Gene Monterastelli

Ep 024: The emails that I LOVE cluttering my inbox

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces With each passing day, going into my inbox feels more and more overwhelming. There are messages that I love, like those from my current clients, people who want to hire me, and my loved ones. Then there are the messages from people pitching me to …

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Ep 023: It’s “do it better” not “do it right”

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces Recently, at the start of one of my client coaching calls, my client “Deborah” said, “I want you to look at my website. I want to know if I have finally gotten it right.” As a little background, for the previous three weeks we had …

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Ep 021: I can’t do that! This is supposed to be hard.

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces My business partner and I were self-employed in our early twenties doing full time ministry work and making just enough to get by. There were a number of occasions when people were amazingly supportive of the work we were doing. People would buy one of …

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Ep 020: The most valuable question to ask when trying to solve a problem

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces My calls with one-on-one clients usually start with them sharing all of the details about what they are currently struggling with in their business or life. Where the problem is complex, this description can go on for a number of minutes. It includes details about …

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Ep 019: The only type of help you should offer to others

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces One of my favorite albums (and yes I listened to it on vinyl) was the children’s album “Free To Be You And Me”. One of the songs was penned by poet and storyteller Shel Silverstein. It is called “Helping”. The final verse goes: And some …

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Ep 018: Why you should employ systems (and it is NOT to avoid failure)

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces If you were to tell any of my childhood teachers that one of the main reasons my clients come to me is for help with creating systems, they simply wouldn’t believe you. As a child (and for a good portion of my adult life), you …

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Ep 017: Building infrastructure is unsexy but necessary

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces Recently one of my clients was sharing her frustration about how hard she was working. It wasn’t that she minded the hard work, but it felt as if all the hours she was putting in were not actually moving her business forward. AND she was …

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Ep 016: The emotion most destructive to your success and how to avoid it

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces I’m an early morning person. For my social life this means that I am normally the first person to fade during a night out on the town. The people in my life are aware of this and other than some good natured ribbing about how …

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Ep 015: This 3-hour “waste of time” has rocketed my business forward

Make sure you check out the free resource library: https://firstactionbestaction.com/resouces The American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson often talks about how children are natural born scientists in the way that they are constantly experimenting. They think, “What happens if I hit this wooden spoon on the ground? On this pot? On the family cat?” With each …

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