Episode 7: Transitions (Doreen Petty) - SeizeYourBusiness.com




The Business Lounge Podcast (SeizeYourBusiness, OnPurpose Podcast, Making Real Estate Fun) show

Summary: <br> jQuery(window).load(function() {<br> jQuery(".container img,iframe,blackquote").sti({<br> primary_menu: ["facebook","pinterest" ]<br> });<br> <br> });<br> [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2nLiMeFq4g” align=”left”]<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seizeyourbusiness.com/id985403546?mt=2&amp;uo=6&amp;at=&amp;ct=" target="itunes_store"></a><br> You have until June 11th to help us achieve our goal of appearing on iTunes’ New and Noteworthy list by <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seizeyourbusiness.com/id985403546?mt=2&amp;uo=6&amp;at=&amp;ct=" target="itunes_store">reviewing us</a>.  <br> <a title="Review us on iTunes" href="http://seizeyourbusiness.com/review-us-on-itunes/">Click Here</a> for easy 3-step instructions.<br> At our <a title="Launch Party (5/19)!" href="http://seizeyourbusiness.com/please-join-us-in-person-or-remotely-for-our-livecast-launch-party/">launch party </a>on 5/19 we will be raffling off White Sox and Cubs tickets as well as many other prizes to the people who have reviewed us (even if you can’t make it to the party).  If you won’t be easily identifiable to us by your iTunes ID, please either leave your e-mail in the review or e-mail us at info@seizeyourbusiness.com with your iTunes ID, so that we can get you your prizes!<br> Our Guest: Doreen Petty – Doreen Petty Coaching – <a href="http://www.doreenpettycoaching.com/">www.DoreenPettyCoaching.com</a>  – <a>630-995-0317</a>  – <a href="mailto:info@doreenpettycoaching.com">info@doreenpettycoaching.com</a><br> <a href="http://seizeyourbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Doreen-Petty-headshot1.jpg"></a><br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <br> Talking Points:<br> <br> * When people make a transition into business ownership something changes about their life, their expectations for themselves it changes their identity.<br> * People don’t know what they don’t know.<br> * The key most important criteria or trait that a leader in business needs to have is self-awareness.<br> * In order for people to be successful in coaching, you need to be willing to be a little selfish and focus on investing time and effort in themselves to define themselves as a business owner and successful person.<br> * Once you define a goal, it becomes the reward for doing what you need to do to get there.<br> * The tighter you can define what that future vision is the shorter the path to it gets.<br> * Each time you say yes to something, you’re saying no to something else.<br> * A big thing that a couch provides to people is an accountability partner.<br> * There is a choice in everything you do.<br> * Manage how you’re coming off to others by being self-aware of it.<br> * When business owners use confirmation bias, they lose focus and options because they’re focused on what they already believe.<br> * When you put out positive energy in the world it opens up a lot of options; when it’s negative it tends to close you out from those options.<br> * The comfort zone is a vacuum and you can’t create change in a vacuum.<br> * If you think something happens to you, that means you’re going to judge it and you’re going to try to find somebody to blame for it.<br> * Everything that I do, say, believe and think and feel is all on me.<br> <br>  <br> Doreen’s Book Choices:<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Tipping-Point-Little-Difference/dp/0316346624">The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell</a><br> * <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Transitions-Making-Most-Change/dp/0738213802">Managing Transitions Making the Most of Change – William Bridges </a><br> * <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Leadership-Transforming-Your-Workplace/dp/0470186364">Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from th...</a>