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Mindset & Resilience

The inner game of ownership: staying steady, clear, and resourceful when the business asks more of you than you expected.

business coach accountability

Mindset & Resilience, Ownership & Entrepreneurship

Become Your Own Business Coach to Master Self-Accountability

There’s been some discussion swirling around my business coach community on the subject of accountability. Admittedly, it’s a broad topic

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small business growth

Mindset & Resilience, People & Partnerships

Know When to “Zip It” to Avoid Damage to Your Small Business Growth

Communication. It can build up your small business or tear it apart—the right kind of communication fuels optimism, hope, excitement,

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Growth & Scaling, Mindset & Resilience

Business Growth Strategies to Snap You Out of Your Funk

Nothing is worse than being in a funk! Entrepreneurs experiencing a “mood” know, only too well, the adverse effects the

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business growth plugins

Mindset & Resilience, Ownership & Entrepreneurship

8 Ways to Plug into Your Personal Power for Business Growth

Webster defines power as the ability to act or do. Given that, we all have it. Everyone can act. Despite that,

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small business

Growth & Scaling, Mindset & Resilience

Plagued by Uncertainty? Take Your Small Business BIG!

The pandemic, politics, and inflation put many small business owners on edge. The uncertainty was evident in many coaching conversations

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small business opportunity

Growth & Scaling, Mindset & Resilience

Do Small Business Opportunities Exist Despite the Incessant Pandemic?

Didn’t we all think the pandemic would be in our rearview mirror by now? I sure did! In fact, in

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entrepreneurial time squeeze

Mindset & Resilience, Ownership & Entrepreneurship

The Sign That Launched My Entrepreneurial Outlook

My dad, Johnny Nagel, a common sense, hard-working man with wisdom beyond his sixth-grade education, had a sign posted on the door of his makeshift office. It read…

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Growth & Scaling, Mindset & Resilience

Oh No! An Invisible Gorilla is Slowing My Business Growth

Wow! I did not see this coming... There's an “invisible gorilla” in my business? (It does, however, explain who’s been raiding the snack drawer late at night.) And it's having its way with my business growth!

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