Have you cleared the land for your empire?

June 19th, 2008 by jane

A few months ago, I wrote an eTip about supporting
your empire with everything you do… from focus,
to developing speeches, writing, products, etc.

When analyzed, it often turns out that our
activities are not moving us towards our financial
goals.

Here’s that tip again in case you missed it:
http://tinyurl.com/5hn3lf

But before you build your empire, you’ve got to
clear the land.

So what does that mean?

Making space (or room) in your business for your
new empire is the key to building something
profitable and long term.

It’s impossible to move forward, while hanging on
to the past.

- Some of you may need to stop speaking at low
fees.  Especially those who work for low paying
seminar companies which are calendar eaters.

- Perhaps you’ll need to pick a lane and drop
some of the programs that you’ve been doing that
don’t serve the empire.  When you create a new
business using all of your old materials, you’re
really not moving forward.  Let ‘em go!

Remember Greg’s story from The Wealthy Speaker
(page 36)?  He narrowed from several training
topics to being an expert on leadership.  His
company became much more profitable yet he worked
less.  Now that’s building an empire!

- I imagine that many of you have alot of ‘busy’
stuff in your schedule - things that take time
but don’t necessarily create revenue. Farm them
out or drop them!

- Get over your need to have a calendar that looks
full, and start concentrating on high pay off
revenue activities.  That might mean increasing
your fee if you have been hesitating.

So the question is….

What do you need to let go of to clear the land
and make room for your empire?

Take action….

Make a list of all of the activities that eat up
your time and then get to work making it shorter!

I hope you will take action today to start
clearing the land!

Happy empire building!

PS:  In building my own empire, I have resolved to
let go of giving my time away for free.  When I
look back at my 2007-08 calendar, my 30 minute
sample coaching sessions have eaten up a large
chunk of my time.  So I’ve developed a new
plan!  Check it out here:
http://www.speakerlauncher.com/coaching.html

If you’re interested in coaching with me, I’ll
honor my previous rate card until June 30, 2008.
(those rates are no longer posted, but can be
quoted to you in person).  Drop me a line!