Taking Ownership – The Key to Life and Business Success

By Action Coach Dave Beam

If you have attended an Action event, or have had a coaching session with me, this one will be familiar.  Today, I want you to consider the distinction between being an OWNER versus being a VICTIM.

“Before You Try to Fill the Bathtub, Close the Drain!”

By Action Coach Dave Beam

When I begin coaching a new client, we always evaluate four basic areas of business mastery.  We examine money, time, destination, and delivery mastery.

Today I want to consider delivery mastery and why it is critical to your business success.  If you have delivery mastery, your customers consistently receive quality products and service from your business delivered on time.  This will be evidenced by minimal customer complaints, and you will be current in your response time and product/service delivery.

“I Just Don’t Have Enough Time!” Part 1

By Action Coach Dave Beam

How many times have you used the EXCUSE of not having the time to do something you really want to do?  You protest.  “That’s not an excuse!  That’s reality.  I really don’t have enough time to do everything I want to do.”

What I want to challenge is your paradigm and mindset.  You are making yourself a victim to something that is out of your control.  You have as much time as everyone else.  You have 24 hours a day – no more and no less.  That does not change.  So if you want a different experience in life, YOU must change. 

Choosing What is Best – The Key to Time Management - Part 2

By Action Coach Dave Beam

I work with so many clients that feel overwhelmed and out of control.  They believe the lie that if they just had more time, or if they managed their time better, that they would lose that feeling.  The fact is that the feelings of overwhelm are rooted in a lack of clarity about what is best.  Almost everyone has more to get done than time to get it done.  If you lack clarity on what is most important, then you will feel overwhelmed and indecisive and will lack focus as you try to accomplish whatever you choose to do.  Another common myth is that we can multi-task.  The truth is you can only do one thing at a time.  You may be master at changing from one thing to another quickly and jumping from one task to another, but at any moment you are only doing one thing.

The Power of Weekly Planning - Part 3

By Action Coach Dave Beam

If you have read the last few articles and done your homework, you should now have a basic understanding of your core values and priorities.  To help you gain mastery in your life and schedule, I recommend that you read David Allen’s book, “Getting Things Done”.  He provides a clear process for capturing and processing all of your ideas, to do’s, duties, things to read, places to go, – EVERYTHING in your life and on your mind.  He outlines a brilliant system that shows you how to capture, define and process everything in your world so that your mind can be freed and available for maximum performance.