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Do you have a definite method of working?
Many service providers are not rewarded because they don’t have a method for the application of their expertise. They haven’t developed their own proprietary method for working. DAVID C. BAKER Imagine for a minute, that someone shows interest in your work. David C. Baker suggests that what you need to be talking about is whether…
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If you found a cure for a deadly disease, would you hide it in your basement?
On January 18, 2013, my friend Michael Katz, Blue Penguin founder and Chief Penguin, who specializes in coaching small professional service firms and solos in word-of-mouth marketing shared a post called: Give The Gift of You – which you can read in its entirety here. At the time, I was struggling with thinking that potential…
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Are you an Expert?
In the world of work someone is called an expert if: Or expert status is measured by the number of clients you have. The more clients – the greater your expert status! The dictionary definition talks about knowledge and skill, so you might be called an expert if: I prefer to use the definition from…
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Trust your unique expertise – you have everything you need
Feeling that we need more – more education, more information, more time, more money, more training, more experience – is a lie we tell ourselves to stay stuck because, believe it or not, this is a comfortable spot. It’s what we know. What we don’t know is what’s scary to us so we never venture…
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Do you struggle to explain your expertise in a compelling way?
You know you are good at what you do, yet when someone asks you to describe what you do, you are stumped. You call yourself an expert but deep down inside you’re winging it, afraid that you will eventually get caught. It’s not that you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s more that you haven’t…
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Do You Know Your True Worth?
This statement – Charge what you’re worth seems straightforward and simple. Except often we don’t really know what we’re worth! And why is that? You see most times we don’t consider what comes naturally to us as valuable. We dismiss our innate talents and often wrongly assume that since it is so simple or easy…
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Our Invisible Assets – The Real Source of Our Wealth
In business when you prepare a balance sheet you compile a summary of your assets and liabilities. Under assets you may have real estate, cars, equipment, furniture, cash, jewellery, securities and any other tangible assets. Under liabilities you would include all debts, obligations, mortgages, bank loans and any other promissory notes. When you subtract your…

