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How Much Does Business Coaching Cost?
In your business, your prospects are asking you, “What does your service or product cost?” They have two good reasons: 1) They don’t know what else to ask, and 2) they want to know if they can afford your service or your product.Our business is the same. In the past,...
Planning is Imperative in All Aspects of Life and Business
Today I want to talk to you about something cool. We live close to the Appalachian Trail, which is about 2200 miles. I looked it up, it's 2,190 miles the full way, and they call the people that walk the entire thing in a year - thru-hikers. Now, Jason, one of our...
Unlock Success with Effective Business Planning: Planning CLUB
This week I want to talk to you about becoming EPIC. And the P in the EPIC stands for planning. I have never met anybody yet who hasn't said that they need a good plan. If you're looking to build something, you need a plan. You wouldn't build a house without a plan....
More thoughts on being EPIC
I got to tell you about a conversation I had with some of my clients. I was doing a workshop last Friday with some clients and we were talking about, what is their definition of EPIC? What does it take to be epic? And they hit me with an interesting thing about...
12 Week Training Now Available
Management Master Class 12-Week Training Kicks off (LIVE on Zoom) Monday 8/21 4-5 pm EDT Session content: What is Management? Management Competencies Managing Daily Lists Managing Weekly Lists Managing Weekly Meetings Managing 1-2-1 Meetings Goals & Measures 90...
Here are 5 Reasons to Join Our Community
Are you living the life you said you were going to live? Are you building the business that you said you were going to build? How would you like your business to be better or different? These are all great questions, but my guess is you're going to find it hard to...
Applying The Law of Reflection
Today, I'd like to talk to you about the power of taking some time out to reflect. To take a look at what's happened, take a look at how to improve it, take a look at your problems and how to deal with them. So, Keith Cunningham wrote a book called "The Road Less...
It’s Only a Percentage
Today I'd like to have a chat with you about absolute thinking versus percentage thinking, and why absolute thinking may be holding you back. So I was just at a conference in Thailand and Brad Sugars was giving a presentation. He said he was talking to one of his...
Achieve Your Goals With The Pyramid Process
I get a question quite often about, "Hey, I've got big goals, but I don't know where to start." So, I learned a technique from a guy running a company in Australia. He's doing some really cool stuff around artificial intelligence. But anyway, when he has a project or...
Consistency and Commitment Always Pay Off!!
Have you ever wondered why on some days or some weeks, it just seems harder to get things done? Well, you're wasting valuable brain power. I don't know why it's harder. I don't know why it's easier. I have some speculations, I have some things, but it's not worth...
Blinding Flash Of The Obvious
Have you ever had a million-dollar idea in the middle of the night, but you couldn't remember it when you got up in the morning? This is why you should probably keep a notepad by your bed or near you all the time. So, when you get one of those ideas, you can write it...
Celebrate Our Freedom Happy Fourth of July
..Today I'd like to talk to you about Freedom. Because today is Independence Day in the U.S.. July the 4th it's the day that we celebrate our freedoms. But, I think we need to take a harder look at the word Freedom, and what it means. We get a lot of business owners...
Make a List = More Productivity = Less Stress
Today I want to talk to you about a subject called overwhelm. Are you overwhelmed? We're going to help you overcome overwhelm today. We're here to help you be EPIC. If you want to be EPIC you're going to have to do the basics right. And one of the basics - is the P,...
Life, Business, And Golf From Point A isn’t necessarily a straight line to point B
You're always moving from point A to point A. That's a very helpful concept because that says - to learn from the past but don't dwell in the past. The past is put behind you. You can only deal with the present. Remember, when you're playing golf or in business,...
Sky High Growth Award
Last week, the Asheville Chamber of Commerce celebrated 24 local businesses at Sierra Nevada Brewing in Mills River, NC. The Sky High Growth Awards were presented to businesses that have achieved a profound level of growth in the past year. ActionCOACH Business Growth...
Where are you on the EPIC Meter?
I want to talk to you today about becoming epic and why it's important to become EPIC. EPIC is an acronym that E stands for - Education. This is one of the fundamental principles of becoming epic. People, who are becoming EPIC are continuous learners. They're...
What makes A Great CEO?
Today on “Epic Entrepreneurs” I'd like to talk about the role of a CEO. In entrepreneurship a lot of times the founder becomes the CEO. Sometimes, they might hire it out, and sometimes they do it themselves, but in any event, we need to understand the role of a CEO....
Here’s How To Pick a Business Coach
Today I want to talk to you about finding the right coach. Finding a coach that's right for you. But first, we have to agree that the coach is - important. I have people ask me sometimes: “ Do I need a coach?”, or - “Why do I need a coach?” And my answer is generally...
Do Your People Need Training?
I want to give you a quick overview of our 12-week sales training program. If you have new people, who do not know how to sell, this is a great program for them. And sales is about growing your business. We also have a 12-weeks management program. And management is...
Creating Cash Flow – a Case Study
If you're going to build an epic business, then you've got to think epic. You've got to think about how you can get to understand that you can do more than you think you can. In order to be epic in business you have to make more money, you have to make more than you...
Train or Die
Hi there! Today I want to talk about training and training your people. I get asked sometimes, but why should I invest in training, why should I train my people they'll just leave and go somewhere else? But what if you don't train them and they stay as it is?What if...
What is Your Scout Law?
Hey there! Today I want to talk to you about building a great culture. Part of that is defining what your culture is. I was part of scouting growing up. Scouting had something called the “Scout Law”. The “Scout Law” goes like this: “A scout is trustworthy, loyal,...
Here’s 4 Steps For Innovations
I want to talk to you about Innovation and invention. If you're going to be epic or going to be epic in business innovations gonna play a very big part in that. So, you know whether you call it invention, Innovation, or creativity, in any event, the ideas don’t...
Are You Running On All 16 Cylinders?
I was chatting with a client today about the importance of the heart, the importance of passion, about the importance of letting your shine through. People buy from you because of why you do it, not necessarily, what you do, or how you do it. I want to chat a little...
Sales Funnel Not Working? Here are the Top 5 Mistakes
Recently I was asked to speak on the topic of “How do you build a sales funnel”? This got me thinking about working with my clients and clients in general. There are steps that people need to go through. So, there are five things that I see people do wrong. The first...
How to Read a Profit and Loss Statement
Here is how to read a profit and loss statement. Enjoy the learning, and until next week… All the best! BillP.S. Whenever you are ready...here are 5 ways I can help you grow your business: 1) Join We Build EPIC Entrepreneurs It's our Facebook Group where entrepreneurs...
Every Kid Needs to Hear This…
Enjoy the learning, I am grateful for you, and until next week... All the best! BillP.S. Whenever you are ready...here are 5 ways I can help you grow your business: 1) Join We Build EPIC Entrepreneurs It's our Facebook Group where entrepreneurs and business owners...
Onboarding 101
Here's 9 ways to improve your onboarding process, or get a process. Enjoy the learning, I am grateful for you, and until next week... All the best! Bill P.S. Here's the link to get more information and to register for our next GrowthCLUB 90-Day Planning session. Be...
Recruting vs. Hiring
Are you recruiting or hiring? Here's what you can learn about hiring from athletic teams. Enjoy the learning, I am grateful for you, and until next week... All the best! Bill P.S. Here's the link to get more information and to register for our next GrowthCLUB 90-Day...
Sell Good Work, Do Good Work, Keep Score
Here's your simple success plan... Keep Score! Enjoy the learning, I am grateful for you, and until next week... All the best! Bill P.S. Here's the link to get more information and to register for the EPIC Entrepreneur Monthly Mastermind: I want to grow my...