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Episode #37: Refuse to Choose (To Do Just One Thing!) with Barbara Sher

Episode #37

Airdate: 6/8/10

Refuse to Choose (To Do Just One Thing!)

Barbara Sher's latest book, Refuse To Choose: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything You Love, deals with people who have so many interests they’re unable to choose only one.  Sound familiar?  If you’ve ever been called a dilettante or undisciplined, don’t worry.  According to Barbara you’re a “Scanner” and you’re highly intelligent, multi-talented and just need to have more interests than the average person.   

If your passions and interests are taking you in too many different directions, find out which of the seven types of Scanners you are – from the Serial Specialist (learning all about one subject, only to get bored and move on to the next) to Sybil (with so many areas of interest, you can’t finish a thing).  Barbara wants you to know that you must do everything you love instead of zeroing in on just one pursuit, and she’ll share some powerful techniques to keep you from “goal paralysis”.

Barbara Sher is a business owner, career counselor, and best-selling author of seven books (including I Could Do Anything if I Only Knew What It Was and It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life At Any Age) – each of which provides a down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts method for uncovering natural talent, pinpointing goals and turning dreams into reality. 

Her first book, Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, has become a classic, selling over one million copies in more than a dozen translations.  Wishcraft is used as the text for university classes all over the world and is a standard handbook for career counselors, coaches, social workers and teachers.
Barbara has presented seminars and workshops throughout the world, and joining forces with public television, she has created five hour-long special programs that continue to air in cities around the U.S.

 

Episode #9 Legacies of the Heart with Donna Krone

Episode #9

Airdate: 11/24/09

Legacies of the Heart

 

Donna Krone’s first 40 years of life were no different than most. She was so busy doing her best to respond to what life brought to her that she brushed away the bigger questions of designing her life. But according to developmental theorists she was right on schedule when in her early 40s something inside her started to change. Despite a successful career as a financial planner, Donna had this nagging sense “This is not what I am meant to be doing” and it just wouldn’t stop until she paid attention.

She finally listened to that inner voice and created a life of purpose and meaning in her business Sacred Conversations™.  As you move into this next stage of life, Donna will show you how sacred conversations can help you develop the confidence to share what is most deeply meaningful to you with family, friends, and your broader community – what she calls legacies of the heart.

Donna M. Krone, CPCC, CFP, is the founder and owner of Sacred Conversations™, an organization focused on professional coaching and transformational programs in life purpose, leadership and legacy.

Formerly a registered nurse and a financial advisor, Donna brings a broad perspective and heart-centered presence to her work. She received her coaching certification and leadership training through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a premier ICF-accredited coaching organization.

An experienced workshop leader in both corporate and nonprofit venues, Donna presented her unique programs on legacies of the heart at the 2007 Positive Aging Conference and the 2008 ASA/NCOA Aging in America Conference. In January she will be presenting Legacies of the Heart: Touchstones for a Life of Meaning at the renowned Kripalu center. Click here for more information.

Donna says, "Taking a step back to see the big picture of what we are creating and why leads to making choices that bring us more fulfillment and joy."

"I have openings for 2 individual clients this Fall and I'm currently accepting applications. Do you feel like you're just slogging through life? Are you eager to learn more about your own life purpose so that you can align your decisions, actions and life with it? Contact me today for a free, no-obligation consultation call to learn more about how I can help."

"At the website, you can also subscribe to my free monthly newsletter, Conversations, with tips and inspiration to help you live a more purposeful life."

(This week's angel sponsor is Nancy Merz Nordstrom who shows us the secrets for enriching and enhancing the After-50 years.)

 

Episode #8: Going from Frazzled to Dazzled While Downsizing Your Life with Claire LeSage

Episode #8

Airdate: 11/17/09

Going from Frazzled to Dazzled While Downsizing Your Life

 

Claire LeSage is a 62-year-old baby boomer, too young to retire.

She spent her life as a caregiver for family, work associates, and friends. Someone was always in need of care; they needed to move, were sick, or needed help handling their checkbook.  Claire’s work life spanned over 43 years doing accounting and administrative work in the private, nonprofit, government sectors, finishing with 17 years in the moving industry.  She was always planning and organizing for everyone!  When it was decided that she would retire, she used all her administrative, planning, organizational and moving skills to her advantage and started a business:  WITTZ END.

Claire works with families who want expert assistance moving their parents to smaller living arrangements, but who are unable to take time away from their families or work to help their parents.  She knows how to plan a great move to allow families to utilize their time on more pressing things like medical, housing or legal issues.

WITTZ END is more than working with families to help them move and downsize older family members; it is giving everyone a chance to revisit things from the past, remember, and let it go. 

