Archive for the 'Lifestyle' Category
By Melanie Benson Strick | April 15th, 2008
As my friends and I hovered in the lobby of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, the reality was sinking in that American Airlines had cancelled all of our flights and we were stuck in Nashville for one more day. As we mentally reviewed the checklist in our heads of all the rescheduling, rebooking and inconveniences we [...]

6 Keys to Solving Any Challenge With Out-of-the-Box Thinking:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (851)
Lifestyle, Mindset, Podcast | 3 Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | February 11th, 2008
Imagine what your life and business would be like if you had
other people to delegate the tasks you don’t like to do.
Would you feel more excited to grow your business
Would you take more time off for other priorities and interests?
Or would you finally have the time to dedicate to your legacy work?
Well you are about [...]
Business Goals, Lifestyle, Success Strategies, Virtual Team/Delegation | 10 Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | December 18th, 2007
I was recently listening to a podcast by Todd Bockman, the Millionaire Coach, on Attitudes for Success. He was telling a story about how he encountered some people on a forum who were whining about their down-trodden luck and offered to help them – for free – to get them on the right track. Thinking [...]

6 Steps to an “Altitude Adjustment” [11:40m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (770)
Lifestyle, Mindset, Podcast, Virtual Team/Delegation | 1 Comment »
By Melanie Benson Strick | September 18th, 2007
Years ago I suffered from borderline chronic fatigue. At the time I was working for Motorola and I was constantly overwhelmed and burned out from way to much to do with way too little time. My body and soul were exhausted.My body decided it was done with that kind of stress and promptly gave out. [...]

My Top 10 Success Habits for an Instant Energy Boost [11:44m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (627)
Lifestyle, Podcast, Success Strategies, Virtual Team/Delegation | 2 Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | July 17th, 2007
Download the Podcast of this Article
A couple of years ago I was at a leadership conference where one of the keynotes, Suzanne de Passe of Motown Productions, talked about protecting the entrepreneurs’ greatest commodity – our energy. Suzanne’s key comment was “how you spend your energy is how you measure your success.”
Boy did that [...]

5 Essential Habits to Protect Your Most Essential Commodity [9:40m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (653)
Lifestyle, Success Strategies, Virtual Team/Delegation | No Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | May 1st, 2007
I know you are probably thinking that slowing down to speed up is an oxy-moron. But it’s true. You have to slow down to speed up your results.Let me explain.When I started my business, I had a brilliant coach named Michael Stratford who had a saying…
Slower + Smoother = Faster
At that time, I was running [...]

Why Entrepreneurs Must Slow Down to Speed Up [14:38m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (1161)
Lifestyle, Podcast, Success Strategies, Virtual Team/Delegation | No Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | February 5th, 2007
Six months into our coaching, Jana shared that she was scared. She had been investing hand-over-fist in her marketing campaigns and still hadn’t seen any new revenue coming in. The fear was building up, the debt was starting to feel insurmountable, and Jana was getting overwhelmed.At first, I was stumped. I knew that we had [...]

A Dirty Little Secret That’s Costing You Your Profit...and Your Sanity [13:07m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (653)
Lifestyle, Podcast, Success Strategies | 2 Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | December 19th, 2006
Janet was frustrated with her team for not getting their status reports in on time, even after repeated requests.
Bill couldn’t figure out why the volunteers for his professional organization weren’t accomplishing their tasks.
Adam had people begging to work with him but trying to negotiate down his already very reasonable rates.
Percy’s wife, who constantly complained about [...]
Lifestyle, Success Strategies | No Comments »
By Melanie Benson Strick | November 28th, 2006
It happens to everyone. It’s one of those days where everything feels blocked, you’re frustrated and the dread creeps in because your financial flow feels like it is stuck. You desperately search high and low for any ways to get the cash flow up but it seems to have disappeared. What do you do now?
Perhaps [...]
Lifestyle, Mindset | No Comments »