Business Archives » Liz Wolfe

15 Mar My identity thief’s surprise pizza party

Posted at 17:26h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Personal, Positivity

Imagine my surprise last week when I got a letter in the mail from a bank congratulating me on my new 2020 Infiniti. Because I hadn’t bought a car. Yes, someone stole my identity to actually purchase a car and drive away from the car lot,...

14 Feb The Power of Completion: Mastering the Skill of Finishing What You Start

Posted at 16:06h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Productivity

It’s time to fess up… what projects did you absolutely say you were going to work on that most definitely did not get completed? One of my priorities was creating a new lead magnet that would help me grow my email list. Creating this essential piece...

21 Sep What time management guru David Allen got wrong

Posted at 12:40h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Money, Productivity, Wealth

David Allen is a well-respected time management guru and his book “Getting Things Done” has set the standard for professionals for over 15 years. When I read it in the early days of my business, I applied his principles with much success. I still follow his recommendation of doing a “brain dump” when I’m feeling unfocused and overwhelmed. He recommends writing down EVERYTHING on your mind, no matter how big or small, so that you can relieve your brain clutter and get it down on paper.

19 Aug How Do You Know if You’re Being Productive?

Posted at 15:56h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Productivity

My coaching clients often ask me, “How can I be more productive?” My question in reply: “How do you know that you’re NOT productive?” Most people will say “I feel unfocused or scattered,” or “I work all day and I don’t feel like I’m making progress,” or...

12 Aug It wasn’t what I imagined, but…

Posted at 22:30h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Music

Little known fact about me: when I first moved to New York City, I wanted to be a rock star. I had years of singing and dancing under my belt, and was even told by my NYC voice teacher “Yes, you’ve got what it takes.” She...

11 May How Long Should You Follow Up with Prospects? (How about 10 years?)

Posted at 16:27h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Money, sales

Yesterday someone signed up for a business strategy session using my online scheduler. Her name sounded familiar and she answered the qualifier, “How did you hear about me?” with “I’m on your email list.” When I looked her up, I saw that she has been...

25 Mar How Giving Can Go Wrong – and Hurt Your Business

Posted at 12:22h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Money, Wealth

When I talk about the Three Keys to an Abundant Business (Ask Powerfully, Give Wholeheartedly, and Receive Graciously), people always assume that “giving” is the most joyous part. After all, haven’t we heard our whole lives about how good we will feel when we give? Consider...

12 Aug The Joy of Being an Entrepreneur

Posted at 13:44h in Abundance, Art, Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Music, Personal

Ever have a bunch of tasks that aren’t a high priority, but when you get them done it feels sooooo good? That was my day yesterday: boxing up the Sodastream CO2 bottles to be exchanged, binding some music books I’ve promised to people, looking up...

05 May Then and now – learning how to shear a sheep

Posted at 10:50h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Personal, Uncategorized

When I was growing up on the farm with my mom and two sisters, if we wanted to learn

29 Apr Are you leaving money on the table?

Posted at 16:33h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Uncategorized, Wealth

How many times do you follow up with someone after a sales conversation if they don’t buy on the first call?

14 Apr It’s supposed to be hard.

Posted at 10:55h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

Have you ever seen that movie A League of Their Own? The story is based on a real women’s baseball league that was created in 1943 after the men went to fight in World War II.

13 Apr The worst four-letter word

Posted at 11:20h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

If you’ve hung around me for any length of time, you know that I am no stranger to cursing. In fact, one of my favorite stories to share about my son Julian is

Frustrated by slow progress in your business? Here's what it means.

31 Mar Frustrated by slow progress? Here’s what it means.

Posted at 11:58h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

I’ve heard from three separate people this week how frustrated they are by their lack of progress in their business. One said that he felt like he had accomplishments, but nothing was “popping.”

29 Mar Please don’t do this…

Posted at 14:25h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

Are you on Clubhouse yet? (if you’re not and you want to be, let me know and I’ll send you an invite). I’ve been enjoying getting to know people on there and have listened

09 Feb To be a winner, get good at losing

Posted at 14:56h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

I heard a song for the first time called “Learn to Lose” by Bakermat. (Looking it up on YouTube I see it has 10 million views, so clearly I’m a bit out of the loop.) These lyrics in particular jumped out at me:

20 Jan 3 reasons your goals might fail

Posted at 10:02h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship

At the start of a new year, we all come down from our holiday sugar high and say “Ok, I'm ready to get this year on track.”

07 Jan About that to-do list…

Posted at 18:45h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Resolutions

Just about everyone I know has an ongoing and never-ending to-do list. Typically the tasks get rolled over from one day to the next, and although some completed tasks drop off, new tasks are always piling on.

08 Dec Here’s why you feel overwhelmed – and what to do about it

Posted at 18:29h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

It’s one of the most common complaints I hear from my clients, especially at this time of year: “I’m overwhelmed. Help!”

17 Nov Stuck on sales? Go make an apple pie!

Posted at 13:11h in Abundance, Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Wealth

On the farm where I grew up in western PA, we had two large Macintosh apple trees just to the side of the house. Every year these trees would bloom and then produce prolific amounts of apples, which would fall and

22 Sep My biggest accomplishment this year

Posted at 17:19h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Uncategorized

This week I finally stopped procrastinating, and accomplished something I've wanted to do all year.

11 Aug You don’t “deserve” anything!

Posted at 17:05h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

Every morning, I listen to guided meditations on a meditation app. I enjoy experimenting with a variety of styles and teachers.

07 Aug What do sheep have to do with sales?

Posted at 17:02h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Uncategorized

Did you know I grew up on a sheep farm? Yep, when I was 5 years old, my mother gave up her cushy life as a Pittsburgh suburban housewife

21 Jul Do you know the secret to sales success?

Posted at 16:51h in Business

The number 1 frustration I hear from my clients about why their business isn’t growing is that they don’t have enough sales.

30 Jun What have you been wanting to do for a long time?

Posted at 17:50h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

Is there something that you’ve wanted to do for a really long time, but just haven’t gotten done? For me that “something” is to write a book.

25 Jun What’s the real value of goal setting?

Posted at 11:56h in Business, Entrepreneurship

Recently, I attended an event for entrepreneurs where the discussion topic was SMART goals. If you’ve ever done any research on the most effective ways to

16 Jun “Inbox Zero”? Not!

Posted at 18:57h in Business

Ever hear about the “Inbox Zero” email philosophy, where by the end of the day you have zero emails in your inbox? Yeah, that’s not me.

26 May That life-altering experience you’re waiting for isn’t coming

Posted at 17:09h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Personal

I just got back from the doctor. I had noticed swelling under my right arm, and because I had lymphoma in 2007, I take these things very seriously. The earliest appointment I could get was for this morning.

05 May Burglars don’t (usually) knock

Posted at 16:27h in Business, Inspirational, Resolutions

My husband Jon and daughter Isabel spent this past weekend at our upstate house and Isabel came home with this story:

31 Mar Have you been feeling this way?

Posted at 16:56h in Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

I’m hosting a free weekly group Zoom call to support our community of entrepreneurs. We meet on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM EST.

20 Mar Business in the time of coronavirus

Posted at 11:33h in Business, Inspirational, Uncategorized

Are these crazy times or what? In all my years of business I’ve never experienced anything like it - even having lived through events as severe as 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy.