On this episode of my Monday Morning Pep Talk (MMPT), I will challenge you to answer the question: "Are You Open For Business?". Most entrepreneurs will answer the question "YES!" without hesitation but with some deeper thought and analysis after today's call, some might change their answer. You know you are open for business, but do your clients and potential clients answer that question about you in the same way?

During a coaching session this past week, an agent who is in the early stages of "re-imagining her business", said to me "I'm not sure that doing that level of transactions and volume can be done in my market." I went on do the math, compared her current business to what is possible if she implemented what we discussed, and then went back into my archives of "stories and metaphors" and explained my thoughts using my "Are You Open for Business?" metaphor. She commented after my explanation how much this "reframing" changed her view. I explained to her that "Sometimes you have to get out of your own way and look at your life and business in a different way". Because it had such an impact on her, I want to share it will all of you today.