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Overambition

Keep Your Overambition in Check

Categories Business Coaching
  • Oct 13, 2023

Ambition is one of the powerful tools a person can have. It is the thing that drives you to accomplish your and achieve your dreams. It is a factor in almost every career or hobby from athletics to art and sales to medicine. It can even be applied to activities you don’t particularly care for… Read More »

Leader

The Personality Traits of a True Leader

Categories Business Coaching
  • Oct 4, 2023

Whether by nurture or nature, the ability to lead has been highly prized throughout history. It is also a talent or skill that requires much from those that have it. In the words of 19th Century British politician William Lamb (and Spiderman): “With great power comes great responsibility.”   While not all leaders always use… Read More »

Storytelling

How Storytelling Inspires Us

Categories Business Coaching
  • Sep 20, 2023

One of the most unifying aspects of our culture, and all cultures for that matter, is storytelling.   Stories – whether they’re in books, films, comics, music, on the stage or even in games – have an intangible power to affect us and connect with us with each other. They can entertain us and allow… Read More »

Labor of Love

How To Find Your Labor of Love

Categories Business Coaching
  • Sep 14, 2023

To know if someone genuinely loves what they do, ask them if they would do it for free. A labor of love is something that is incredibly personal to each individual as it is something that they would do and enjoy doing, even if it is something they wouldn’t be paid to do.   This… Read More »

Burnout

The Threats and Risks of Burning Out

Categories Business Coaching
  • Sep 1, 2023

Your passion and drive to succeed in life are powerful things. They push you to do things you’re uncomfortable with to get the things you want or need in your life. Your fire is what allows you to overcome anything that life throws at you so when that flame is extinguished, success and happiness become… Read More »

Talent

How to Discover and Focus on Your Talents

Categories Business Coaching
  • Aug 24, 2023

Everyone has the potential to be exceptional at something. In most cases, it’s something that comes naturally like sports, art, music, or a skill like carpentry.   However, there are some who think they aren’t talented in any way and believe they pale in comparison to more gifted people. Thankfully, it is more likely they… Read More »

Entrepreneur

The Struggles and Triumphs of a Serial Entrepreneur

Categories Business Coaching
  • Aug 9, 2023

Being a serial entrepreneur is one of the most taxing career paths anyone can pursue. Don’t think for a second that owning and running multiple businesses at once is anything other than a stressful grind. If you have more than one business, you know the plethora of challenges that can crop up at any given… Read More »

Happiness

Invest Your Time in Happiness

Categories Business Coaching
  • Jul 31, 2023

Work smarter, not harder. It’s a common mantra that many people use as they strive to optimize their professional performance while still having a healthy work-life balance.   A more technical term for this approach is Return on Time Invested (ROTI). It’s the practice of performing a task in the most effective way possible using… Read More »

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