A newcomer to the world of investments in the notion of “Virtual Real Estate Investing“. What is meant by “Virtual Real Estate Investing” ranges from online games like SecondLife (where real profit can be made) to the use of internet technologies to make normal real estate investors more profitable.

In order to figure out the truth of the matter, I sought out Bryan Ellis, whose experience in the fledgling industry is truly impressive.

When I began using the term virtual real estate investing in the late 1990s, I did so because I saw clear parallels between the strategies used for profiting from physical real estate and those that would create income in the online world, said Ellis.

Bryan Ellis cites the similar strategies one can employe to make money from “virtual property” and “physical property” as a primary parallel of the two markets. “These types of assets - websites and physical real estate - can be monetized in very similar ways like buy lo/sell high, leasing/rental and advertising opportunities” he says.

The parallels really are obvious. Consider: A valuable piece of real estate is valuable largely due to the interest that other people have in that specific location. Similarly, ownership of a desirable domain name is valuable for the same reasons. So it doesn’t matter if you own physical real estate or virtual real estate - you’ll likely use similar strategies to turn them into money in your pocket.

In our next installment of this series on virtual real estate investing., Bryan Ellis will share the internet analogies to the physical concept of real estate development.

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It’s sad but it’s becoming increasingly important that background checks are used more and more these days. This applies whether the issue at hand is a new employee, you’re starting a new business, checking a new tenant to live in your property and even personal relationships. And while undertaking completely free background checks do have some value, you should be aware that free background checks are limited and do not reveal the complete picture.

So why should you consider paying for a background checks, when a free background screening is an option?
There are many reasons, here are just a few:

1. A free background check will provide some information but it is limited, lets say you need a credit check on somebody then it is extremely likely that you’ll need to pay a credit agency to undertake that check for you because a free background check can’t cover that matter.

2. The scope of the available free resources and the time needed to use them will limit the data that can be collated when doing your background check. Is it really practical for you to travel to the many different locations and jurisdictions ensuring you have all the information?

What if you miss something! Performing a background check is not that difficult but you have to admit you are not a professional investigator. Would you therefore know just what to look for in a background check, you may find something that should ring alarm bells and not be aware of it. A professional will understand the red flags that indicate further research is required.

You may be limited by law in what you are allowed to search for when looking into the background of a potential employee for instance. If you are unaware of the law it would be very easy for you to break that law and who know’s what consequences that may bring.

In conclusion depending upon the importance of the background check it is feasible to carry out your own background checks but if the purpose of the background check is of great importance you should consider paying a professional to do the job for you.

If you decide that a free background check will provide all the information you need please remember you are taking the risk that you may miss something, paying a professional to carry out your background check this isn’t something you would need to worry about it.

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As a leader you are goal oriented and somewhat futuristic in your planning. Reaching long-range goals can be a daunting and frustrating endeavor. Sometimes you may think that you will never reach your goal because the end seems so far away.

“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.”

- Greg Anderson

That’s the trouble with goals; you reach certain milestones and then something changes and the goal is pushed out further on the timeline just over the horizon. Goals are like the horizon; once you get there you still have more distance to travel. The horizon keeps moving forward; the closer you get the more it seems the journey will never end. The result is a loss of focus and high level of frustration. The closer you get to the horizon the further it moves away from you. It becomes a never ending chase.

One way to eliminate this effect is to schedule a periodic turn around or coming about as a sailor would say. Your perspective is completely changed, now you can immediately and clearly see how far you’ve come. Seeing where you’ve come from and all that you have accomplished gives you a greater sense of accomplishment, satisfaction, focus and fun.

“It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.”

- Philip James Bailey

The horizon in the form of your goals, personal or professional, are by their nature future looking. The future is always just outside of our grasp. Make periodic turn around a habit and appreciate the distance you have traveled on your journey.

Kenneth E. Strong, Jr., MS, is co-founder 0f http://www.greateststrategies.com a web based community devoted to educating, supporting and developing life-long learners.

Mr. Strong has been a Health Care executive for 30 years. Mr. Strong received a Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration from Providence College and a Master of Science in Health Care Administration from Salve Regina College He has had articles published by the American Geriatric Society and has spoken on a variety of topics for the American College of Health Care Administrators and the New England Not-for-Profit Providers Conferences. Mr. Strong has also served as Adjunct Professor at Stonehill College. He is also an evaluator for the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission and a certified Retirement Housing Professional. He is certified by Walden University as an online instructor and certified by Langevin Learning Services as an Instructional Designer/Developer and Master trainer.

