Episodes
To help you ensure business success, you need to practice ways of effective business communication. Well thought-out communication helps you transfer your message and makes people understand it. Let’s explore four tips for effective business communication.      Want more proven business success tips and resources?  Of course you do… Subscribe to my blog by going to www.acountabilitycoach.com/blog.    Get your daily Accountability Minute shot of a single, simple, doable idea, so you can start...
Published 04/25/24
Want to know more on how to keep more money and give less to the government?   If you answered, HECK YES!, you need to listen to my Interview with Roger Pearson, Chief Business Education Officer. He is an expert in Tax Hacks for Entrepreneurs.   I know you will find Roger to be a wealth of information related to helping you NOT lose thousands of dollars needlessly in your business, so you can keep more and use it however you choose.   For over 50 years, Roger Pearson has created, sold, or...
Published 04/23/24
Entrepreneurs value self-discipline, among other motivation practices. This is because, as a business owner, you are solely responsible for yourself and your success.   Your ideas, decisions, work ethics, and commitment to your goals should set you apart from your employees and serve as a way to motivate them to work even harder and better for your business.   Even when you have set an important goal, having the required self-discipline can be challenging to achieve this goal. This is why...
Published 04/18/24
Accountability is more than just a friend that calls you up occasionally to make sure you’re sticking to your weight loss goals. It’s also more than the occasional roundtable discussion with business colleagues checking in on how everyone in the group is doing in terms of hitting their quarterly financial goals. True, meaningful accountability serves to prop you up when you feel discouraged, and also propels you to heights you never thought possible.    While there are many different types of...
Published 04/11/24
Do you want to continue to be Exhausted or be Empowered? If you are an Entrepreneur and want to be empowered, you must listen to my interview with Elizabeth Gould, Certified Master Neuroplastician and Best-Selling Author.   I know you will find my guest to be super interesting because she analyzes the neuroscience behind the mindset and behaviors of elite athletes to assist with the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and executives, so we can more quickly be even more successful.    Elizabeth...
Published 04/09/24
There comes a time when you don’t feel like working anymore. It happens to everyone, you are certainly not an exception. Rather, it would be surprising if you haven’t felt that way about a task or project till now. As an entrepreneur, you would have worked hard to get your business to a level where it is successful and stable. Yet, procrastination can tempt you at any time. Particularly if it is a task you don’t like doing, there is a bigger chance you would be enticed towards...
Published 04/04/24
It can be challenging to imagine that entrepreneurship comes with a psychological price considering how much the media glamorizes it. Most people only see the lavish and exciting lifestyles of high-profile entrepreneurs. That is why it is important to pay attention to the psychological price that entrepreneurs pay and work to avoid it. But this makes up a small percentage of the overall business owner population. Most entrepreneurs don't own private jets, and they don't party with well-known...
Published 03/28/24
Emotional intelligence is a vastly underrated trait in a great business leader. While hard skills, such as technical skills or knowledge, can be learned, emotional intelligence needs to be cultivated. Soft skills such as empathy, patience, and self-awareness, are all crucial for successfully leading a team and growing your business to your next level.   Leaders who have high emotional intelligence are much farther ahead of the curve than those who have a keen instinct for business. They’re...
Published 03/21/24
Do you want to be great and more successful?  If “HECK YES!”, then check this out!   Listen to my Podcast Interview with Madelaine Weiss, Author of Getting To Great I know you will find my guest to have valuable insight and ideas about how to be more ‘mindful', so that we are in charge of our mindset and beliefs instead of them being in charge of us.   Madelaine is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Board-Certified Executive-Career-Life Coach with an MBA. She is a former mental health practice...
Published 03/19/24
Your business is scaling, which is fantastic! It means that your business is successful and growing, as is your team. And it’s more important now than ever to preserve your company’s culture, or what made it so great in the first place.   A symptom of rapid expansion can be feeling like the spirit of the company is not the same as it once was. With more people joining your team, they can have an impact on the overall culture of the company. More individual personalities means more voices, and...
Published 03/14/24
Your success relies, at least in part, on you spending your time wisely. As a successful businessperson, you no-doubt realize that time is the most precious commodity that you could possibly possess. You also know that moving to the next stage of success will only be possible when you continue to permeate your life with good habits that will help you to make the most of your time.  Good habits are an asset that every successful person has to develop… but doing so is not always easy, as you...
Published 03/07/24
Persistence is sort of like a ‘magic word’ when it comes to success. Persistence is basically the repetition or continuation of behavior, and it is an absolutely essential part of business. As a successful business owner, you no doubt have at least a pretty good idea of what it takes to be persistent, though it never hurts to revisit a subject that is very important.    The whole idea of persistence revolves around the fact that motivation has a tendency to wax and wane a bit as time goes by....
