9 Ways to Declutter Your Direct Sales Business
By Neil Phillips. When summer hits, focusing on work can seem painful. Family, vacations, events, and holidays all seem more important. What happens? You put [...]
Freedom is a State of Mind
By Neil Phillips. Over 25 countries celebrate their independence in July. Canada starts us off on July 1 and the United States soon follows on [...]
The 3 Questions to Maximize Improvement
By Neil Phillips. Leaders have a love-hate relationship with feedback. You know that feedback is the best route to improvement. You also don’t want to [...]
Ask More and Tell Less
By Neil Phillips. If you’ve been in direct sales for even the briefest time, you’ve learned how important it is to ask questions. Questions give [...]
Move Forward with Baby Steps to Success
By Neil Phillips. Have you ever watched a baby start to walk? They don't go boldly forward with giant leaps. A baby starts by leaning back and [...]
Breathing Out 2018
As you get ready for 2019, you are preparing to breathe in your future. The fresh air will bring you a boost of oxygen and [...]
Three Steps to Getting Back in Control
By Neil Phillips. Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer that, among other things, became adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous as well as other recovery programs. It goes [...]
Own Your Life
We sometimes hear or see phrases that put significance to our lives. As a coach, I love short, powerful expressions. I recently saw one of those, [...]
Bring Your Passion to your Work
By Neil Phillips. Passion is an overworked word these days. You are told to follow your passion or to find your passion or to justify [...]
Is Your Why Sublime?
By Neil Phillips. Why I write this today: I'm sometimes a bit wonky, and today I probably prove it several times over. In sales (and life), [...]