Words That Impact and Influence

February 19, 2015   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

The other day, a talk radio guest was speaking about inmates and said starkly that “having a portion of our population in cages” impacts all of us deeply. I’ve heard the term “prison,” “jail,” “correctional facility,” and “cell” to describe where our inmates live, but never the term “cage.” It is a word that brings […]

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Super Bowl Ads Reflect a Societal Sea Change

February 02, 2015   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

As research for this post, I went in search of the “all-time” best Super Bowl ads as decided by Forbes, USA Today, ABC News and other sources. I remembered virtually all of them because, over the years, they’ve become iconic. Here’s what I noticed: they were all clever and virtually all were funny. That’s the Super […]

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The Question That Could Change Your 2015 (And Your Life)

December 30, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

So, if you will, bring to mind your life right now. Your romantic relationship. Your relationship with your children…siblings…parents. Your work life. Your health. Your lifestyle. Your relationship with money. Your spiritual practice. Think about… Where you get reactionary. Where anxiety spikes. Where you feel drained. What you’re enduring. What you long for but don’t […]

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An Identity Crisis In Business? How to Break Out.

November 18, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

Erik Erickson, a developmental psychologist from the sixties and seventies, famously coined the phrase, “identity crisis,” which has become such a part of our daily lexicon, it rarely carries with it anymore the depth of the psychological impact such confusion has on us. But the truth is, an identity crisis hurts—and it is no less […]

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What Steven Tyler Taught Me About Life’s Second Half

September 04, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  2 comments

I’m leaving my forties late next month and haven’t held that fact with a great deal of excitement—until last night’s Aerosmith concert, when Steven Tyler showed me what’s truly golden about the coming years. I went to the concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ primarily to see the warm-up band. I’ve seen Aerosmith […]

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Is There an Inspired Thought Leader Inside of You?

May 19, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

Sixteen years ago, as legend has it, I read a book in six days and everything in my life changed. Upon finishing it, I knew that I needed to leave my marriage and to change the course of my career–writing novels–which I had adored.  I woke up from that book knowing I needed to do […]

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How Good Is Your “Funnel Vision”?

March 28, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

I’m interested: how would you fill in this blank…. My business funnel consists of _______________; my marketing funnel consists of these sequential steps __________________; my sales funnel for my Signature Program consists of these steps______________. These terms are bandied about so inconsistently, they’ve become meaningless–and maybe I’m only adding to the mix by creating yet […]

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How to Build Your Front-End/Back-End Business Funnel

February 05, 2014   By: Lizabeth Phelps  No comments yet

By now, and especially after the PDF I sent out recently, you know that you need a progressive line-up of programs with a low-time/low-investment “front end” that builds to a more-time/higher-investment “back end.” And you’ve heard the rule that “the profit’s in the back-end, ” which is true. You invest in customers at the front-end, but don’t need to continue […]

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Your Life Story: Blockbuster or Straight-to-DVD?

December 31, 2013   By: Lizabeth Phelps  2 comments

 What if life is a story? You know, a tale with a setting, characters, plot, maybe even a moral—and where you’re the protagonist? The hero/heroine. Right now, if screenwriters were to knock on your door and want to put your life on the big screen…would it be a blockbuster? Or would it be a straight-to-DVD […]

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