Posts by Abe Brown
How Can I Build My Business in a Challenging Economy?
A lot of businesses are struggling right now. Even if the economy seems a little more solid, risks continue to abound, and the landscape is always shifting. As a coach,…
Read MoreMaking a Difference with People, Every Single Day
To this day, about 12 years later, I still don’t understand why Joe chose me. Joe is a client at the largest homeless shelter in Canada, where I was working…
Read More8 Critical Things for 2018
Typically, any given year involves so much planning, effort, control, and even stress that we are pretty “wound up” as it ends. Living with intention and focus is a large…
Read MoreClosing The Deal!
Coaching and Leadership: great coaches and great leaders must both be great closers. In other words, both coaches and leaders are “selling” something, and need to develop the skills to…
Read More12 Takeaways for Writing Amazing Speeches
Writing Amazing Speeches | There can be no doubt that there is tremendous power in the Spoken Word, and that every coach is made more effective when they cultivate this…
Read MoreCalm, Clear and Centered, When Everything Around You is Crazy!
Confused… Cluttered… Exhausted… Worn Out… On Edge… These words described me, at a point in my life, when nothing was working, efforts were failing, and time was accelerating. There was…
Read MoreThe Power of Your Words
I was jolted the other day when I was out for an afternoon walk with my wife and children. As we were walking through the neighbourhood on a bright and…
Read MoreThe Customer Experience: How Pro Can YOU Go?
One of the things that makes some organizations such amazing places to work is the extent to which they seek to engage their clients in a professional, informed, and knowledgeable…
Read MoreThe 8 Pillars of Wellness
More than ever before, we hear about wellness in the media, in conversations at Starbucks, and even the workplace. When we think of Wellness, we think of well-being, wholeness, and…
Read MoreThe Road to Resilience
“I am not what happened to me. I choose what I become.” How can two people grow up in the same home, and yet end up completely different? Janet and Jessica…
Read MorePersonal Retreats – Taking Time for You
Confused… Cluttered… Exhausted… Worn Out… On Edge… These words described me, at a point in my life, when nothing was working, efforts were failing and time was accelerating. There was…
Read MoreLetting Go and Moving Forward
Learning the Five Keys In Zen tradition, there is a well-known tale that shares the idea of letting go. There are many versions of this story, but here is the…
Read MoreMining & Maximizing Your Potential
How to realize our potential and apply our “WUDWAF” As a coach, I approach each and every person with the strong and clear perspective that we are all blessed with…
Read More12 Secrets of High-Performing Coaches
How to become a High Performing coach and tap into the power of process. As coaches, most of us look at High-Performing Coaches and wonder how we can “get there” in…
Read MoreEnhancing The Client Experience In Coaching
How to enhance the client experience and learn to take care. One of the things that makes coaching such an amazing way to make a living is the extent to…
Read MoreA Recipe for Harvesting Success
As a leadership and business coach, I am often asked to help business owners accelerate the development of their business, and to strategize with them about generating more revenue and…
Read More“Fall Forward” Ideas to Kick-Start Your Fall
There are typically two times a year when people aim for positive life-change and personal growth… The New Year: A New Year brings with it a fresh breath of hope…
Read MoreThe Most Over-Looked and Under-Appreciated Element in Business
The concept of character is one that doesn’t get a whole lot of airtime today, but it is absolutely critical for driving profit and productivity in any organization. Character can…
Read More6 Daily Routines That Elevate Your Impact
What do Warren Buffett (investor), Angela Merkel (chancellor), Barack Obama (president), and Winston Churchill (prime minister) have in common? What is the thread that ties together Jack Dorsey (entrepreneur), Maya Angelou…
Read MoreThe Most Understated Habits of Highly-Productive People
Moving from 68% to 16% 16%. According to research, only 16% of the population fall into the “high performance category”. 16% fall in the “low-performing” category, and fully 68% are…
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