{"id":1970,"date":"2010-12-23T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/boston-west\/40-sweet-tweets-to-challenge-business-owners-to-get-better-results"},"modified":"2010-12-23T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T15:00:30","slug":"40-sweet-tweets-to-challenge-business-owners-to-get-better-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/boston-west\/40-sweet-tweets-to-challenge-business-owners-to-get-better-results","title":{"rendered":"40 Sweet Tweets to Challenge Business Owners to Get Better Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this Growth Coach<\/a> Blog and the next two, I decided to leverage some of my business coaching tips and small business advice<\/strong> I\u2019ve posted on Twitter the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

Twitter is a highly popular micro-blog site where your messages need to brief and to the point.\u00a0 I reviewed hundreds and hundreds of my Twitter messages<\/strong> (Tweets) from our Twitter page at twitter.com\/GrowthCoachCorp<\/a> and selected 120 of them (divided into 3 parts) that I felt could challenge, motivate, educate and benefit business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals<\/strong>.\u00a0 Consider these \u201ccoaching bursts\u201d as personal challenges from your professional business coach<\/a>, personal growth coach<\/a> or executive coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since a given Tweet can only be 140 characters long, I used a few abbreviations as you will see … most are very intuitive.\u00a0 Please read these mini-coaching suggestions and select 3-5 that make sense for you and your business to implement immediately.<\/strong> Consider printing out this Growth Coach Blog and circle the ones you wish to discuss with your team.<\/p>\n

As your virtual Growth Coach, I hope these short business coaching<\/a> messages allow you the opportunity to examine your business, your leadership effectiveness and your personal life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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  1. What biz are you in? The business of MARKETING. Stop thinking and acting like a technician \u2026 be a promoter.<\/li>\n
  2. What clutter (low-value & unimportant tasks) needs to be removed from your biz life? It’s stealing your time & profits.<\/li>\n
  3. Want more time in your day? Create a NOT-TO-DO list. Delete, delegate, or outsource low-value tasks.<\/li>\n
  4. Most owners spend WAY too much time on admin. and not nearly enough on sales, marketing & promotion. Get out of your office!<\/li>\n
  5. Suggested Success Formula \u2026 spend 60% of your time on sales, marketing & promotion, 35% on client fulfillment, & 5% on admin.<\/li>\n
  6. What personal\/family RELATIONSHIPS do you need to pay more attention to this month?<\/li>\n
  7. What worked great in 2010 that you need to replicate in 2011?<\/li>\n
  8. What didn’t work well in 2010 that you need to eliminate in 2011?<\/li>\n
  9. Your biz should be a vehicle to a better life … it shouldn’t steal your life.\u00a0 Get some balance w\/ coaching help<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. This will help you to STOP feeling overwhelmed, overworked and like a prisoner to your biz.<\/li>\n
  11. Take time to measure backwards and not just against your huge goals … look at your progress and how far you’ve come.<\/li>\n
  12. Got clarity of focus? Don’t try to save the whole world. To what group of buyers are you trying to be a hero? Focus there!<\/li>\n
  13. To have a better business, you must become a better person … expand your vision, knowledge, mindset, habits, etc.<\/li>\n
  14. Do not fear becoming wealthy. Money does not change a person … it only magnifies who\/what they already are.<\/li>\n
  15. Entrepreneur, go ahead & defend your excuses and limiting beliefs … you can choose to be right or rich.<\/li>\n
  16. All products\/services do one thing \u2026 help your buyers change their emotional states. What positive emotions do you satisfy?<\/li>\n
  17. Aim your offerings to hit the 5 \u201cP\u2019s\u201d: Profit, Pleasure\/fun, Pride\/ego, Protection, and\/or Peace of mind.\u00a0 Hit benefits, not features.<\/li>\n
  18. For example, business coaching provides greater clarity, capabilities, confidence, peace of mind, & joy from making more and working less.<\/li>\n
  19. Entrepreneur, want to be miserable? Keep focusing on what you don’t have and can’t do well.<\/li>\n
  20. What are your BEST clients you need to get face-to-face with in the next 90 days?<\/li>\n
  21. Business coaching tip: If you don’t like your results, look at your actions. If you aren’t taking enough action, examine your beliefs \u2026 the root of all.<\/li>\n
  22. Small business tip: document your biz processes & teach others to run them. Delegate to others & get out of the weeds. Lead!<\/li>\n
  23. Business coaching is like exercise … intense while you’re doing it, but you’ll feel great & love the results after each session.<\/li>\n
  24. Small biz owners, your wealth zone is limited by your comfort zone. What are you doing to get uncomfortable & grow?<\/li>\n
  25. What personal\/biz “mess” should you clean up in the next 90 days?<\/li>\n
  26. For better results today, focus on your TOP 3 priorities. Finish #1 before moving on to #2 and so on.<\/li>\n
  27. Treat your business as your NUMBER ONE client. Give your biz the proper amount of thinking, planning, & action.<\/li>\n
  28. Are you acting like a CEO … Chief EVERYTHING Officer? That’s exhausting. Get coaching help to learn to let go.<\/a><\/li>\n
  29. Business owner, time to have some fun. What 3 FUN activities will you commit to do in the next month to re-charge your battery?<\/li>\n
  30. What are your top 3 money-making opportunities close at hand? Take action on ONE of them TODAY.<\/li>\n
  31. What major fear\/doubt is holding you back from greater biz success?\u00a0 Share it with someone so you can slay it!<\/li>\n
  32. If someone were to buy your biz, what opportunities would they seize upon? What threats\/dangers would they neutralize?<\/li>\n
  33. Are you merely swapping time for money? Get leverage into your biz. Solve more problems for more people.<\/li>\n
  34. Business success is a process of discarding … throwing away ineffective mindsets, behavior & habits from your daily routine.<\/li>\n
  35. When at work, work. When at home, be at home. Don’t mix the two worlds up … provide undivided attention.<\/li>\n
  36. Business owner, your goal should be to have your EMPs respect U, not necessarily like U. This isn’t high school.<\/li>\n
  37. Your future will be shaped by your ACTIONS … not your words or even your intentions. ACTIONS = RESULTS<\/li>\n
  38. Biz owner, STOP wasting time & talents on the WRONG type of work. Ask, “Would a successful CEO tackle such a task?”<\/li>\n
  39. Business owner, implement today, perfect tomorrow. Taking action reveals answers & solutions.<\/li>\n
  40. Spend MORE time w\/ your BEST clients, prospects, referral sources & EMPs. Learn to differentiate; not all are equal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hope these short but powerful messages got you to reflect and think about your business, leadership and personal life.\u00a0 Without identifying 3-5 to work on starting today, nothing will change.\u00a0 Again, print this Growth Coach blog and circle your Vital Few Follow-Up Items<\/strong>.\u00a0 Please visit our Twitter account at twitter.com\/GrowthCoachCorp<\/a> and regularly follow The Growth Coach to get your daily dose of business owner advice and coaching<\/strong>.\u00a0 Here are a few other resources for you:<\/p>\n