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My last interview on the BE Series Podcast Episode #85 with Christine Zilinski talks about why you need to BE a high-achiever.It all starts with how you start your day!Do you feel like you pour out from an empty cup? You probably feel empty if you don't pour into yourself first. Do you take time to pour into yourself so you can pour out from an overflow instead?Christine talks about “clothing yourself” on the inside and having power mornings. Here are the 3 "P's" of a power morning: Prep yourself Pour into yourself Program your mind These are the questions you need to answer today:  What’s the first thing you say...

My latest BE Series Podcast Episode #84 was a conversation with Lisa Carr, a salon owner and business coach.We talked about the reason why you need to BE proactive. I had an epiphany during our conversation. As a business owner you need to not just understand business strategy, but you also have to be a life coach.People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. You can have the most incredible business knowledge and strategies, but meanwhile your team will walk out the back door.Instead of investing in a Bachelors degree in business, invest in yourself for leadership and coaching...

This week I released TWO episodes on The BE Series Podcast and one was #81 BE Positive with Terri and Steve Cowan! Terri said this powerful statement, "when your team understands the whys it makes them wise."As we start opening our businesses again, we need to remember how important it is for our teams to buy into our visions. As a leader, you are gifted with seeing more than your teams see. You see the vision for re-opening before your team does, and you probably actually like change. But you have to remember that (most likely) your team only sees the way things were. They are probably longing for the 'good ole days' and may...

My latest podcast episode on The BE Series Podcast was #80 BE a Hustler with Stephanie Kocielski, and it was so inspirational! After miraculously coming through brain surgery—not being able to see out of her right eye, comb her own hair, and look in the mirror to notice that her head was shaved with a big scar, all she could remember before being rushed to the hospital was just being on stage at a hair show event.Stephanie said, "when you're looking to become more, it's time to inventory yourself." After her crisis she wrote down what she thought she was great at, and then she...

My latest podcast episode on The BE Series Podcast was with Ryan Birmingham and we talked about the number one leadership quality that you need. You need to BE Humble. Want to know our hiring qualifications in our businesses? You must be humble, hungry, and smart!  That’s a whole other story I will share with you sometime. Today let’s focus on how and why you need to BE humble! Quora.com states, “Humble can be an adjective or a verb. Opposites of humble the adjective may include proud, arrogant, self-centered, egocentric, egotistical, narcissistic, boastful, bumptious. … Opposites of the verb humbleareself-aggrandize, grand-stand, boast, brag.”  The bottom line is this: no one wants to be around a braggart.  But at...