Monday, December 17, 2012

The Inexpensive - But Priceless - Gift

As Christmas draws closer, the words of Charles Dickens have really sunk in:
 
"Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time."

My thoughts have turned constantly to the past year and all the amazing things that have happened. I am so blessed to have had association with so many fabulous people and be a part of the success of so many thriving businesses!

An enormous THANK-YOU goes out to all my clients, family, and friends for another amazing year! The journey we shared over the past 12 months has been the best part of my life so far.

I can close the book on 2012 and say with satisfaction that it was time well-spent, money well-invested, and relationships well-cultivated. It was a year of positive growth, change and development. It was an amazing year of facing challenges, overcoming them, and finding more to come. It was a great year for realizing again what is best and most important in life. It was a year of celebration, of success, and of BFOs.

May each of you find the joy that can be yours by harnessing the resources at your disposal and making the most of them. Your dreams and goals are achievable, your visions can be realized, and you can be the most amazing person you know. Put it all down on paper, map your road, and take action. May 2013 be even more amazing than 2012!

Merry Christmas!

Coach David Green



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Planning for Success

Planning saves time and money. Planning points us in the right direction, gives us a roadmap, and puts goals and dreams into a tangible framework of steps. Planning gives us an overall perspective of where we are, where we've been, and where we're going.



December is a great season for planning. Not only is it a time of celebration and reflection, but it is also the season for planning and preparing for the future. In January we turn over the calendar to a new year that stretches in front of us full of promise and potential. In all the busy parties and receptions, fundraisers and family dinners, gift-buying and gift-receiving, and the travails of winter storms, make time to sit down and re-evaluate. This year is drawing to a close - what will next year bring for you?

I extend a personal invitation to all of you to join me for our GrowthCLUB session on December 11. It's a unique session geared towards taking some time to evaluate the state of the union in your business. What is the current financial state of affairs? What will your goals be for next year? By this time next year, what would you like your business to look like? What changes would you like to make to your marketing campaigns and systems? How would you like to build your team toward better collaboration and communication? How would you like to improve your sales and bottom line? Join us for an opportunity to sit down with other business owners and discuss ideas, opportunities, and proven tactics that can change your business for the better.

"If I have an idea and give the idea away it is not gone, but I still have it! This experience does not conform to the arithmetic of things.
Let us examine this experience from the point of view of exchange. If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange apples -- then you have an apple and I have an apple. But if I have the idea that the apple is red and you have the idea that the apple is small and we exchange ideas, then you have two ideas and I have two ideas. It is quite obvious, therefore, that the laws governing thoughts or ideas are different from the laws governing things. If I have an idea and give it away, I still have it to give again, and if I give the idea away again and again, I still have the idea left."
--Nicolas T., 19 May 2011