Peter Lantos is the editor of The Elite Advisor website and conducted an interview with Anne Bachrach, The Accountability Coach. One-on-One … an audiocast series to help you build your practice and take your business to the next level with ideas and strategies from several top experts and coaches in the financial services industry. … Read More
The Power of Telling The Truth
What happens when you don’t deliver on your promise to a client? You tell the truth and you tell them quickly. Waiting to tell them why you didn’t deliver when you told them you would, can make them angry. Be honest about the situation. After you apologize and tell them why you weren’t able to… Read More
The NEW Roadmap to Success book is Now Available and Makes a Great Gift
I joined Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard and 12 other professionals to create the Roadmap to Success book. The book maps out successful business strategies we all can apply to be even more successful. To be successful in life we all need a detailed plan or set of instructions to guide us in getting from… Read More
Accountability Can Help Stop Procrastination and Contribute to Achieving Your Goals
Have you ever considered that not succeeding at something important to you… … even for a REALLY good reason… … is not the same as achieving your goal? Have you ever said or thought, “I wish I had more time?”, “If I had more time, I would _____.”, “If there were a few more hours… Read More
Add ‘Cushion’ Time to when Time Blocking Activities in Your Calendar
When you begin to calendar items, take a look at everything you have to do and how long you think it will take to get each one done and then add “cushion” time to each item, this will ensure proper time management. I haven’t been able to come up with a rule of them for how much extra time should be given… Read More
Life Happens – There are No Excuses to Procrastinate
The phenomena of procrastination is what separates outstanding performance from mediocre performance in a world in which no excuses can lead to success. A business associate of mine recently conducted a series of interviews with 15 of their most successful clients. In answer to the question, “If you knew then what you know now, what… Read More