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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 2, 20091 topic

4 Proven Steps to Positioning Yourself As An Expert: Even When you Don’t Feel Like One!

The Dictionary definition of an Expert?: a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field. My definition of an Expert: YOU! Trust me, this was one of my biggest stumbling blocks when starting my business…given that I came from the field of medicine where one of the most famous worldwide heart surgeo “experts” performed his miracles...ahhhh...I had no confidence that I, little Ann, could EVER be an EXPERT! Well, I’ve overcome that belief and today I want y

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By ANN Ronan PH DAug 20, 20091 topic

Be Yourself: Imitation is Suicide

It’s one thing to seek out people who are ahead of you in achieving something you want. For example, if you want to reach a six figure income, working from home, it makes sense to find someone who has done that and to learn from them the systems they used. That’s smart. But what I see so many of my clients do is compare themselves to others and declare that they come up short. I love Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings. He lived in the 1800’s and was a philosopher and essayist fr

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By ANN Ronan PH DDec 22, 20101 topic

Top 10 Entrepreneur Trends for 2011

1. Small is better. There's been a fundamental cultural change toward small business. Many of those who became unemployed have taken control of their own destiny by creating their own work and boosting local economies. Being small allows for customized, quality customer service which everyone appreciates (see trend #10). 2. Niche it even more tightly. Entrepreneurs have to be known. To get known you have to show that you, your service or product can solve a specific problem.

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By ANN Ronan PH DApr 2, 20041 topic

Defining Sucess Your Way!

Our society defines success primarily around three elements: power, money and fame. Many of you reading this may be saying, “wait a minute –those elements are not the most important things to me.” Success is often intangible. It’s certainly unique to each person. Have you considered how you will know when you are successful? For one of my career coaching clients, a definition of success is having autonomy in her work. She wants to set her own goals and direct her own activit

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

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By ANN Ronan PH DMar 25, 20101 topic

Are you ready for transformation?

What is transformation? And more importantly, how does it happen? The dictionary tells you that transformation is a change in form, appearance, nature, or character. Peter Senge, a faculty member at MIT and an expert on learning organizations, states, "as W. Edwards Deming says, nothing happens without "personal transformation." And the only safe space to allow for this transformation is a learning community." On the final call of a four week Authentic Life Institute class,

Primary topic: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

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By ANN Ronan PH DMar 25, 20101 topic

What are you convinced of?

What are you convinced of? What do you hold as true for you right now? Are you convinced that work is hard? Are you convinced that you'll never be able to work from home? Are you convinced that, on some level, it's wrong to be prosperous? Or are you convinced that you are always at choice and the past has no precedence...you can start right where you are. How unalterably convinced are you? This is your faith. Think about this. When you think about one of your convictions, do

Primary topic: Habits

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 2, 20091 topic

4 Secrets to Setting Goals (Goals You'd Really Love to Achieve!)

One of our Success Circle members recently asked for more specific guidelines on setting goals. The members each set a 60 Day WOW Goal – an achievement that they will feel really terrific about sharing with other members at the end of 60 days. Here are my best secrets for setting great WOW goals and achieving them. Secret #1: Create a vision for your ideal life first. Most people skip this step –don’t be one of them. Write it out in detail, including everything you’d love t

Primary topic: Goal Setting

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 2, 20091 topic

Get Your Article Written Today To Build Your List of Raving Fans

Writing articles is one of the top 5 marketing tools I used when I first started my business 10 years ago and it’s one I continue to use today. Why do I love it so much? It’s free, I can leverage the information and use it in several places, it allows me to give something of value to my readers and I build relationships. When I say “article” many of my clients freak out. Here’s what I mean – 500-800 words (that’s a page to a page and a half) on a topic related to your produc

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By ANN Ronan PH DAug 20, 20091 topic

Creativity: The Successful Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon

Your creative powers are infinite. Yup...think about it. You come from the same source as all of nature around you. Look at fruit trees. How do you think those fruit push themselves up the trunk, through the branches and then hang themselves like beautiful ornaments in just the right place? Well we don’t really know how it works, but we know it’s creation. You cannot not create. I know...many of you just don’t feel creative. Maybe your definition of “creative” has been too n

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By ANN Ronan PH DApr 30, 20101 topic

How are you intelligent?

