How much should we get involved with curious clients? Those that call up, ask for a ton of information ( sometimes even a contract ) and then never answer your follow up call or email.

Especially in the service business, we tend to spend a lot of time looking ourselves for clients, until we reach the stage that they will come looking for us. Is absolutely normal to invest time with any potential client, but now the question is “how much time”?

Do you think that a client is continuing the conversation because he is interested in your coaching service for example, or because you are offering some advice and insight for free?

In this episode we offer 5 steps on how to distinguish a curious client from a serious client and also how to deal with them.

As entrepreneurs, we like TO DO : to solve, to make a better life for those around us, to find new ways of fulfilling demands. As a result, constantly moving, we tend to overdue, just out of a “fear” that our lack of any kind of action will have negative results.

Today’s topic comes on the heels of last week’s episode, when we addressed the 3 essential choices that entrepreneurs can always fall back on: choose the focus, the environment or the actions. And today we are talking about those priority actions, high level, relevant behaviours that are strategic for these times.

Assuming the position of an entrepreneur means that we are leaders, in the same time as we become a sort of role-model for our community, our teams and our families. There for, in moments of crisis or stress, feeling powerless or feeling guilty for what someone else is going through, doesn’t really benefit us because that puts us away from the “action mode” that will actually help us move forward. Having a constant view on events keeps us connected to the problem 24/7 . So how do we keep an emotional hygiene during these times?

In this episode we talk about the 3 essential choices for entrepreneurs that can serve as a guideline

1. Choose the focus

2. Choose the environment

3. Choose the actions

As the world is still under the shock of a raising war ( in this day and age) we are again confronted with the same fears and doubts as 2 years ago: when an unexpected crisis arrives, how well are we prepared for it? Looking objectively to the developing situation in Ukraine, we can’t help but understand that in no time, the conflict that started between 2 countries, it has the potential to turn into an European war.

In today’s episode we will gloss over a few key aspects of what we, as entrepreneurs, can do in a situation like this. First is to asses clearly your own situation and understand how a global conflict may affect you locally.

At the beginning of every business venture, in order for us to actually start working, we may say yes to almost everyone, since any paying client is a good client, isn’t it? As we well remember, we were talking that there is this rule of 3-3-3 : first 3 clients for free, next 3 clients at cost, and the 3 after that on a minimal profit margin.

And along the way, as we grow and keep developing products and expanding, we come to realise what truly motivates us is that is that our clients grow in the same time with us. Equally as important, is to start attracting the type of clients you want in this moment, that correspond to your level of growth, the high-level ones.

Today’s episode is for those entrepreneurs who are convinced that they are ready for high-level clients but yet have not figured out how to go for them.

PS: A little tip from us. As an entrepreneurs, you will never be completely 100% ready, so say YES first and figure out how to do it quick along the way. Just dare going for those clients that can help you achieve your goals.

As business owners, we get motivated by the idea of thriving, stepping up our game, daring to bring new products or new clients. And yet, it takes courage to get over the discomfort and the doubts that come with the package of growth. Moving out of our comfort zone it takes effort but isn’t the reward worth it?

In this episode we will talk about how to make the task more important than the difficulties and self motivate along the way.

It can happen sometimes that in business, we may acknowledge intuitively and logically what our next best move should be, and yet hesitations and sometimes confusions can cloud our judgement. One of the most common reasons is the fact that at some point, we identify so much with a certain aspect of our business that changing can seem somehow counterproductive.

Today’s episode focuses on the work environment that we create for ourselves as entrepreneurs and how that can become a bit of a trap sometimes for ourselves.

The definition of an entrepreneur should definitely include the fact that we don’t want other people dictating our life. Is one of the main reasons why the decision to be self-employed is one of the hardest but most rewarding. And because we have to own up to the fact that it’s all up to us now.

When we don’t get to sign a contract after putting so much time and effort, after losing clients for “unfair” reasons, or when life hands us an unexpected bad deals, not getting what we had our eyes on, it can turn into a devastating situation, primarily mentally.

But you know what? In business, is very unusual that someone does something just to prove you a point, or that a client’s behaviour has something to do with you personally.

In today’s episode we are giving our attention to the important topic of separating personal feelings from business and keeping an objective, undisturbed view of situations.

What to do when a blue Monday suddenly transforms in a blue month? You know, those days when we feel low on energy, almost to the point of depression. Studies do show that it is a phenomenon specific more to the Northern emisphere.

As far as January is concerned, the 3rd Monday of the month is the one that gives us this failed feeling, just after the Holidays and by now, realising that the New Year’s resolutions are not exactly working. In other words, short days, long nights and some big credit card bills after all the presents.

What to do?

In this episode we want to present you a few proven ways to get by easier and dare we say, with a clearer view over the first month of the year.