 20 minutes for a local business group. The host says you can teach, but you can’t sell anything. What do you do to make the most of this opportunity? During this BeLive.TV broadcast, I share 5 tried and true ways...

I am such a fire starter!

I am such a fire starter! Last week, I hosted a VIP Raise Your Voice – Make Your Impact Dinner Mastermind in Portland, Oregon. I reached out to the ‘movers and shakers’ in the industry who live and work in that city and extended an invitation for...

6 Months of Powerful Lessons in 2016 — What are Yours?

With the first six months of 2016 coming to a close, I took to my journal to reflect on accomplishments achieved so far.  The most important part of this exercise is identifying what I have learned. The lessons have been bountiful and humbling at the same time....

How to Create Revenue “In the Meantime”

Over the last 40 days or so, I’ve had my head down, creating a new way to serve. That meant applying a high level of laser focus on the new initiative that — even for me — was uncommon. Here is one thing about this that I think is pretty remarkable....