26th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
When I received the Horizon Award in Suzanne Evan's Be The Change Awards Event, I was thrilled. It felt a little like being a student again when you get an unexpected A on a test. I began to realize how much I miss that n...
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24th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
I used to be the queen of self-judgment. As soon as a launch didn't work or a program didn't fill - I was the first to make it mean that I wasn't good enough or that I wouldn't ever be successful.
And here's what I did...
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13th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
How many times have you opened your bank account and seen nothing there? Every dollar that comes in seems to go out. You pay your assistants. You pay your coaches. You pay for supplies. You pay for client gifts. And at th...
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21st December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Every day I'm talking to women who think there is something that they are doing wrong. Or something that they just don't know about in their business. Do you feel that way? Do you just wish you could find that one person ...
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21st December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
The money fight. It is all too common. You the entrepreneur would like to invest in your business and your partner just doesn't understand. He wonders why you want to spend more in your business when you aren't bringing e...
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20th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Every week I meet women who are afraid to use credit cards for their businesses or who have business debt for which they carry much shame. I'd like to set the record straight on debt for small business owners. This is sim...
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20th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Recently I found myself in front of an ice-cream shop on our last vacation. Now there must have been at least 5 different ice cream shops on the block and we stopped in this one. Why - because the sign said "homemade" on ...
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15th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
So many of my clients struggle with the limiting belief of "I'm just not skilled/good/ready enough to charge more for what I do. I'm having trouble asking for money at all, and I can't ask for more money." And for so many...
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13th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Here's the scenario - you book a workshop at a local community center for four weeks from now. You rush home - call your mom in excitement - and then immediately begin working on your workshop content. You invite a few fr...
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23rd November 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
If I hear another story about an "overnight" success, I might just scream. If I see another story about a 6-hour work week or how easy it is to run a business from the beach, I might just start throwing things (on the hea...
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17th November 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
You spend an extra 15 minutes on the phone with a client. Then the next thing you know you are late to your next appointment. You try to tell yourself that you are OK, but you end up feeling awful about keeping that perso...
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16th November 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Here's the scenario. You have 3 sales calls this week and you are so excited, a little over-excited. You need this money like yesterday. The first call starts and it goes well. Then you get to the "here's how much it cost...
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07th November 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
During the summer, our houses are usually full of so many temptations - leftover nuts, chips, sweet things and processed snacks that are quick fixes for the kids being out of school.
So how do you avoid those temptatio...
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25th October 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
When I first started my company, I was on a high. I had left my corporate job, was working for myself and doing what I loved. I stopped going against my own inner current and instead began to swim with it. With each new c...
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11th October 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Monica Shah
Have you ever noticed the phenomenon that when someone else is complaining about something, that it just feels darn good to pipe in? And before you know it, you've spent the full hour commiserating and complaining. And wh...
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