Now please notice I didn't ask, how intelligent are you? That's an entirely different question. Our culture puts a great deal of weight on assessments given to you when you're in school...I.Q. tests, S.A.T.s, A.C.T.s...alphabet soup. This is unfortunate. These tests only measure a portion of the different types of intelligences including linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. Years ago, I was delighted to find Howard Gardner's work on multiple intelligences in th

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By ANN Ronan PH DAug 20, 20101 topic

40 Day Focus

I hope you're enjoying some of these lazy, hazy days of summer...I know I am! Many of you ask me how to choose from all your many ideas -which one should I work on NOW? I also hear from many of you that you're challenged by the "F" word (and I mea Focus!) Here's a powerful, easy 8 step system to choose your ideas, get them into action and completed. 1. Write down all your ideas. You don't have to DO all of them but if you don't write them down, you'll lose a lot of your t

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By ANN Ronan PH DMar 25, 20101 topic

Are You Too Scattered?

How are you feeling at the end of your work days? Like you've accomplished the most important things or wiped out and feeling like you're spinning your wheels? It can be easy to spread your attention to a million things that are not even remotely related to your business goals and money making strategies. Here are a few of my secrets for staying focused on what's important. 1. Start your day the day before. At the end of your workday take a look at your calendar for the nex

Primary topic: Organizing and Learning How to Organize

Organizing and Learning How to Organize

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By ANN Ronan PH DAug 20, 20091 topic

Successful Self Employment: How to Create a Profit Center for Your Home Based Business

I’m in the process of creating a new profit center for my business. And I thought it might help you to read about the four steps I’m following to create a successful (and fun) profit center. 1. Write out a vision for it. I know...I know. You don’t think this is important. I’m telling you...if you’re not willing to do this step then you are, 1) not committed to creating this profit center and, 2) setting yourself up for failure. Albert Einstein was no dummy when he said “Your

Primary topic: Home Business

1,382 views

By ANN Ronan PH DDec 26, 20031 topic

Top Ten Ways to Live Authentically

1. Know your purpose Are you wandering through life with little direction – hoping that you’ll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identify your life purpose or mission statement and you will have your own unique compass that will lead you to your truth north every time. 2. Know your values What do you value most? Make a list of your top 5 values. Some examples are security, freedom, family, spiritual development, learning. As you set your goals for 2004 – check your go

Primary topic: Happiness

1,372 views

By ANN Ronan PH DNov 19, 20091 topic

How to Make Money With Teleseminars

Do you ever wonder how those folks offering free teleseminars ever make money? I’ll let you in on three secrets. First, making money with teleseminars is a great goal...however, don’t overlook the importance of building your email list with teleseminars as well. Many people from all over the globe have registered for my teleseminars and continue to receive information and promotions from me. Second, teleseminars are a great way to deliver good content that you can then rep

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,370 views

By ANN Ronan PH DJul 2, 20091 topic

Speaking to Grow Your BusinessI: Marketing Tips to Fill the Room

There are several low/no cost ways to begin speaking. I would begin speaking for free –I did and it was a great way to build my database quickly. Here are my 4 favorite tips for building your reputation and becoming slightly famous with speaking. Tip #1: Offer a class related to your business at your local community college and/or adult education center. There are two great advantages to this tip. One is that teaching a class can feel less scary than being a “presenter.” Cha

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 17, 20091 topic

Changing Direction without Losing Your Mind or Your Money

Are you considering a career change? Are you thinking you’d like to be self employed but don’t know where to start? Each of you may be in different stages in the change game. Let me describe the possible stages you may be in right now and what to do right now, right where you are. Wherever that is, acknowledge that it is perfect for now –everything you have ever done, learned, experienced will be valuable to you in your next adventure. Stage 1: An ending with no clear view o

Primary topic: Career Transition

Career Transition

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By ANN Ronan PH DMay 22, 20091 topic

4 Power Networking Strategies for Successful Self-Employed Women

Many of the women who work with me are shy. And so was I when I first left my “job job” and began networking. When I worked in the university setting, the only networking I did was at conferences where we’d share our curriculum and research findings with others… it didn’t feel like "selling”. When I left behind that “academic identity” 10 years ago, I knew it would be important for me to get out and meet people to share information about my career coaching services and to es

