Whew!  This question came in from an Encouraging the Encouragers listener!  And it's good one!

"I'm a new coach and I'm trying to figure out whether I should offer coaching via face-to-face meetings OR should I do it via the phone or zoom?  I guess I'm really asking: 1.) Is one better than the other and 2.) can I charge as much if I do it over zoom? (Which is what I'd prefer!)"

Yup... GREAT question and one we talk about A LOT in ACCELERATION... my mastermind for coaches and speakers.

In PART 1... I talk about this question from the CLIENT'S (We like to use the word, "ALLY") perspective.  

My response may or may not surprise you... but I get pretty fired up.  Because this decision can make or break coaches and they're ability to build sustainable and successful six-figure coaching practices!  So... let's get to it!

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Here's a KEY strategy you can use to expand your network of interesting... encouraging... amazing people who are doing cool things!

It's something I did when I was getting started as a Coach and a Speaker and it helped me to find great people to surround myself with!  Plus, I still use this strategy... daily!

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When I was first getting started as a Life Coach and Speaker... I'd just moved and I didn't know ANYONE!!!  

Not only was I trying to build my business on the side of a full-time "bad-fit" job, but we were busy with two small children!  

I knew I needed to expand my network so I could connect with potential clients but I also wanted to get to know inspiring and cool people in my area!  

So... I used THIS strategy to meet and get to know about 50 new people in my area is a short period of time.

And hey... I'm an introvert... so if it worked for ME... I bet it will work for YOU too!

By the way... if you're interested and you want to go deeper... you may want to check out a longer DREAM THINK DO episode on the subject: https://mitchmatthews.com/255/ 

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Welcome to our first "Friends of Encouraging the Encouragers" episode.

Today... we are talking with THE Travis Crutcher!  He's a retired Army Ranger who rocketed up the corporate latter... and then like me... found himself promoted into a bad fit job.  Well... a few years ago Travis joined ACCELERATION... a Mastermind I started for Coaches and Speakers.  There... he learned some specific business strategies he used to quit his "bad-fit" position and he quickly built a six-figure coaching and speaking business!

FUN UPDATE: Travis now helps me to run ACCELERATION!!!!  How cool is THAT?!?

His Podcast called the Above Average Podcast is in the top .5% of all podcasts and he did that at record speeds!

This is an awesome conversation and he drops a TON of wisdom and perspective and we still get it done in under 10 minutes!!! 

Find out more about Travis at https://traviscrutcher.com/

Find out more about the Above Average Podcast that he co-hosts with his amazing bride Jesse: https://traviscrutcher.com/aap 

You will be glad you did!

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Whew!

Yup.  When I look back on my own journey to becoming a WELL PAID ENCOURAGER... one of the KEYS has been being intentional about who I surround myself with!

I'll tell you I was inspired by these types of great thinkers who said,

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success. - John C. Maxwell

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. - John Wooden (AKA: Ted Lasso referred to him as John Obi-Wan Gandolf.)

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

Specifically... I decided to meet with two like-minded speakers who were growing their speaking and training businesses too!  Then we met monthly to discuss the 3 KEY questions I offer in this episode.  (Yup... you'll have to listen to the episode to get the questions! :) ) 

Also... stay tuned for some "Encouraging Friends" episodes! (The first will come tomorrow!). These will be episodes where I'll introduce you to some Encouragers who are killing it in our space and I ask the question, "What's something you wished you'd known sooner on your journey to becoming a Well Paid Encourager!"

I can't wait to get THOSE to you too!  

So... listen in tomorrow to meet our first "friend."

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This is. #realtalk episode!

Seriously... if you're a life coach, speaker and/or content creator and you've you've ever gotten sucker punched by COMPARISON or that feeling of "THIS IS HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH!" THIS episode is for YOU!!!  And let's be honest (and we're allllll about being HONEST with this podcast)... we can all get hit by these feelings as we're on our way to becoming being a WELL-PAID ENCOURAGER!

So... if you've ever been hit by those doubts that can take you out of your best thinking... I want to offer something different to FOCUS on.  And I think you'll dig it!  So... let's get to it!

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It's Sunday... so we're talking about what some would call a "spiritual" subject.  But honestly... it's something that EVERY ENCOURAGER needs to be thinking about and that's REST!  

That's right... REST!

You need it.  You deserve it.  And you have to find a way to REST that works for YOU!  (Because everyone is different.)

But REST is vital if you're going to keep going as an ENCOURAGER!  

Because even though you LOVE helping others to live their best lives and you need to take some time to RESTORE and take care of YOU!

SO... yeah... we're talking about THAT today.  I hope it helps to inspire YOU to find YOUR WAY to REST and RESTORE... because I want you building a business you LOVE in 10 and 20 years... and I want you encouraging people (and getting paid well to do it) for as long as you want to be doing it!

Amen?

Let's get to it!

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This is an incredibly powerful strategy I call the "3PPP!"  

It's helped coaches and speakers I've worked with to achieve new levels of clarity around the vision for their business and their life!  What's even more amazing is... I'll show you how to do it in 10 to 15 minutes!  

This is something I developed because I've seen SOOOOO many people who SHOULD BE "Well-Paid Encouragers" but they've lost their way.  They've gotten caught up in analysis paralysis and they feel stuck.  That's when I roll out this simple but powerful framework to bring clarity... immediately!

So... I suggest listening to this one and then set aside 15 minutes to walk through these 3 questions.  

It's going to bring breakthrough so you can get to work!

Because... hey... YOU are needed!  The world needs your ideas, stories and strategies!  

So, let's get you CLEAR so you can GROW the business that will help you become the "Well-Paid Encourager" you deserve to be!

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Yup... that's right!  It's "Black Friday" in the US so I wanted to drop some specific encouragement for you... TODAY!

It's from a conversation that I had with one of my coaching clients this week and I hope HIS story inspires YOU to stay with it!  Because YOU are needed and you deserve to become a "Well-Paid Encourager!"  So stay with it but also find some "pockets of rest" along the way too!

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Out on a walk with Hiro this morning... but wanted to bring you some science on GRATITUDE and the positive effects of gratitude in the brain. 

I'll walk you through some recent research but also talk you through a simple but powerful strategy from bringing even more gratitude into your world.

Plus, there's a REAL connection between GRATITUDE and feeling joy more often?  In fact, did you know that author and researcher Brené Brown has done extensive research on the subject of joy… but as she did… she found something that surprised her.

Check this out, she said…

“The relationship between joy and gratitude was one of the important things I found in my research. I wasn’t expecting it. In my 12 years of research on 11,000 pieces of data, I did not interview one person who had described themselves as joyful, who also did not actively practice gratitude.”

Did you catch that?  She’s interviewed countless joyful people… and everyone of them had a practice of identifying things they were grateful for.  Wow!  How powerful is THAT?

So… how do YOU want to cultivate some GRATITUDE this… and EVERY week?

What’s something SPECIFIC you do… or want to do?  

Let me know!

One last thought on this.  In some of her research, Brown quotes a Jesuit priest who said,

“It’s not joy that makes us grateful, it’s gratitude that makes us joyful.”

So... YES!   Soooooo true!  Can I get an amen?

Okay... to wrap this up... on THIS Thanksgiving know that I am grateful for YOU!  

And I hope this episode inspires even more gratitude AND joy... for you!

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