The quote, “The opera ain’t over until the fat lady sings” originated with San Antonio sports broadcaster Dan Cook during a television newscast in April 1978. He coined the famous phrase after the first basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Bullets during the 1977-78 National Basketball Association playoffs, to illustrate that while the Spurs had won once, the series was not over yet. (more…)

When I was first starting out trying to close the sale as an solo-entrepreneur, I would offer only one rate and the offer was basically “This is what I charge, take it or leave it.” So people would either take it or leave it.

Then I realized that clients work in a different way. Many people like options (I do too). They don’t want to be “forced” into taking something that doesn’t suit them. They want the option of small, medium or large. (more…)

Woohooo!! Celebrating one of the most productive (and hysterical!) Platinum Mastermind retreats ever. I’m soooo ridiculously proud of this group’s 6-figure and 7-figure income-breakthroughs since the last meeting! (more…)

It’s never a dull moment here at the Fredrickson household! Derek and I have loved the home we’re in here in Connecticut, and wouldn’t dream of moving out of the neighborhood we cherish. I’ve said for years that there is no place on earth like this. It really IS like living in a Norman Rockwell painting. However much we’ve loved this house, and all the great memories we’ve built here, it’s time for an upgrade. We’ve got our eye on a much bigger home in the neighborhood and are ready to make it happen. But first, we’re looking for a buyer. I’m writing an intention (as I do with every big project) to find the perfect family for our house, a family that will love it just as much as we have. Set the intention with me too, OK?

Oh, before I forget! I’m flying to the west coast this week (San Diego) to help you upgrade your mindset. It’s my “Millionaire Entrepreneur Mindset Secrets Tour”, an opportunity for you to learn my formula for upgrading your mindset and getting you out of your own way, so you can make a lot more in your business, without working harder. We have a few seats left for San Diego. Join me for the day: www.MindsetTour.com

So, I got an email this morning and then a call from one of my yummy Sapphire clients today.

She was shocked, a little dazed and kinda surprised.

She got her P&L statement from her accountant yesterday. (more…)

Following up on leads is 90% of the game, right? At least that’s what we hear. You spend all this time networking, marketing yourself, making cold calls, looking for the right client, but what’s the point of it all if you don’t follow up on the leads you DO have? This was a major obstacle for one of my clients this week and a shift was created when I shared the Low Hanging Fruit List with her. (more…)

Last weekend was possibly one of the best weekends of my life! Friday night started with a bang having our traditional Friday Night Pizza At The Beach with our friends and their children (the kids play on the large swing set or by the ocean, while we watch on, talking, sipping wine and chilling out watching the sun go down.) Saturday was a glorious day at the beach with the kids, before our good friends arrived from New York for the annual Clam Bake at the club. Imagine the dock filled with blue and white checkered tables, a Key West band going, having a rum punch by the water, followed by 3 pound lobsters, steamers, shrimp, New England clam chowder, and late evening fireworks over the water. It was heaven!

The next day, we had our annual 4th of July parade and potluck brunch at the beach, before heading out for a day at the pool with the children and our guests. We hosted a group of friends for an alfresco dinner at home, and repeated it all the next day. I was seriously blissed out the entire weekend! All I kept thinking to myself was, “Is it really possible for one person to take in so much abundance and love at the same time?” I guess the answer was, Yes. I am so grateful for my life, to get to serve from my heart in a big way and I am grateful for you too. I hope you had a great weekend too!

It’s amazing how each of the Platinum Masterminds we’ve started (we have 3 going on right now) are so different. This one is another brand new group, and already, they’re kicking it into high gear. One member went from making $15 an hour at her brilliance to now having made $23,000 in the last two months of being part of the Mastermind; another made $63,000 in June in her spiritual business, and is going to hit $1million mark in the next 12 months — and she’s not the only one in the group to be on track for that. Another is already $50,000 up from her entire last year’s income, and it’s only the beginning of July.

I could go on and on about their successes in just the last two months, but I’ll just say that it’s so fun for us to work with these folks! (And, we giggled way too much in this week’s meeting.) If you’re interested in finding out what concepts and resources they’re ALL implementing to multiply their businesses so quickly while having so much fun, you can find out about my Workshop-In-A-Box here.

When talking about their business, most solo-preneurs make the mistake of describing exactly what they do, in boring detail. “My company has been in business for X number of years and we use the newest technology systems. We use a complicated series of… blah blah blah.” Many coaches and consultants talk about coaching ad nauseam, “What is coaching, are you coachable, what is your coachability index, who is the coach, blah blah blah”. (more…)

Well, my stomach muscles were SORE, still, as I wrote this Friday! Our very first Winners Academy Gold Mastermind Retreat was an over-the-top, AMAZING success! 60 of our Gold members flew in from all around the world to work with us privately this past week for two info-packed and fun-filled days of learning and business-growth, laughing, dancing and supporting each other to multiplying their businesses quickly this year. We showed them how to literally find money–where they thought there was none–in their business, one even signed on a new client within minutes of implementing the suggestions I gave her, with 9 more to go. It was magical.

I surprised them all by inviting Yulia, the famous belly dancer, to join us and teach us how the secrets to mastering belly dancing apply directly to building your business. She danced exotically, while balancing a sword on her head and hips, then taught us all how to do it. Hysterical! The Gold retreat was the perfect balance of learning, laser coaching, Q&A, marketing hot-seats, business building exercises, worksheets and masterminding, along with dancing, laughing, fun, even a session of “the Electric Slide” and a cocktail party. (Derek begged me NOT to show you the picture of him attempting to belly dance on stage with Yulia, with a shimmery sarong around his neck. I agreed, but it was definitely a sight to see. You should have been there!)