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,348 views

By ANN Ronan PH DJul 17, 20091 topic

5 Steps to Generating Authentic & Powerful Leads…FAST!

Many of the solo professionals whom I coach are people who offer services. They're coaches, consultants, creatives. They’re amazing people with huge hearts and their own unique gifts and genius to share with the world. But here's the problem: I see many of them focusing on the wrong things. They create a snazzy web page, decide on their services and pricing (90% of the time too low by the way…a topic for another day!) and wait for people to find them. Sadly, it just doesn’t

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,342 views

By ANN Ronan PH DSep 22, 20091 topic

Hot Trends: Five Ways to Make Money From Home

The first book I fell in love with as a child was Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery...here’s a quote I could (and still do!) relate to: "There's such a lot of different Anne’s in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting." Working with people who want to start their own home based businesses is pure joy for me –it allows me to us

Primary topic: Business Start-up

Business Start-up

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 6, 20071 topic

Living Without a Job

My current coaching clients are all in the process of becoming self employed. They’re excited (and so am I). And they’re thinking about how to creatively make money doing what they love. Are you considering becoming a “free agent?” If so, here are some questions to ask yourself: What topics/subjects really interest me? How could I be paid to inform people about this interest? How could I be paid to provide people with a service related to this interest? How could I be paid t

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

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By ANN Ronan PH DOct 10, 20111 topic

Letting Go

There is really no such thing as time management. We all have the same 24 hours a day. What you can manage is where you put your attention. Where you spend your energy and time. And for many of you, you may not be spending your precious time doing things you love or being in environments that support you in fully developing your true self. One key is to let go of habits, commitments and even people who are not contributing to your life in a positive way. Here are a couple of

Primary topic: Time Management

Time Management

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 17, 20091 topic

Attracting Ideal Clients/Customers

You will have the best results in business if you create your vision first. Then you can take “inspired action” consistently and persistently. Without vision you may find yourself in the same boat as many unsuccessful business owners who dash madly from one marketing effort to another –never giving any of their strategies time to produce results –results that came from the vision. This article focuses on one important aspect of your business –who you serve. Here’s an exercis

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,308 views

By ANN Ronan PH DSep 22, 20091 topic

Put Money In Your Pocket With Sizzling Sales Copy

Every self employed person needs to learn how to write successful sales copy. Sales copy is a different style of writing. Just as I had to drop the academic boring writing to the more conversational writing you’re reading now...I had to learn to spice up writing when I wanted to sell something. For each product/service you would like to deliver to your customers, you’ll need to write a sales letter – start out with about 1,000 words, as you get practice, you can make them lon

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 17, 20091 topic

Common Fears and How to Work with Them

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive -- the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Don Miguel Ruiz When you think of your self employment dream –you may find yourself saying: - I don’t know anything about the nuts and bolts of starting a business – legal structure, taxes, accounting –yikes! - I won’t have health benefits or a pension plan - I don’t’ have money to start a business is another common thing I hear –thi

Primary topic: Business Start-up

Business Start-up

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By ANN Ronan PH DJul 13, 20091 topic

The New World of Work

In a brilliant book entitled "Job-Shift: How to Prosper in a World Without Jobs,” William Bridges says we are living in a jobless society. What you ask? There are no jobs? Let me explain. In the U.S., the concept that we have of jobs has only been in existence for about the last 150 years. It was at that time that the industrial revolution took us from farms and craft work to "jobs" in the factory. It completely changed our daily lives. It made traditional crafts obsolete an

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By ANN Ronan PH DNov 3, 20091 topic

Client Attraction: 3 Keys to Getting Ideal Clients

Getting clients and customers is the #1 need I hear from my clients. If you don’t have your client attraction system in place, you have no business! Strategy #1. What do you do? You’ve got to have a short, great answer when someone asks you this question. Start by knowing who your ideal client is so you can identify them with your answer to “what do you do?” You have to know who you are talking to every single time you write an email to your list, or create an ad, or write

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,274 views

By ANN Ronan PH DDec 9, 20111 topic

3 Step "Success Factor" Exercise

I love the month of December. Many years ago, I decided to give up any aspects of the holidays that caused stress or a feeling of "I don't want to be doing this!" As a result, I gave up shopping for gifts, attending any parties or events that I truly didn't want to attend, and sitting in Southern Califo ia traffic. Instead, I enjoy holiday music and surround myself with it often. I delight in the beautiful light displays that so many lovingly create for our enjoyment. I atte

Primary topic: Goal Setting

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By ANN Ronan PH DNov 19, 20091 topic

