The Guru Effect destroys your potential

Build a blog, then blog about how to blog. Take your bricks-and-mortar business online, then run workshops on how to use twitter. Write a book, then give talks about the publishing industry.

This is the Guru Effect. When good entrepreneurs have one hit, then become how-to-guide gurus. It’s practically become a career plan for many.

The Guru Effect is destroying business success, more powerfully and subtly than anything else.

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Commitment phobia kills businesses AND marriages

Before I kick off this article, I want to remind you that you have less than 24 hours to crush the business fears holding you back from your goals — by grabbing my ebook “Demystify Your Fear”. It’s half price until midnight tonight. After that, it will no longer be for sale – at any price. Click here now for your last chance to pick up your copy for $47 $23.50

You just can’t commit. Am I right, guys?

“…But baby, I just want to be able to do whatever I want.”

Entrepreneurs and leather clad, Harley riding badasses have more in common than they realize.

Like that tattoo covered bad boy, the entrepreneur won’t commit. The desire for freedom pushes you towards an unstructured, carefree lifestyle… even though you know you need to eventually lock down and commit.  [click to continue…]

Demystify Your Fear

Hi folks,

This isn’t a blog post so much as an announcement.

A shift in strategic direction is coming here at The Shrink for Entrepreneurs. Client consults are still in action (and no, those are not on sale) but I’m moving away from info products. My ebook “Demystify Your Fear” is being taken off the market permanently. Before that happens, I’m offering it at a 50% discount to readers.

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Survive and Thrive during the holidays, with the Clarity Couch

Uh oh. Another obligatory holiday post. Or is it?

As resident Shrink for Entrepreneurs, I’m here to serve up some piping hot insight on how to thrive during this chaotic time of year… while still finding time to do what’s important: Be with loved ones.

No matter your industry, the holidays mess it up. If you’re rocking a business-to-consumer business model, you probably have sales and pre-christmas insanity on your hands. If you run a business-to-business operation, all your sales leads are about to go as cold as ice. No one’s staff are going to have their head in the game and those christmas parties will take their toll on everyone.

I’m announcing something totally new and badass, that’ll give you the crash course you need to make this your best season yet.  [click to continue…]

Creative people can make money too!

Creative people aren’t the most financially successful. There I said it.

The creative folks, the artists of the business world, are those who have the most trouble their bills.

I’ve worked with some very financially successful people, many of whom have attributed their massive (ridiculous) success to being “too stupid to give up” and “so unimaginative that hard work was the only option”. Those are actual client quotes.

Creative types over-think and over-analyze, get caught up in their craft and sometimes totally loathe the more commercial parts of their businesses. Until now, that is.  [click to continue…]