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“Before every action, ask yourself: Will this bring more monkeys on my back? Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?” –Alfred A. Montapert

It’s that time of year again. Plans are underway for end-of-year recitals, end-of-year concerts, and end-of-year teacher appreciation brunches. I’m in the midst of them, getting ready for violin book graduations, three orchestra concerts, and a middle school graduation. The high school has already phoned asking for my contribution to Teacher Appreciation Day.

These are exciting times, but unfortunately they can also be times of unnecessary stress. One reason: misplaced passion.

One of the things brought to my attention over and over again in my ROCKET MOM! seminars is the misplaced passion amongst some very well-intentioned moms. Many of us made the decision to jump off the career track onto the mommy track in an effort to bring some level of sanity to our home lives. And indeed, there is a huge shift in the family paradigm occurring before our eyes. As early as 1994, the “experts” noticed significant changes. James Dobson called it when he said: “Large numbers of women are leaving the workplace and making the sacrifices required to stay home while their children are young. ” (1) Barron’s called it in their March 21, 1994 cover story a “demographic sea change.” And noted trend analyst and author Faith Popcorn, called it when she identified this as a “huge trend.” (2) Economist Howard Hayghe called it in 2000 when he reviewed the drop off in working married mothers with a child less than one year old from 59% in 1997 to 53% in 2000, and proclaimed the shift “huge.” (3) Lisa Belkin called it in her October 1, 2003 New York Times Magazine feature story: “The Opt-Out Revolution.” And Time Magazine called it in their March 22 cover story: “The Case for Staying Home.”

Bright, highly educated women are consciously jumping off the career track. 1 in 3 women with M.B.A.’s are not working full-time. (4) Of Harvard Business School’s women graduates of ‘81, ‘85, and ‘91women currently in the fortysomething crowdonly 38% are working full-time. (5) 26% of women at “the cusp of the most senior levels of management” do not want that next promotion. (6) And 51% of GenX moms are home full-time, most who -after first-hand observation of the personal sacrifices made by their own moms in the family-work-balance-equationdecided that the sacrifices were just not worth it. (7)

Much of the passion previously reserved for corporate life is being re-directed into home life. The “brain drain” on the American economy is cycling itself into the American home. I am included in those statistics, having made a similar choice. But I am not interested in pursuing the unfortunate dichotomy of the typical “working-versus-stay-at-home-mom-debate.” That’s not my point.

It’s this: many of today’s women who have previously poured their passion into their careers are now looking for outlets in which to re-direct it. In most cases, this passion is being invested with energetic doses into the health and well-being of children and families. And that should be applauded of course.

But in a number of caseswhich, unfortunately, are always painfully obvious due to the frustration and downright pain inflicted onto those of us on whom it has been misplacedwomen are directing their passion into arenas which have no long-term impact on the health or well-being of the child, no long-term impact on the health or well-being of the family, and no long-term impact on the health or well-being of the community at large.

Let me give you some examples:

• a kindergarten class is having an end-of-year party and the room mom calls all the other moms asking for goodies. One of the moms says she’ll be glad to bring sandwiches; the room mom replies that they must be a certain type, cut into fourths and individually wrapped and delivered by x-date and time. The volunteer mom states that she can’t do quite that and cheerfully offers to bring something else; the room mom blows her completely off.

• the room mom asks for sweets for the end-of-year party; a mom volunteers to bake and bring brownies (with Ghirdadelli chocolate no less!) and the room mom tells her that she is not accepting brownies…only home-baked cookies. The contribution is denied.

• another room mom tells all volunteers that if they bring cookies they have to be sprinkled with the school colors or they will not be accepted.

• another mom hosting an end-of-year middle school reception tells a volunteer contributing mom that the two large bouquets of flowers brought in for the reception (purchased from a local florist) aren’t good enough, and slams the momin the presence of other momsfor her effort.

I’m not making these stories up. The flower incident happened to me just last week. Others were shared by disheartened moms in my seminars; many more could be listed. I know you are nodding your head…because every single time I do a seminar, this issue comes up…and every single mom in the room is nodding her head!