Deliver Powerful Teleseminars That Bring In The Money

People can think about four times faster than a person can talk so it is easy for your participants' minds to wander during your teleseminars. In our society it is the norm to multitask even though research shows us that multitasking is not effective. When you have someone on the phone, you can't see them and it so very easy for them to check email, do dishes or the laundry while they're on the call. Now, the fact that they took time out of their busy schedule to be on the

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By ANN Ronan PH DAug 20, 20091 topic

How Entrepreneurs Can Build Self Confidence

It’s not my imagination. And it’s not just anecdotal evidence from my own coaching business. I’ve recently read several research articles that find women exhibit a lack of self-confidence in their own abilities as entrepreneurs compared to men; many women do not feel comfortable calling themselves entrepreneurs; and, fear of failure is higher for women compared to their male counterparts. Now the good news is that for some women in the research studies, entrepreneurial self-c

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

1,211 views

By ANN Ronan PH DJul 17, 20091 topic

Faith it Till You Make It: 3 Steps to Authentically Grow into Your New Business Identity

What keeps you from staying in action towards your desired goals? I can bet it’s that four letter word...FEAR. Maybe your first few baby steps toward your goal were a breeze. And then...it’s time to make a specific request from someone or get out to a networking meeting and say “who you are and what you do” in 30 seconds (when you’re not exactly sure who the heck you are yet!). Taking what feels like a big risk can stop you cold. Now…you’ve probably heard that you’ll have to

Primary topic: Home Business

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By ANN Ronan PH DMar 3, 20071 topic

Power Your Passions

The Greeks didn’t write obituaries. They asked only one question when a man died. "Did he live with passion?" (from the film "Serendipity") Uncovering your passion allows you to tap into what makes your heart sing. When you consciously create your environments - who you surround tourself with, what you read, and the activities you pursue - you ignite your passion and live more fully, freely and with great satisfaction. Sound good? Ok, how do you uncover your passion? Some o

Primary topic: Career Development

Career Development

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By ANN Ronan PH DSep 22, 20091 topic

Do You REALLY apply the 80/20 Principle: Why ignore one of the most important success factors?

I can’t remember where I first heard about the 80/20 rule – Pareto’s Principle –a powerful success factor. I do remember that it sure got my attention. True to form, first I researched it to see if there was truly evidence for it. There was. Then I applied it to my business and my personal life. And I saw results. It’s now 2nd nature for me to ask myself routinely –does this activity fit into my 80/20 rule? Maybe you’ve heard of it but forgot all about it...or maybe you’ve ne

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By ANN Ronan PH DSep 22, 20091 topic

How to Overcome Resistance in Your Home Based Business

I highly recommend a book called “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” by Steven Pressfield. In it he examines internal obstacles to success and how to unlock your creativity. Today’s tips are adapted from his book. I am often asked how I get so much done...running multiple profit centers while still having plenty of time for exercise, reading, learning and play. One thing I can attribute to my productivity is the attitude I took the

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By ANN Ronan PH DJun 5, 20091 topic

Speaking to Grow Your Business: Why You Need to Conquer the Fear

When I do workshops on marketing ...and mention that speaking is one of the most effective strategies for building a list of contacts who can’t wait to buy from them, most people in the audience look at me with that “no way in hell am I gonna do that” look. What is it about speaking that makes it such a powerful marketing tool? Listed below are 3 benefits of public speaking. Benefit #1: You build your leads list quickly. People get an experience of YOU. They get to feel you

Primary topic: Public Speaking

Public Speaking

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By ANN Ronan PH DDec 23, 20101 topic

Goal Setting: The Quickest Way to Confidence

Do you find yourself struggling between setting goals and just living in the present moment? There's a tricky line to walk between the two. If you're constantly focused on the future and your goals, you may be missing out on wonderful moments in the here and now. You may also have blinders on and not see unexpected opportunities right before you -something that might even be better than the goal you're working on because you've got your eyes on that future prize that beckons.

Primary topic: Goal Setting

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By ANN Ronan PH DDec 3, 20101 topic

Potential: Are You Using Yours?

Astronomers recently discovered that there are three times as many stars in the universe than was previously thought. Up till now, they have seriously underestimated the number of other suns in other galaxies – and that means there must be many more planets orbiting them where other life forms might exist. Mind blowing! Which got me thinking...where are you seriously underestimating yourself? I see it all too often in people -I can see their amazing potential, their strong

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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