From time to time I see threads here asking about how useful (or not...) various Internet coaching programs are.

As a professional (mid-career) coach and IM'er, I think you can get a lot out of a program just by knowing that your performance is being observed.

Of course it does help that you actually want to be coached in the first place - and not everyone does, especially when they realize they'll have to do some work!

A good example of the motivating...

Here's a mind map summary of the process I use for writing articles:



1 - Research:
Google helps with basic research, finding references and also competitors.
Check Adwords for what may be selling in the niche.
Amazon usually has a book or product relevant to the article theme. This can stimulate ideas.

2- Keywords:
Sometimes the client has already done...

A few years back I remember chatting with a good friend about a working definition of 'luck' and how some people seem to have it in spades, or at least they get long runs of unbroken luck. Yet others are a walking disaster...

I liked his definition that luck is "Labouring Under Correct Knowledge" because this fitted with my belief that intentions (goals, desires, dreams) walk hand-in-hand with sustained action (in all its forms).

Most all (legally...) successful...