This is nothing less than misplaced passion. With some ego thrown in for good measure. These unfortunate moms have lots of energy which they need to use up…but it is mis-directed. Just because one thrived with superb organizational skills in the corporate world does not necessarily mean she will thrive in the naturally chaotic world of families and home life. And managing those working for her on the business organizational chart is an entirely different task than organizing volunteer efforts by the willing and able hands of fellow moms frantically attempting to get through the frustrations of their 24/7 job.

As the end-of-school-year approaches and you are asked to lead a volunteer effortor to just have one small part in oneplease check to see that your passions are appropriately directed. If you are asked to lead an event which requires that you posses the “gift of hospitality,” please do not volunteer to head it up if you have the “gift of Attila the Hun”even if you have the organizational skills of a Fortune 500 CEO. Hosting events requires someone with a pleasant spirit, rather than a competitive or mean-spirited attitude. Before volunteering for anything, make it your firm rule to run it against your life message and your life passions. Is there a natural fit? Or are you volunteering for something because you feel a sense of obligation? Is there any selfish pride or ego going on here? Are you fearful that the efforts of others might reflect unfavorably on you? Does your effort make you tense and highly irritable? If so, you are probably not serving in an area which matches your natural giftedness.

Please be painfully aware that the moms whom you are asking to contribute are undoubtedly sleep-deprived, toddler-fatigued, or carpooled-out. Giving must always be from the heart. Giving should always be done cheerfully and generously. It should never be forced. Be sure that your level of involvement matches your level of passion. If baking cookies for your child’s school doesn’t float your boat, don’t feel guilty about it; volunteer your gifts in a more appropriate way. If organizing luncheons isn’t your cup of tea, don’t waste another minute thinking about it! Politely decline and offer to serve in another area.

If you have not yet determined your life purpose and your life message, then you have some discernment to do in the days and weeks ahead. Consciously begin thinking about what you were put on this earth to do. Start figuring out where your natural gifts are, and areas where you can best serve others.

And keep a healthy perspective. Keep a cheerful attitude. Most importantly, keep those eyes focused upward. It’ll help you put your passions in exactly the right place for service.

NOTES
(1) Dr. James Dobson
(2) Jones, Rachel, “Some working mothers finding they enjoy return to home track.” Lexington Herald Leader, May 10, 1996, p. 3.
(3) Wallis, Claudia, “The Case for Staying Home.” TIME, March 22, 2004, p. 53.
(4) Ibid.
(5) Belkin, Lisa, “The Opt-Out Revolution.” New York Times Magazine, October 26, 2003, http://nytimes.com, p. 3.
(6) Ibid., p. 4.
(7) Wallis, p. 54.

Carolina Fernandez earned an M.B.A. and worked at IBM and as a stockbroker at Merrill Lynch before coming home to work as a wife and mother of four. She totally re-invented herself along the way. Strong convictions were born about the role of the arts in child development; homeschooling for ten years provided fertile soil for devising creative parenting strategies. These are played out in ROCKET MOM! 7 Strategies To Blast You Into Brilliance. It is available on Amazon.com, in bookstores everywhere, or by calling 888-476-2493. She writes extensively for a variety of parenting resources and teaches other moms via parenting classes and radio and TV interviews.

Please visit http://www.rocketmom.com to subscribe to her free ezine and get a weekly shot of inspiration.

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Our earth is bursting with people and stress has been put on food resources. It is getting really difficult to maintain the quality of food in this fast changing world. Hence, more and more people are becoming vegetarians as a solution for their health problems.

It is a fact, vegetarians are healthier than non-vegetarians. According to studies and surveys, vegetarians actually suffer less from diseases like cancer, high blood pressure and other heart problems. Majority of heart problems are caused by high intakes of cholesterol found mainly in animal fats and dairy products. That’s why it is advised to follow a strict and balanced diet chart rather than enjoying meats. Cut down meat sounds bad but it is far healthier and protective means for keeping your cholesterol level normal.

Experts recommend a special diet which is effective in preventing fat and decreasing extra cholesterol of the body. It is necessary to know what should be included in the diet to get all nutrients which are responsible for healthier growth of the body.

