Category Archives for "Life Coaching"

Whether you are a high-flying coach or consultant or a house cleaner, painter, handyman, what should your hourly billing rate be? I get asked that a lot. Here’s my answer: There has been a secular increase in costs in Ottawa and Ontario over the last few years. And not just in Ontario, but all across […]

YES, I want to sign up for the Firestone Institute co-coaching and ninja real estate investor course as an auditing student. What do I get? -you receive free e-copies of a Learn by Doing series of real estate investment and business books including: 1) Real Estate Investing Made Easy, 2) Retire Rich, Retire Early, 3) […]

The fear of loss in most people is greater than the desire for gain so anyone’s discomfort with change is quite understandable. In ancient times, when people went about gathering berries, they did so only during the day—nighttime was when bears, sabre-tooth tigers and other predators roamed and would attack you, so you went home […]

Do you want to learn how to be a real estate investment and business coach? Do you want to help other people (including yourself) take care of themselves and their families for three generations? Do you want to learn (and coach others) how to buy, finance and manage an above-average performing real estate investment portfolio […]

Pricing is an art, not a science, just like negotiating. So, how do you tell a client, a tenant, a customer what the price is for your product or service, especially if it’s a high price, say, much higher than they are expecting? Maybe it’s a commercial lease renewal and you are upping your price […]

A few suggestions: let them vent first don’t argue don’t answer each point with counterpoint nod smile occasionally make encouraging noises frown at the right spots sympathize with them ask, “Can you tell us more?” ask, “Can you elaborate on that?” say, “I didn’t know that” “I understand” “That’s interesting” “I can see your point” […]