The Successful Living Podcast

Sometimes I really don't understand what makes people tick. I'm on a bit of a rant about an opportunity for business owners and wondering why you discard international business. What stops you from business travel outside the U.S.? Is your business doing so well, that you don't need new customers?  Imagine you wanted to open a new market. You don't want to travel for fear of the unknown, so you hi...

Two women business owners, on two different continents, willing to go where opportunities led us.  In this episode I share how a chance encounter in New York City during the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) leadership event, led to Aurelia Gavidia and I bringing a group of business women from Peru to Delaware, U.S. to create business relationships.  This was not an o...

In this week's show, I want to talk about how the 7 Ps of Planning will help you write a better business plan, by removing the barriers that might be keeping you from planning at all. Perhaps you have heard about the Three P’s of business: People Process Product They are the three areas you must manage. To break them down into manageable processes, I suggest my clients work on the Seven P’s of Pla...

Traumatic and challenging life events can throw our focus off course. In this episode I share how I dealt with recent events in our life that have left me with a heavy heart and feeling drained, in order to remain true to my goals.  I can't focus on the long range goals, but I can work on the small steps that create progress.  I share things I do daily to keep me moving, when I don't fee...

“I’m so busy”, has become such a poor excuse for our own lack of self-Management. The reality is that we allow too many distractions and find ourselves out of time. We get frustrated because we have too much to do. We’ve lost control of our time, therefore we’ve lost control of our lives. Assess where your time is spent and take back control.

In this episode I explore why more entrepreneurs don't reach a million and what may be holding them back, beyond operations issues. The number of Women-owned and Hispanic-owned businesses that ever reach a million is 3% or less. The statistic for small businesses breaking through a million is low, when considering the number of new businesses formed. Why aren't more businesses getting there? It's...

Coaches and Consultants are being held to higher standards. Like products, our clients want more evidence that we deliver. Testimonials, case studies and referrals are not enough. Enter the world of Evidence-Based Practice Standards. It's here and now. Time to prepare or be left behind.

In this episode I share my own stories of insecurities and fear that can appear as mind chatter. Most importantly, how do we become aware of it and dismiss it. Tips for redirecting our thoughts are shared.

It is absolutely true that we attract what we focus on. I share this concept in a simple way, because it is so important to understand it, if we are to succeed.

With so many great education and training programs, why aren’t more people successful? Why aren’t people implementing the lessons learned from these programs? It isn’t because the programs or the trainers aren’t qualified. The issue at hand, has to do with how we facilitate the learning and how we measure our results. Today, we’re going to speak about measuring results. As trainers and coaches, we...

The most common question I'm asked when training coaches, is how do I know not to cross the line from coaching into therapy? In this episode, I share a few tips to help clarify when a coach should acknowledge that something has come up in the conversation that may require the help of a licensed therapist and how to address it. Coaching and therapy share a very similar method for working with clien...

Recognizing that life happens, how can we manage those moments? This episode is part of the Self-Discovery/Inner Healing that is so important for success. Dinette Rivera shares an unexpected event that brought back the last days of her mother's life and how important it is to manage self-care, if we are to be successful.

In this episode, I share why I decided to start the Entrepreneur's Lifeline Podcast. It’s all about the fun, excitement, imperfections and freedom that comes from being an entrepreneur.