As a great source of nutrition and energy, fresh fruits and fruit juices must be frequently used as they are good in taste and sufficient in clearing several other health problems. Raw fiber Vegetables like beans, lentil, cabbage and carrots should also use frequently to lower your cholesterol level. Popcorns and fresh yoghurt too are high in proteins with all most no fat. Avoid consuming soda and sugary fruit juices as they may increase cholesterol level more than your need. Barley and oats which are rich in viscous fiber contains a soluble fiber called “Beta Glucen”, a prime factor in lowering cholesterol effectively. Nuts such as almonds and walnuts, rich in monosaturated and polysaturated fats also lower down bad cholesterol. It also encourages the presence of HDL.
Soy products are very important food which cuts the cholesterol level drastically. According to researchers it is better to include at least 25 Gms of soy products in the diet daily to minimize the level of cholesterol by 15 to 20 percent straightaway. Planning of such diet does not only ensure health but overall can cut LDL by 30 percent.

Go vegetarian and ensure you have optimum fruits, almonds, soy products and oats for all your meals. It is not only economical, humane, environment friendly but also healthier. A healthy option for all as long as it is properly planned and contains all nutrients. “Be vegetarian, be healthy”

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A car prototype can be considered to be the test model of a new car design that is intended to be produced in mass quantity. There is no company that goes out and starts mass production of a new car, without first creating a prototype of it.

Before a car is actually built, it is designed, researched and developed into a car prototype. It is the researchers who conduct consumer surveys and analyze market trends to get an idea of the type of car people want, and then, based on these findings, car designers design drawings of car prototypes. These drawings help engineers adapt parts in existing cars to be implemented in the new model. This is when they proceed to produce the car prototype. The car prototype will have all these new implementations displayed in it. Most of the manufacturers usually start by building a few car prototypes before actually setting up a factory to build the new car.

A car prototype can also be referred as a test car. These car prototypes are developed to demonstrate the new qualities of their product to clients. By subjecting these car prototypes to numerous tests, the car designer gets to see the strengths, weaknesses, mistakes and limitations in a new car project. Then, by gathering this information, the car designer proceeds to rework the design through the car prototype until the car reaches the objectives of the designer. Sometimes, the participating cars in a race are also called prototypes. The reason for this is that these cars are not mass-produced. These car prototypes are specialized machines that are supposed to showcase new innovations and designs that the car manufacturer carries. These car prototypes are the models for future mass-produced cars the manufacturer will be creating, based on the results of the tests on the car prototype.

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It is often the moment many of us dread - climbing on to the scales to find out the truth about our weight.

For some of us, it might have been years since we placed ourselves on the scales. It’s easier to invent a number that we want to believe is true with respect to our body mass rather than write one down on a form that reflects the real life fact of the matter.

But when it comes to getting life insurance, inventing a figure or guessing your size will simply no longer wash. Now insurance companies are not only demanding to know whether you are overweight or not and what you consider to be your actual weight, but they are also asking customers when was the last time they jumped on the scales.

Among them is Scottish Provident, one of the more prominent life insurance companies in Great Britain. The firm has introduced the new question about when you last weighed yourself for its life assurance application because it is becoming increasingly clued up about the health risks that accompany obesity with respect to offering life insurance cover.

The company probably knows that there are actually people out there prepared to lie about their weight to insurance providers in an effort to get a cheaper quote because they know that the truth will be pricey.

And they are probably also becoming increasingly aware about the concerns surrounding obesity. After all, insurance companies aren’t the only ones becoming wary about this. The UK Government is frequently sending out reminders that quarter of the nation is overweight. So are general practitioners, the Diabetes Foundation, the Men’s Health Forum to name a few.

What’s more worrying, is that Cancer UK’s research will tell you that of those suffering from over eating, a quarter of that group aren’t the slightest bit interested when it comes to shedding the kilos. And the only other country that beats Britain when comes to obesity, in fact, is Greece.

So how can you tell if you might be classed as obese and therefore someone who has to pay a higher premium for life insurance?
You need to work out your Body Mass Index, commonly known as the BMI. You do this by taking your height in metres and dividing it by the same number.
With the number that comes from this, divide it by your weight in kilograms and you wind up with your BMI.
According to the British Medical Association, you’re likely to be overweight if your BMI is more than 25 and you are obese if it is 30 or over.

The good news is that most life insurance companies are pretty good about people who fall into the overweight category. They mostly accept people with a BMI level of 30.

