Most of the world's successful entrepreneurs for a coach or advisor for guidance and inspiration. A coach will keep you accountable to your own targets and goals.

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Why Take On a Business Coach?
How will a Business Coach/Advisor help you?
Rememberthe dayswhenyou firststartedyourbusiness?
You workedhard.The hours were long.Butthe excitementof creatingandbuildingsomethingof yourownwas
intoxicatingandenergizing.
Rememberthat?
But that changedovertime,didn’tit?Whathappenedtothatpersonwhobuiltthatbusinessyou nowfeel
trappedin?
Living a “Groundhog Day” Life
Groundhog Day wasa 1993 Americancomedyfilm starringBill Murray.Inthe film, Murray playsa TV
weathermanwho somehow findshimself inatime loop,repeatingthe same dayagainand again.
For too manybusinessowners, eachdayintheirown businesshasbecome a“time loop”andtheybeginto feel
that theyare trapped, repeatingthe same dayagainand again.Soundfamiliar?
Are you a personthathas beeninthe businessformanyyearsand isnow frustratedwithyourcurrent position?
Have you seenthe yearsflybyand feel youare notin a betterpositionnow thanyouwere manyyearsago…
and mayevenbe ina muchworse positionwith increaseddebt,etc.?
You’re not alone.

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Like you,manybusinessownerswake upone dayandrealize theyhave lostthe energyandpassion they had
whenthey firststartedthe business.Evenworse,they’ve alsoforgottenwhy they startedthe businessinthe
firstplace.Inspiredmotivationhasbeen replaced withgrudgingobligation. Whatyouonce chose to do – often
againstgreat odds – you nowhave no choice, butto do!
Andat what cost?
If you are a typical small businessowner youmay already be divorced, oratleasthave a strainedrelationship
withyourspouse.Spendingten,twelve,andevenfifteen-hourdaysatyour workwasunderstandable inthe
earlydays. It wasexciting,challenging,anditwasthe price you knew youwantedtopay to make thisthing
work.
Nowyoustill spendfartoo manyhoursat the shopand it’shurtingyourrelationshipsand possiblyevenhurting
your health.
Andyou know the toll of yearsof countlesshoursinthe businesshashadonyour life –and youdon’twant to
keepongoingthisway anylonger.
Something Has to Change…
No one accomplishesanythingof value ontheirown.Youdidn’tbuildasuccessful businesswithouthelp.Sure,it
may have beenyouridea,yourdream – but you still neededothersatvarioustimestomake ita reality.You
didn’tdoit alone.
Andyou’re notgoingto fix italone.
Somethinghastochange if youwantto be freedfromthe “GroundhogDay” realityof yourcurrentbusiness
reality. Butwhat,exactly,shouldyouchange?What’sthe firststep,andhow doyou getthere?
Justlike inthe movie,the change startswithauthenticityandhonesty. Itstartswithself-analysisandthena
commitmenttochange fromyour currentstate to the future state you desire.
A businesscoachwill helpyoufindthoseanswers.
Andone of the firstthingsa coach will helpyoudoisto rediscover whatyoutrulywantinlife – to define the
underlying“Why”of yourpassionanddrive – and to rekindle thatsame passionanddrive once again.A coach
will be able totake you back tothat place whenyoufirststartedyour business whenyouwere inspiredto
achieve greatthings.Whenyoubelievedinyourself andinpossibilities.
A businesscoachwill helpyoutoonce againStrive toThrive.

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Owning Your Business – Not Owned by It
Everybusinessownerdreamsof the daywhentheycan enjoythe fruitsof theirlabor.Aside fromall the day-to-
day benefitsof owningyourownenterprise there isthe dreamthatyoucan one day live alife of freedom.
Freedomfromwant,freedomtotravel,freedomtopursue dreamsand passions.
But that can onlyhappenwhenyoucan stepawayfromyour businesswhereandwhenyouwish.It’sonlya
dreamthat’sbeenachievedwhenyourbusinesscanrunproperlyandprofitablywithoutyoubeingthere dayin
and dayout.
That kindof freedomonlyexistsonce youhave arrivedataplace where youhave options.
Unlessyouhave the optionto sell yourbusinesstodayforagoodlysum, or hire a Directorto run itfor you –
unlessyouhave options –thenyouare still boundtoyour business.Youare simplyanemployee inajobof your
ownmaking.
Takingon a businesscoachwhoknowsandunderstandsyouandyour businessisafirstand critical stepin
makingthe rightchoicesand properchangesto free yourself,tobecome the Ownerandnotthe Owned,andto
create options.

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A wise manonce saidthat, “If you wantwhat youneverhadyou mustdo whatyou’ve neverdone.”
Businesscoachingwithaseasonedbusinesscoachwill take youonthat journeytowhat you’ve neverdone so
that youcan experience whatyou’ve neverhad.
Bruce Poling - Small Business Advisor and Coach
My goal as a coach and business advisoris to help you Thrive, rather than
justSurvive. This starts with a decision on your part to create a business
that has a clear purpose, one you are passionateaboutand one that is
successful becauseyou and your team all truly wantitbe successful.That
decision you make will bethe startof great things to come and I can help
you get there by givingyou everything I have learned over 20+ years of
helpingpeople justlikeyou finally find thesuccess you have been striving
for.
I am truly committed to and passionateaboutevery projectI undertake
and will work with you and your team to help grow your business and
make things easier,more enjoyableand more successful for everyone
involved.
I welcome an opportunity to have an initial,obligation freechatabout
your story and how we might begin solvingproblems and make your
business lifeinspired by purpose that lead to the authentic success you
deserve.