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THIS WEEKEND IS the celebration of Independence Day in the US. A patriotic, celebratory, but thoughtful time.
When I was a kid, I got the impression that our country was created in the late 18th century and has been running on automatic ever since.
Boy, was I wrong!
THIS WEEK I had the opportunity to attend a presentation hosted by the just-now-forming Conscious Capitalism Colorado Chapter. The speaker was Martin Bjergegaard, co-author of the new book Winning Without Losing.
What a great and inspiring hour! I immediately bought the book.
Martin’s message is the same as how he’s built his businesses: By focusing on quality of life, quality of leadership, and leveraging his considerable passion.
ONE OF FORT COLLINS’ claims to fame is 
Tim Farnsworth, the M&E Painting sign dancer guy. He’s been working for the company for six years now and is an energetic asset to the community.
He cares deeply about his job. He’s an expert and puts his whole heart into what he does.
Let’s contrast this to, oh, the other twenty sign flippers around town. They stand there. Maybe they wave their sign around a little. It a fit of inspiration, they might even turn it around for ten minutes.
You get the impression that it’s just a job, a way to make a few bucks before moving onto something which will pay 50¢ more.
THERE SEEMS TO BE 
a strong trend of optimism growing right now – so much that it’s even showing up on the news.
I’m greatly encouraged by the trend.
When I lost my job and launched out into business coaching full time, I had to make a conscious choice to nurture confidence and optimism. I had to look to the future and leave the past behind.
It wasn’t easy: This was 2009 Read the rest of this entry »
MY FATHER DIED in 1994 after a six month battle with cancer. It wasn’t an easy time, but the help given us by Hospice was a godsend. It made all the difference in the world, and saved our relationships.
I had the opportunity this week to speak with Deanna Cochran, founder of Quality of Life Care in Austin, Texas. Her specialty is as an End of Life Doula, a field I’d never heard of before.
NOBODY 
CAN SUCCEED by themselves. Well, at least not with any significant venture that we’re talking about in the business world.
There are several ways to get support from others:
- Force them
- Buy it from them (with money or goods)
- Inspire them
- Use the inspiration they already have
I hope you see why these methods become more powerful as you go down the list.
I‘VE 
COME TO REALIZE just how much I rely on others for my business success.
It’s not that I’ve structured things in a particularly complex manner: I’m a part of a small group of coaches operating under a single brand. I’m responsible for finding my own clients and delivering services to them.
That group is vitally important to my focus and motivation. Read the rest of this entry »
THE 
WORD “COLLABORATION” has shown up for me multiple times this week. It must be a message!
I totally understand the reluctance to put your future in the hands of someone else. No doubt many of us learned the lesson in school that a “team project” would sometimes turn into all the work being done by the one kid who cared about grades the most. The others would let things slide a bit, letting the dedicated one pick up the slack.
Instead, let’s look at this from the standpoint of collaborations which work well.
My first example might surprise you: Read the rest of this entry »
THIS WEEK 
I had a chance to hang out with a bunch of inventors, writers and artists at the Quid Novi Spring of Innovation. What a cool idea! We had a chance to talk about what’s currently happening with innovation in northern Colorado and the rest of the world.
It’s clear to me that innovation has a slightly different twist in values-based businesses than it might in others.
In the previous issue, I talked about how we as coaches can help our clients build deep values into a business. In this context “deep values” refer to those motivations that are more important than just making money and delivering products or services.
I find that many coaches are seeking to build just this kind of businesses: one founded upon and expressing deep values. As a Christian coach, it’s likely that you want to include your own faith as part of the foundation of your coaching practice.
Do you want your coaching to make a difference in the world? Here’s a game plan for making that happen.
The Values-Based Business 