But anything more than that? Get out the cheque book and be prepared to pay sky high premiums. And once you’ve paid out that figure then get ready to take a medical examination because the insurance firm will make you. If it’s not just the case that your life assurance premium rocket by a staggering 50%, it could be that it is refused.

So next time before you have fill out one of these forms asking you what is your weight, go into the bathroom, dust off those scales and stand on them. You might just be in for a surprise.

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1. Stop hiring yourself.

First stop hiring yourself by continually working “in” your business. Don’t be an employee of your company, reserve the choice to be the president of your company. Secondly, stop hiring yourself through your employees. Business owners tend to hire people like themselves instead of people that have the strengths they require for that position. You tend to forgive their weakness in that area because you also have the weakness. Here is a formula to use in delegating to the right people, when you don’t have to manage, monitor or motivate your employees you are truly delegating. For example one of my clients had to fire his manager. His manager was in charge of the computer operations. He decided to promote someone from within the company to take his place. He hired a computer consultant to train the new employee. The problem with this is the person he was training lacked knowledge about computers. This was a very expensive way to replace his original manager. He realized he had hired himself. He also lacks knowledge of computers and had too much empathy for his new manager. He remembered when he was younger and wanted to give his new manager a chance to advance. That empathy was costing him in time, money, productivity and the computer consultants hefty bills. I suggested he hire someone with computer experience and stop the suffering. He agreed and within two week his business was back on track. He was too close to the situation to see this clearly.

2. Learn from your past

Just like a kid has to fall a couple of times when learning to ride a bike, so do entrepreneurs fail as they learn how to be successful. Learn from the past and set up systems and structures so that whatever occurred can never happen again. Solve problems for a lifetime not just a quick fix. Don’t run your business like a fireman, run your business like an architect. Build a sustainable future instead of putting out daily fires.

3. Set Yourself and Your Company Up For Maximum Productivity.

Give everyone the computers and other tools they need to process information immediately. Automate the reporting of, access to, and flow of information so no human help is required. Develop a culture where any blocks to productivity are removed by your staff instead of you. Focus everyone on profits and growth. Grow your people as much as your company is growing. If you company is growing 50% annually, then your staff needs to grow at least that much. Hire people based more on attitude and behavior versus experience. Create a culture of hiring within based exclusively on performance not tenure. Get a Web Site. The web is growing in leaps and bounds. The expense of operating a business today can get in the way of offering your future customers efficient products and services. Your future customer’s will not want to pay for your overhead. The web offers you the potential to market your business to millions of people all over the world. Have a profitability and financial plan. Also a budget and a measurement process to keep track of how you are doing monthly. If you don’t know where you stand financially and have no short term and long term financial goals, then you are just letting fate dictate your success and we know those odds aren’t too good. Control your own destiny!

4. Develop Relationships

The success of your business is in direct relation to the quality of the relationships in your life. Define the key people that can help you grow your business and commit to spend time to develop your relationship with them. Spend one day a week with your best customers listening, collaborating, suggesting, understanding. Have a relationship between you and your customers; not just a selling relationship. What you will be offering or selling to customers in five years may change in form or substance to what you’re offering now. Learn from your clients instead of just selling to them. Clients really appreciate sharing their views and needs with companies will listen. Let the customer create the questions on a survey instead of just giving their answers. A coach can help you to develop a system of learning from their customers and develop relationships.

5. Maintain a Healthy Balance

Your free time is the largest ingredient in recharging your batteries to think more clearly and create solutions for a solid future. Maintain a balance between work, play and family. This is critical for long term success. We all put in crazy hours on a short term basis to get a hot project done or the product out the door, but if you do this on a long term, regular basis it is a dangerous sign that you are losing perspective. You need to be able to step away on a regular basis and get your batteries recharged. Have time for your family because if they suffer it is almost a sure bet your business will suffer too. Plan your free time for the next three months. This is usually the first thing that people eliminate. After you schedule your free time in your planner, get out your scissors and cut the time out of your planner to resist the temptation of erasing, crossing out or whiting out your scheduled free time.

