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So I was emailing with a colleague the other day and it got me thinking about you! Yes…you. (I do that a lot actually) With her permission, here’s what she wrote back to me after a short exchange about our business relationship: “Thanks for everything you do, Aprille. You said something yesterday that helped me […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ever wonder why the other gal (or guy) keeps hitting the Million Dollar mark to qualify for MDRT® but you don’t? Does it ever make you think you just don’t have the “IT” that they have? Sometimes wish you had the “magic formula” to qualify – especially since you’re working your tail off just as […]
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that U.S. businesses lose $37 Billion in unnecessary meetings every year. Yes, that’s with a “B”. A survey by Salary.com shows “too many meetings” is the #1 single biggest waste of time at work. Studies show that Managers attend more than 60 meetings per month and an estimated […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] CLIENT RETENTION. CLIENT RETENTION. CLIENT RETENTION. The topic on every financial services professional’s mind. Always. Why? Because it makes good business sense to KEEP the clients you’ve already worked so hard to gain. 68% of clients say they leave you because they perceive you are indifferent to them. a Client Retention Strategy results […]
A while back, I wrote about Busting the “Balance” Myths Once and For All and I talked about the importance of finding equilibirum instead of balance. After all, balance really and truly is a MYTH. That is, unless you’re talking about being a ballerina or an acrobat or a tightrope walker. (which you probably feel […]
[linebreak style=”simple”]Roughly 550,000 new businesses are started each month. According to the SBA, 1/3 of businesses fail within the first two years. In the first four years, the number of failing businesses increases to 56 percent. 62% of entrepreneurs in the US claim “innate drive” as the number one motivator in starting their business. But […]
[linebreak style=”simple”] When was the last time you sat down to take an honest, hard look at your life to see if you’re actually LIVING it – rather than DOING it?[tweetthis]Are you honestly, truly LIVING your life or are you DOING it?[/tweetthis] [linebreak style=”simple”]Have you ever just sat quietly and asked yourself things like: Am […]
Being a person of ACTION is what gives you the life you love – not someone who TALKS ABOUT how it will be “when” or “someday”. [list style=”g”] Write down the ONE thing that’s most important to you each day Put ONE ACTION STEP on your daily “to do” list to make sure that get’s […]
I had the joy and privilege of speaking to a room full of 300 of Toastmaster’s International Leaders at their annual Leadership Conference recently.At the same time, I had the chance to work on one of my own 5 C’s of Leadership – Courage.I’ve been coaching and speaking for years. I’ve done the work and […]