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2 Articles on Business Networking 

by Business Coach Chuck

Networking - Meeting People with a Purpose

How do you meet people and what do you do at an event where business people are gathered? The following is something that is very natural and works for me. It might work for you too.

Networking - After the Intro

This article is about the first meeting after the networking event. In other words, you were at a convention, BNI meeting or whatever, met some one with whom you thought there could be mutual benefit.

Ever Attend one of those "How to Improve your business marketing, systems, etc." Seminars? 

Still have the great stuff piled next to your desk?

You know it's great information. You know it could help you build your business, achieve your business goals, create your ideal business picture.

You're read it, scanned it, thought about it.

Maybe you've even mentioned to your employees, friends, or family members that you're excited about trying some of these new ideas.

But, it really hasn't moved from information to action in your business world.

What to do?

That's were individual, one-to-one, unique business coaching comes into play.

You have the great business improvement info. You have a great business product or service. You have great motivation.

Now, all you need is a little help (a.k.a. a business coach) APPLYING that business seminar material to your unique, specific business and personal circumstances.

Seminars are about information.
Business coaching is about applying that information to your own real live business.

My current Recommended Reading for Business People 

I read ALOT.

I read James Loehr's original book, "Toughness Training for Life," and loved it. It was about how stress - really, appropriate levels of challenge - can help, while inappropriate levels of challenge - alot or a little - can hurt us.

But, his newer book, "Stress for Success" is even better. Why? Because he spends alot more of the book conveying to you the "how to do it in your life," rather than just describing the theory and giving examples of where he saw good and bad stress play out (he was a tennis coach to the big leaguers).

Stress for Success

by James E. Loehr

Loehr's theory - and now, it's simply described application - is very important to understand, and to apply it to our lives!

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 07/25/2008)

E-Myth Revisited 

for most small business owners

I like E-Myth - sort of. It really is a wonderful exploration of 1 particular solution to some of the issues that arise in a small business.

Why do I use other resources? Because I don't like cookie-cutter 1-size-fits-all "solutions," because they're really not solutions at all - because it can't be applied to your individual circumstances.

I'm just not a cookie-cutter kind of guy. I like creating and orchestrating unique solutions tailored to fit a business coaching client's specific visions and goals, one-of-a-kind style, personality traits, & particular challenges. And that's the kind of guy my business coaching clients are looking for.

So, if you're a small business owner and have been recommended to the E-Myth, go ahead get it and read it. It's informative and will help you understand one perspective on one particular small business problem. But don't believe the "myth" that it's the "only way the cookie crumbles!"

BUT, if you want my Highly Recommended book suggestions, go HERE - my Squidoo lens on How to Use a Business Coach and see the Favorite Business Books of Business Coach Chuck section.

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

This book is a classic.

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 07/25/2008)

The E-Myth Revisited CD : Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to do about it

Rather listen to it in the car? Get the CD version.

Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 07/25/2008)

My Other Business Coaching Squidoo lenses 

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Hi! I'm Business Coach Chuck.  This lens is a central location for all of my business coaching resources. 

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Question:  What is the definition of Business Success? Answer:  You (the Owner) are Happy! I'm Business Coach Chuck & I coach business people who want to achieve their own definition of business success.  People like: Business ow...

Who should Hire a Business Coach? 

1. ... are a small business owner who would like less employee challenges, more free time, and more net profits in your pocket.
2. ... are a small business owner who would like to retire in the next 5 to 10 years, and make alot of money selling your business, but are too busy to really figure out how all of that's really going to happen.
3. ... an entrepreneur who is tired of hitting the same roadblocks to your clear vision and goals.
4. ... a consultant who is better at actually consulting than at getting the word out about your consulting business.
5. ... a business person who just can't see how the current business model is going to improve, but who also knows that it has to improve or else you'll lose your sanity.
6. ... a brilliant person with a really high I.Q. and lots of talent, who just doesn't understand why they're not making more money.
7. ... a creative artistic person who needs more space and time for your art, or who needs to get it incorporated into your business more.
8. ... a stressed out business person who wants a more fun, less stress-filled life, and who knows that there's a less-stressed out life available, and has tried to have it, but it just keeps eluding you.
9. ... a solo service business owner who spends lots of time with "clients" and with "marketing" but who never seems to get paid as much as your time is really worth.
10. ... a business owner who knows that you've gotten too far away from your passion and that the daily-grind has worn you out; you don't want to quit, but you don't know what to do differently either.

Can you work with me by phone? 

Do you live outside the NY/NJ/PA area?

1. Yes.
2. YES!
3. Why? Because some of my best work is done with my by-phone-only clients. We tend to be very focused. We tend to work (sometimes) on the computer simultaneously sharing info to help out the client's own work. Want to see more about working with me remotely? Go to my Business Coach Chuck Squidoo lens -
   
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   While you're there, check out what Joe says in a real, live letter about working with me - completely remotely by phone!

What makes a good Business Coach? 

(in my opinion)

Business Coaches come from 2 schools:

1. Business
2. Psychology

Guess what my background is? Yep. Both

Why is that good for you? Let us count the ways . . .

1. I understand how business works.
2. I understand that business is about the money - and about your happiness - all at the same time.
3. I understand that if you're losing 2 cents on each pencil you sell, then selling thousands more of them will still keep you in the red.
4. I understand that business owners and entrepreneurs are usually passionate, creative, energized people, who sometimes have issues that prevent them from getting to the next level.
5. I understand that business owners and entrepreneurs get frustrated when the managing, marketing or minutia of the business takes them too far away from their passion or creativity.
6. I understand that business owners desperately want to find a way for their brilliance, their talents, and their experience to translate into lots of income.
7. I understand that business owners love thinking about their business, but hate it when they have no life.
8. I understand that any personal, emotional or business challenge that a business person faces can be overcome - but sometimes it requires the help of an outside person who's not connected to the emotionally-charged issue - to give some new insight, shed some new light, create a new solution, or give some needed support.
9. I understand that business people have a difficult time delegating - even when they think they're good at it, and they need some outside person to either give them permission to do it, help them let go, find out why they resist it, make a creative solution, or develop a new business model that
addesses the issue.
10. I understand that business owners usually view marketing and networking as their least-favorite business task - and need help, guidance, creative ideas, and support, that really work for them as individuals, to help their business accomplish these tasks.
11. I understand that business people usually have families . . . and a life . . . and are juggling alot - always. I understand that there really is no such thing as keeping your life and your business separate - and how that plays out (and its challenges) at both ends.

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Surround Yourself with Your Picture of Business Success 

I picked these 2 items because they speak to key issues that business coaching is all about - "What do YOU want in YOUR Life?" and "Think Outside the Box."

Think Out of the box Large Mug

from A Better Perspective Online Store

"Think Out of the Box" We all need to do it - and More Often! So, in between conference calls with your Business Coach, keep this reminder on your desk (for coffee, tea, or pens) - and stay on the path to your uniquely designed success - Out of the Box!

Price: 14.50

Women's T-Shirt

from It's My Life! Coaching Services

"It's My Life!" Do you really need to shout it to the world? Probably not. But sometimes, you do need that reminder to yourself - to stay focused on what you want in your life - not what everybody else thinks you should be doing with your time, your energy, your affections - because, after all, it is Your Life. Wear this t-shirt around the house working on your goals, or journaling, or meditating, or even, talking to your busines coach!

Price: 19.99