Published 02/29/24
You will soon understand why James is one of America’s leading behavioral management specialists because he will blow your mind with ideas that he has uncovered and no one’s talking about, so you can accelerate your business success.   James I. Bond is one of America’s leading behavioral management and business marketing specialists - and is the author of the multi-award-winning book, BRAIN GLUE - How to Sell Easier By Making Your Ideas "Sticky." For thirteen years, he ran one of Southern...
Published 02/27/24
Using calendar time blocks is one of the best ways to effectively manage your time. It's a skill that is often overlooked but is an essential key to a productive day (day after day). We'll explore different ways you can make this critical practice easier in your life and take some of the stress out of your schedule by breaking up tasks into manageable chunks. One of the benefits of using time blocks is that it gives you more control over your day. You can use it to prioritize what's important...
Published 02/22/24
Doing business is a battle of willpower. As a business professional or entrepreneur, the challenge lies solely in you to succeed in your chosen area of business. You are required to manage, control, motivate, and inspire yourself and your team members to achieve your firm’s goals.   Your willpower is the ability to control your thoughts, desires, and actions in a beneficial way to you and any situation you find yourself in.   When thinking of your willpower and how to control it and win its...
Published 02/15/24
Do You Need Help Getting More Organized so You Can Accomplish More? If ‘YES’, then you need to listen to my Podcast Interview with Star Hansen, Clutter Whisperer, Author of Why the F*#@ Am I Still Not Organized?, Certified Professional Organizer, and TEDx Speaker.  I know you will find Star to be a wealth of information related to helping successful people, like you, who might feel like a hot mess to figure out why your clutter isn’t going away, so you can finally clear the chaos, and live a...
Published 02/13/24
Overall, goal setting and measuring where you are at against your goals serves as a way to gauge your progress at every point along the way.  Goal setting doesn’t have to be a monotonous task that painful are arduous. Your business is always affected by environmental factors like new policies, technology, international relations, consumers, and suppliers.    Because these factors exist and are ever fluctuating, your goals have to be stable and also flexible to keep up with all of the...
Published 02/08/24
Having self-confidence can be attributed to the feeling of capability. By being confident, you feel like you can handle anything that comes your way and do a great job at it.  Though the feeling of self-confidence cannot be explained, it is important to note that confidence is built on numerous things. It is influenced by your choices, situations, emotions, actions, and reactions. The instances you are put in and how you react to them feed your passion and make you feel accomplished and happy...
Published 02/01/24
I know you will find Greg to be super informative and interesting as it relates to utilizing wearable technology to help you live an even healthier lifestyle, so you can enjoy having the kind of business and life you truly want.       Greg Elliott is an exercise physiologist, osteopath, and entrepreneur who is on a mission to help everyone own their health through education, motivation, and actionability. He is a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and wearable technology thought leader, speaker,...
Published 01/30/24
Accountability in business means holding yourself responsible for your performances or actions relating to the results achieved in your business. Accountability in business is also directly tied to productivity and how you and your team get things done in the workplace.   As a business owner, you need to learn how to perform your duties and carry out your business activities in even more productive ways.   The most important way to succeed in business is to find a way to manage your time and...
Published 01/25/24
As a business owner, you know that success comes from having the right mindset and tools. Visualization is one of the most powerful tools you can use to achieve your goals and overcome obstacles. By imagining your ideal life and business, you can create a roadmap for success that will help you stay focused and motivated.   5 reasons why you need to use visualization include such things as:  1.       It makes you feel empowered. ... 2.       Your brain doesn't distinguish real from imaginary....
Published 01/18/24
I know you will find my guest to be a wealth of super useful information related to helping you to imagine what is possible both personally and professionally, so you can have the kind of business and life you truly want.   Hilary DeCesare is an award-winning business expert, 3x internationally best-selling author of Relaunch! Spark Your Heart to Ignite Your Life, and founder of The ReLaunch Co. This former Silicon Valley CEO is widely recognized for her work in neuropsychology. Hilary’s work...
Published 01/16/24
Have you heard that saying, “Persistence Pays Off”? It is true, but there is a fine line between being persistent and being relentless, and you need to know when you’re crossing the line. Having the power of persistence will help you achieve your goals, so you can have your ideal business and ideal life. Persistence is a personality trait and an attitude that indicates you’re working hard, and that you keep trying until you achieve success or until you realize the direction you’re going isn’t...
Published 01/11/24
When it comes to building your business, it is imperative that you keep the end goal and ideal results in mind at ALL times. In fact, setting goals and determining to stick to them is one step that everyone should take, regardless of what type of business you are in. Keeping the end goal in mind through the day-to-day grind is going to help keep you focused on where you want to be in the future.  It might seem surprising, but not many people have mastered the art of keeping the ‘end goal’ in...
Published 01/04/24