Confessions of a real money coach Part one
I was wearing my beautiful coat, dropping my son off at school on the way to my office. He turns to me and says, “Wow mom, you look so rich in that coat. Really rich! Too bad you’re driving around in such a clunker. Bye …
I get a lot of questions about my work as a Financial Recovery counselor/ Money Coach. People wonder—how did I get into this field? It’s a good question. My answer- I was lucky enough to meet author Karen McCall. Today, Karen is my greatest money mentor. And together, we train new money coaches.
Money coaches help …
Is this you? You put in ten long hours on a big project, but when it came time to bill the client, you felt weird about charging for all of your time, so you shaved some time off.
Sometimes it is because you felt you couldn’t charge them for all of your “learning” time and sometimes …
Here is a common question I get from women who are wrestling with what they charge: “How can I justify my price?” But let me ask you a question- who are you justifying your price to? The truth is that there is only one person you have to justify your price to.
Yourself.
Coming up with a …
Well, the year is coming to a close. I’m beginning to think more and more about next year. (Anyone else ready to let go of this year?) I am working on my 2010 personal annual spending plan. How much money am I planning on spending in 2010? Jeepers- there are a lot of things I …
In my own personal Mastermind group last week, I sat around a large table with other business owners and contemplated 2009. Yikes. What a year. Some of us had a very hard year and some of us were doing okay. Personally, I’m eager to jump into 2010 and start planning it. But my group forced …
Well, Thanksgiving is upon us. And that means, the holidays are really here. So here’s a question– Did you wake up last January with a spending hangover? You know what I mean- come January, when all the gifts are opened and the parties are over, the credit card bills begin to arrive.
Sadly, it takes the …
I recorded this four minute video to teach you a super powerful– but very simple– technique. I call it “Practicing the Pause”. Use it to protect your time and make more money. When people ask you for your time, “practice the pause”. When you are tempted to discount or undersell yourself in the moment, “practice …
Letter to service providers: Please charge me more money!
Okay, here is a really crazy post. I may even secretly hope certain people don’t see it! But… I get really nervous when my service providers don’t charge me enough money. Why? Because I know it can’t be sustained. Because I know that my service provider is …
My fifth grade son started a business. He didn’t ask me about it. He just did it. He’s a Lego kid and loves to customize his little Lego mini-figures with paint and stickers etc. So one day he announced he was going to sell his customized Lego figures at school. I said very little, deciding …