6. Be A Role Model Of Excellence And Encourage The Same In Your Employees.

Entrepreneurs want to grow their business. In order for your business to grow, you must grow personally. Your efforts are best spent developing you. If you don’t give your all or let an inferior produced product go out the door to a client, you are sending a message to your employees that you do not respect your clients or your work. Your employees will adopt that view as well. Set the example of giving the extra effort, pitching in when needed, caring about people, be the best in your particular business, continue your growth curve, and take care of your employees. Encourage innovation and creation. Give your employees a stake in the future. Once a month, have a meeting where the employees make suggestions on how to improve your product, service, efficiency, or bottom line. Get your employees involved in the productivity game. One of my clients decided to play the productivity game with his employees. The game is; the employees get to share in the profits of the money saved in one year. Within a week they asked him to relieve the cleaning company of their duties. They took turns cleaning the office on their time to lower the operating costs. My client was thrilled. Give monetary rewards when the ideas produce increases to the bottom line and positive encouragement for the process. Create an atmosphere where employees are willing and able to talk with you. The two best sources of information on how your business is doing and how to improve it are your employees and your customers. Pay attention to both.

7. Don’t rest on your laurels.

Always be prepared to change. Look for things to do more efficiently or how to improve your service or product. Identify and remove as many consequences and risks as possible. Insure yourself where you are most vulnerable in your business. Handle all legal issues. Errors in judgment and changing trends can have a negative impact on your business.

8. Minimize all your risks.

A coach will help you identify all of the events, people, trends, etc. that may adversely affect your business. Where are you most vulnerable in your business? Accounts receivable, employees, suppliers etc. Constantly evaluate your competition and benchmark yourself against them. The minute you think you don’t need to improve anything is the exact moment you are blinding yourself and can be easily affected by your competition’s growth.

9. End The Lone Ranger Mentality

A Lone Ranger is the entrepreneur who says things like: “No, that is OK, I can handle it alone.” “I’ll do it myself, because no one can do it as well as I can do it.” The Lone Ranger entrepreneur needs a coach to help teach the skill of both involving and leaning on others. This skill is important to learn because the synergy that comes from working together is what ends up being a key competitive advantage. Without it, your business will slow down. Plus it’s a lot more fun to be supported with great people, than to have to push or rely only on yourself.

10. Run your business with integrity.

It takes courage and commitment to live by your inner truth. There is great honor in living with integrity. It is telling your truth no matter what the consequences. It’s being candid when it might be dangerous. It’s going ahead and doing it or saying it even if it’s uncomfortable. Inner truth communicates through faint whispers, thoughts, pictures and feelings buried within you. You can’t passively wait for your inner truth; respectfully send for it. Continually turn inward, quietly, politely asking the right questions so that the subtle signals become clearer. Integrity is something only you can define. No one can say you’re out of integrity,. When you’re feeling stressed it’s a real indication that you need to restore your integrity. With integrity in place you are complete free.

Are You A Coaching Candidate?

1. Do you spend your day putting out fires?
2. Do you have any concerns about your business running at maximum profitability?
3. Do you run your business on the edge?
4. Do the same problems continually resurface?
5. Do you have difficulty finding someone you trust who can give you an objective viewpoint and bounce ideas off of?
6. Is your business running you ?
7. Do you find that you are unable to make the most of all the opportunities in your life?
8. Do you experience roller coaster highs and lows in your business?
9. Do you have a lone ranger lifestyle?
10. Do you allow your goals and purpose to get sidetracked?
11. Do you lack having a clear, measurable action plan to fulfill your goals?
12. Do you lack structure?
13. Do you lack inner fulfillment?
14. Do you spend most of your day working “in” your business instead of “on” it?
15. Are you a workaholic?
16. Are you experiencing a lack of balance in your life and business?
17. Are you committed to growing yourself and your company?
18. Are you coachable? (Are you willing to hear and act on another’s person’s viewpoint?)
19. Do you lack a clear financial plan for your future?
20. Are you willing to be truthful and restore your integrity?

* If you answered yes to more than three of these questions you can benefit from a coach.

Questions A Coach May Ask You:

* What five opportunities are you leaving on the table?
* How might you sabotage our professional relationship?
* How have you been motivated in the past to reach difficult goals or make difficult decisions? How can we best utilize that motivation now?
* How would you do this differently if you were willing to let it be easy?
* What would happen if you showed up ten times more bolder this week in every aspect of your life?
* What are the 10 things you are tolerating or putting up with that are preventing you from performing at your best?

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