There are many reasons why Claire’s clients are downsizing and moving.  They include: the senior who wants be in control and have a say in what happens with their “stuff”, but cannot do the work; Baby Boomers who want to downsize but cannot take the time; seniors who want to be able to stay in their homes for a few more years; or seniors who want to see the smile on their granddaughter’s face and the tears in her eyes when they give her the family pearls; and families who are stressed and anxious about moving their parents.  Claire provides reassurance that all will be okay! 

Claire offers a FREE one-hour consultation to see if WITTZ END is right for you.

Special offer: The first 10 listeners of this show or clients of Lin will receive a copy of Claire’s new e-book, FRAZZLED TO DAZZLED!  It is filled with stories and useful tips for downsizing and moving! Contact claire@atwittzend.com to obtain a copy.

(This week's Angel Sponsor is Peter Coombs of Frontline Training and Consulting, who helps entrepreneurs overcome their fears and dislikes of selling...)

 

Episode #7: Ignite Your Passion Into Profit with an Online Business with Donna Gunter

Episode #6

Airdate: 11/10/09

Ignite Your Passion Into Profit with an Online Business

 

If you begin to research how to start an online business, you’ll be bombarded with information.  Some of the information is valuable and relevant, but much of it is based on some “flash-in-the-pan” strategy that no longer works.  Perhaps you already tried to begin an online business but were completely overwhelmed about the exact steps to get started.  Or, you may have been burned by some infoproduct for which you paid hundreds of dollars that didn't deliver the results promised.  Or, you may be driving yourself crazy by trying a new Internet marketing effort each week, only to admit defeat from sheer overwhelm.

If any of these scenarios applies to you, it's time to get serious and learn the secrets of how to create a thriving online business where clients beg you to work with them!

Donna Gunter, author of Get More Clients Online:  How to Get 95% of Your Clients from Internet Marketing, and founder of OnlineBizU.com, is a Boomer Biz Coach and Internet Marketing Strategist who helps baby boomers create prosperous online retirement businesses that fulfill their passions.  She accomplishes this by teaching them how to automate their businesses, leverage their expertise online, and implement the most effective Internet marketing strategies to increase their visibility in their marketplace.

Donna opened her first online business as an online business manager/virtual assistant in 1999 and successfully built this virtual company from her small, rural, East Texas hometown using only connections made online and Internet marketing strategies.  After coaching and training virtual assistants for several years, she made the leap into professional business coaching and created a subscription membership website, Online Biz University.Are you tired of struggling to market your small business the same way everyone else in your industry does? You've just found THE one-stop Internet marketing training center for people who dream of being an expert in their field and owning a highly profitable professional service business.

At OnlinebizU.com, you'll discover how to create massive online visibility for your Internet business, start marketing 1 to millions rather than 1:1, and get more clients online.

Find hundreds of how-to articles and tutorials, audio interviews with experts, step-by-step marketing teleclasses, active discussion groups, and more!  Plus get discounts on upcoming training programs and new information products.

You'll find no "flash in pan" Internet marketing information here -- we offer substance over sizzle!  Every single technique and strategy discussed has been proven to effectively help you grow your list, increase the traffic to your website, leverage your expertise into passive revenue, and help you get found online.

Special Offer for Listeners:  $1, 21-day full access trial membership. Click here for more details.

(This week's Angel Sponsor is Susanna Opper of Shawenon Communications, who'll help you find the perfect words to communicate anything...)

 

Episode #5: WOW: I Could Have Had a VA (Virtual Assistant)!

Episode #5

Airdate: 10/27/09

WOW: I Could Have Had a VA (Virtual Assistant)!

 

Lisa Englert turned 25+ years of administrative experience in the corporate world into her own virtual business. 

As a Virtual Assistant (or VA), Lisa handles administrative projects for entrepreneurs, small business owners and independent professionals so they can focus on their core business. With expertise in customer service, PR, marketing and communications, she provides outsourced administrative/business support services without having to ever step foot inside her clients’ offices. Because she works with them by phone, fax, email and other emerging technologies, her clients can be across the street or across the globe.

Her client base is small, which allows them to work in long-term, collaborative partnerships.  And since she’s not on their payroll, her clients don't have to provide office space, purchase additional equipment, or pay employee benefits or taxes. Best of all, they get to interact with another business owner who isn’t simply task-oriented, but instead, wants to help find great solutions to challenges and the best ways to really go for opportunities.

Outside of her VA practice, Lisa volunteers as Vice Chair of Wake Technical Community College's Advisory Committee for Office Administration and serves on their Plus 50 Advisory Committee. She is co-developing the curriculum and will be an adjunct instructor for a Plus 50 continuing education course on Virtual Assistance at Wake Tech. She also serves as a board member for Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel, an historical preservation organization.

Lisa is a native of Atlanta, GA and currently lives with her husband in Cary, NC.  In her free time, she enjoys herb gardening, traveling, golfing, wine tasting, watching Food Network, and reading female detective novels.

(This week’s Angel Supporter is physical therapist and ergonomic consultant, Kathi Fairbend…fatigue and injury free solutions for your home office.)