Lighten your load. It’s a choice.
A topic that recently came up on a coaching call with a business owner client of mine was about carrying the burden of responsibility. She’s the successful 7-figure CEO of a consulting firm - smart, capable, skilled, busy and extremely tired. She came to me to support...
Growth and Comfort Can’t Ride the Same Horse
"Growth and Comfort Can't Ride the Same Horse." It’s a lesson that holds true for all of life. What we want most will always require embracing discomfort and taking action despite our fear that we’ll fail or fall on our face. In the end, there is no substitute for...
Get Out of Overwhelm and Get Back to Business With These Actionable Tips
It’s easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of the work-day and forget about doing the things that keep us healthy, nourished, and fuelled up – like eating, exercising and taking a time out from technology… and people. There was a time when I was driving myself so...
When Scaling your Small Business isn’t Worth the Stress
Have you ever scaled your small business only to realize that the stress just isn't worth it? Have you ever felt like your business is bigger than you and is a bit too much to handle? Perhaps you feel like giving up sounds like a relief and a defeat simultaneously –...
Shift your Dream into a Possibility
When I was 18 years old, I wanted to live in Europe. Subconsciously, my mind chose to believe that it was not a possibility. I visited Europe often over the years, to travel and to visit extended family. And each time I would go, I had a growing realization that I...
Avoid Business Failure by Adopting these 3 Keys
We can learn a great deal about avoiding business failure by studying historical figures who achieved amazing things, like inventor Thomas Edison. When Thomas Edison was discovering the light bulb, he first engaged in a process of envisioning how an unseeable current...
Five Reasons Why Small Business Owners Need to Hire a Business Coach
Without a sound strategy and plan, it’s all too easy to become a busy fool. It wasn’t until I hired my first Business Coach that I really began to see my own blind spots that were preventing me from taking my business to the next level of growth. That's why I'm so...
Are you Laser Focused or do you Give yourself over to Distraction?
Are you laser focused or do you give yourself over to distraction? I have a client who is fiercely determined to realize her vision and is impatient for results. Consequently, she chases up every 'new idea' she hears about with the hopes that one idea might get her to...
Michela Quilici accepted into Forbes Coaches Council
Michela Quilici, CEO at MQ Consulting and Business Training, Inc. has been accepted into the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only community for leading business and career coaches. Michela joins other Forbes Coaches Council members, who are hand-selected, to...
Why being a Highly Sensitive Person is a Business Superpower
I arrived a few minutes early. As I walked into the meeting room I could immediately sense the energy in the space – it was tenuous and uninviting, it overwhelmed my senses similar to how the smell of pungent perfume does when you walk into a department store – except...