#GrowNOW The Podcast

Today we get to seek answers to a question that hunts most adults: how to end a relationship. But for that, we have to ask ourselves first: are we in a relationship that is worthy of our time and energy? It is fair and necessary to ask these questions when we are in a situation that has proved again and again to be uncomfortable or energy draining for us. And is good to have in mind that we are co...

We keep mentioning in the last episodes about making decisions in any relationship, the choices we have, what do we want to keep/improve and so on. But how do we go about really implementing all this? Because making the decision is only step 1, after this comes the “ living with it ” phase. The most common phrase that we all use when i’s time to do what we decided, it’s “I wish I knew how to do th...

The last few episodes have been about decisions: why, when and what. Today we talk about the how? When the dynamic and the reality of a significant relationship has shifted, before we take steps towards breaking something that could be very difficult to restore, we will address in this episode the emotions decision tool and how to apply it . The 5 options that we have in any given moment in a rela...

No matter how much love, respect, attraction and complicity exists in a couple, there is an almost definite possibility that they have faced difficulties at some point in their couple. The remarkable thing about people like that is that they didn’t give up too soon, they didn’t take the easy way out. Last week’s episode we talked about the 5 options that we have in a relationship at any given mome...

Even the most perfect of relationships have some difficult moments that marked it along the way. And in this episode we refer to the true, deep, and often unconditional feelings that a love relationship can have. No matter how sincere and authentic the bond between 2 people can seem at a certain point, rest assured that challenges were present along the way. People often think, when something nega...

Imagining that the key to having great relations and connections is our own energy, where can this lead us to? We all want of that good life, happiness, sense of purpose and fulfilment and sometimes we don’t know how to get it, but most important how to keep it for long. That’s why this episode focuses on the 3 keys of feeling energised which eventually will help us establish better and more power...

One important tip to analyse if a relationship is going well: assess correctly the “ best case scenario “ 2 questions to start this assessment: where are we at and what is the real issue here? We all know that if we look to other people, rather than ourselves, we can immediately tell what the issue is. That is why coaching and consulting is really helpful for many people. More than sure there is o...

What is truly the advantage of improving any relationship? Since we decided to have a relationship in the first place, being it love, friends, work or family; why shouldn’t we try to give it our best after all? The list of advantages is quite long. By having better relationships we could experience more peace, more confidence, more security, better results, joy, performance, etc. And yet not all o...

If you really take the time to analyse our patterns and behaviour in life, we will notice that most of the time we are more afraid of things we don’t know and things we never explore. That’s why is a good idea to train ourselves to make friends with the idea of the unknown, of all the changes are happening constantly around us. Learning to be the one that takes the first step towards improving a r...

The quality of our relationships determine the quality of our life, to a great extent. If in the first 3 seasons of the Grow Now Podcast we focused mainly on the business side of connections and interactions, the time has come to take a deeper look at the second layer of our life foundation, the quality of the interconnections with just about everyone around us. While in the business world, we can...

We welcome the summer break with sweet and sour emotions as we will be closing the 3rd season of the podcast “ The Entrepreneurs Story” but… starting September we will be giving our full attention to the complicated, complex yet so vital topic of RELATIONSHIPS. Today we would like to encourage you to take that well deserved break over the summer months, focus on relaxing and recharging your mental...

Anxiety is caused by the fear of the unknown and that is something most of us have a hard time dealing with. The 2 main reasons why we have anxiety in the first place: 1. When we live in a future that is not as clear as we expected 2. When we generalise Under these conditions, we sometimes create problems where there are none, or we have such a broad perspective over everything that we can’t see a...

Continuing on our last week’s episode “How to know when to stop your business”, today we address the next steps if you truly down’t want to give up on your business. Besides considering selling, getting outside help for a new strategy or just to keep continuing to hold on to the business as it is, there are other steps if the goal is to turn the business around. One of the first things to do is al...

What to do when your business is not growing, when it doesn’t produce the expected results, not only financially but also in terms of customer satisfaction or personal fulfilment, etc? Someone from outside has a clearer picture sometimes over your business, than you being in the middle of it all the time. What are really afraid of when deciding it’s time to move on? Is it the time invested, the id...

In today's episode we talk about how our business ambitions are influencing our decisions and lifestyle.

As an entrepreneur, with an objective and pragmatic way of looking at our business results and figures, deciding when to let go of a client may not be the “safest” thing to do, it may seem at first. We create relationships and trust with our clients, there is almost an emotional side to every business connection we develop. In today’s episode we cover the topic of when and how to know, almost for...

There are many examples of businesses where, because of the nature of the service provided, a sort of more sustainable and real connection can be experienced between the person providing the service and the client, a feeling of friendship even in some cases. In personal coaching for example, we are taught in school not to work with friends and family, because in order for that to happen, both part...

Every so often, we should audit ourselves and our business, by asking 2 very important questions: 1. What do I truly want ( expect ) from my business? 2. Why is that relevant for me? And depending on your answers, the 3rd question will follow/: 3. How do I reach those things that are relevant for me? The experience of working with entrepreneurs from all over the world, has showed us that usually t...

In business, as in life, not paying attention in resolving issues in they moment that arise, can result in those problems accumulating and growing over time. And sooner or later, they will catch up with us. Unfortunately, what was once a problem can become a real reason for concern, with costly repercussions. What would make someone ignore issues to the point of no return? Today’s episode hopes to...

Aside from the financial aspect, how do you measure the success of a business? Would the personal branding be an important factor? If the way you see yourself and your success has improved, would you consider that an achievement? Personal branding may be perceived as arrogance but it is just a way of respecting one’s work and time. After all, people make business with people, that is the driving f...

Those business coaches that have been in the business for a while, are seeing a very definite pattern when it comes to the connection between the private life of the business owner and the business in itself. You would be surprised how much the clients talk about their spouses during a business coaching session. On one side it makes sense because is the most relevant, the most important relationsh...

We have the tendency to turn into control freaks when we want things to turn out exactly how we want it. Most of us won’t even notice that about ourselves until someone points it out. So what are the obvious signs of a “control freak”,of someone who wants to be in charge of every little detail of a situation? 1. They value safety more than anything else 2. They want to be right ; not only because...

Any business owner knows that sometimes, the life outside of our business, can fall in a secondary position on our interest scale. That’s why is important to keep track of your priorities in all aspects of your life. When you like what you do, you could spend hours or days on it and not even realize what are important things in your life you are missing on. As presented in our previous episode, a...

As a general way of life, people want to be happy, right? So why do we even have “ a happiness challenge” going around? Like a training or a coaching program. Do we really don’t know anymore how to be happy? Entrepreneurs don’t usually describe themselves a happy, when stress and fatigue are daly occurrences. But more over, most business owners don’t even ask themselves this question that often. T...

It’s quite common in the business world that women usually hold back on opportunities because they doubt their skills, they are afraid they don’t have the perfect knowledge about that certain subject or they expect from themselves to have all the information about how to manage it. Men, on the other hand, say yes and figure it out as they go along. This episode focuses on those few essential chang...