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You bought a course, followed it exactly, and got zero results? You're not alone.

Harvard Business Review reveals that 70% of strategic initiatives fail—not because the strategy is wrong, but because business owners implement them blindly without adapting to their unique circumstances.

What You'll Learn

• The shocking statistic about why most business strategies fail
• The critical mistake 90% of business owners make when implementing new strategies
• Why your business stage, market, and clients matter more than you think
• The medication analogy that explains perfect strategy adaptation
• 3 key questions to ask before implementing any new strategy

Key Insight

💡 The strategy isn't broken—it just needs to be tailored to YOUR specific reality.

Your Action Step
Before implementing your next strategy, ask:

• How does my business stage differ from the example?
• What's unique about my market?
• How do my clients behave differently?

Your Challenge
What strategy have you been struggling to implement? Try adapting it to your specific situation first and share your breakthrough!

#BusinessStrategy #StrategyImplementation #BusinessTips #EntrepreneurAdvice #BusinessSuccess

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Do you often find yourself wondering, "I have no idea how this client found me" or repeating the same mistakes (ex., accepting clients that are cheap super hard to work with)?

In today's episode, Maggie reveals why successful service business owners think like scientists—and how mastering the art of looking back can transform your random wins into predictable, scalable success.

Discover the critical CEO skill that separates thriving businesses from those stuck in cycles of feast or famine, and learn exactly how to become a student of your own business patterns.

What You'll Learn

✨ Why "I don't know how that happened" is sabotaging your growth and keeping you stuck in random results

✨ The simple habit that transforms struggling service businesses into predictable success machines

✨ How to track back every client win to understand what's actually working in your business

✨ The difference between short-term and long-term business reviews (and why you need both)

✨ Real client examples of discovering hidden patterns that led to breakthrough growth

✨ The basketball analogy that explains why business gets easier as you develop these skills

Key Insights

🎯 "The thing about business is that it's simple. A lot of common sense, a bit of math... if you allow yourself to develop basic business skills, it's very easy to understand business."

🎯 When you attribute good things to luck and bad things to outside forces, you become helpless

🎯 Looking back gives you the confidence to know you're in charge of creating results as CEO

🎯 Every sales conversation, project, and client interaction is data you can learn from

What to Review in Your Business

Short-Term Reviews:

• Every sales conversation (win or loss)
• Individual projects and deliverables
• Client complaints and feedback
• Monthly marketing performance
• Social media engagement patterns

Long-Term Reviews:

• Quarterly business performance
• Annual financial and operational analysis
• Year-over-year comparisons
• Seasonal patterns and trends
• Outlier events (both positive and negative)

Your Challenge

Take Action Today: Choose ONE recent business event (a new client, lost sale, completed project, or client interaction) and spend 10 minutes analyzing:

• What worked well that you can repeat?
• What could be improved for next time?
• What patterns do you notice?

Share your insights—Maggie reads every response!

Tools Mentioned

📊 DREAM-PLAN-DO Journal: Includes monthly evaluation section for ongoing business review

🎯 Strategic Planning Events: Annual business reviews to identify patterns and plan growth

Connect with Maggie

🌐 Website: https://stairwaytoleadership.com

📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-perotin-business-and-leadership-coach/

📱 Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-perotin-business-and-leadership-coach/

About the Diamond Effect Podcast
Join business and leadership coach Maggie Perotin every Monday for "Maggie's Moment" (quick actionable insights) and Fridays for strategic deep-dives. Transform your service business into a sellable asset while creating the life and impact you truly want.

New episodes drop every Monday and Friday wherever you listen to po

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What if cutting your project timeline in half could make you MORE successful? Discover why constraints aren't limitations—they're forcing functions that spark breakthrough thinking and creative solutions.

What You'll Learn:

• Why IKEA and Dropbox used constraints to dominate their industries
• The research behind "productive constraints"
• How limitations prevent complacency and force innovation
• A powerful challenge to transform your current project

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What's the difference between wanting a goal and truly OWNING it?

In this powerful episode, Maggie reveals the transformational moment that shifted everything—when her biggest, most audacious goal was accidentally revealed during her Legacy Makers TV filming.

Through her candid behind-the-scenes story, discover why hiding your dreams might be holding you back and how public declaration can become your greatest catalyst for achievement.

BONUS: Maggie shares the big announcement that her Legacy Makers TV episode is now streaming on Inside Success TV, Apple TV, and Roku!

What You'll Learn

✨ The 3 levels of goal ownership: Need it vs. Want it vs. Own it (and why only one creates unstoppable momentum)

✨ Why hiding your biggest goals keeps you playing small and extending timelines unnecessarily

✨ The accidental moment that forced Maggie to own her most audacious goal publicly

✨ How panic transformed into power when her secret goal made it into the final TV episode

✨ The mindset shift from "I hope this happens" to "This WILL happen"

✨ The balance between pursuing big goals and enjoying your current life

Key Takeaways
🎯 "When you own something, you know it's yours. You don't negotiate. It's decided."

🎯 "This is you becoming your future self right now"

🎯 As humans, we thrive when we have purpose and goals—but we need balance between achieving and enjoying

🎯 The most powerful feeling: knowing your goal will happen, even if you don't know exactly how or when

Behind the Scenes
Legacy Makers TV Update: Maggie's episode is now streaming! Watch her full story and discover her big, audacious goal on:

• Inside Success TV
• Apple TV
• Roku TV

Direct link available HERE - https://insidesuccess.tv/programs/legacymakerstvcommaggie-perotin?category_id=237591

Your Challenge
Ready to experience the transformation Maggie describes? Share your biggest goal with her! Email the details in the show notes—because sometimes we need that moment of public declaration to truly own our dreams.

Resources Mentioned

📺 Watch Maggie's Legacy Makers Episode HERE

📧 Share Your Big Goal: Email Maggie directly maggie@stairwaytoleadership.com

🎧 Catch Up: Episode 213 - "Stop Playing It Safe with Your Dreams: Why 10-Year Goals Should Scare You Into Action"

Connect with Maggie

🌐 Website: Https://stairwaytoleadership.com
📧 Email: maggie@stairwaytoleadership.com
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-perotin-business-and-leadership-coach/
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggie.perotin.s2l/

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While everyone's still in summer mode, smart service business owners are preparing for the most profitable four months of the year. September through December is your "mini New Year"—fresh budgets, new priorities, and clients ready to invest before year-end.

3 Ways to Prepare for Q4 Success:

1. Launch Strategic Marketing
Create value-based campaigns targeting your clients' September-December challenges and goals

2. Offer Year-End Specials
Develop "finish strong" packages or "2025 prep" services for existing and past clients

3. Partner with Events
Collaborate with local fairs, online summits, or industry events happening this fall

Key Takeaway
The last four months WILL be profitable—the question is whether YOU'LL be ready to capture that opportunity.

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Are you playing it safe with your dreams?

In this powerful episode, Maggie shares key insights from her recent 10X Expansion Retreat about why your biggest goals should make you a little nervous—and how to set timelines that push you forward without shutting you down.

Drawing from real client transformations and her own journey, Maggie breaks down the psychology behind why some of us tend to keep ourselves small and reveals the goal-setting framework that's helped clients double (and triple) their income.

What You'll Learn:

• Why dreaming big is especially crucial for women (and how to overcome the fear of disappointment)
• The 10-year to 5-year timeline strategy that tricks your brain into believing bigger goals are possible
• The "Goldilocks Rule" for setting progress goals that stretch you without breaking you
• Disney's 3-focus area strategy and why "if everything is important, nothing is"
• How to break down big visions into daily actions that create compound growth
• The fear test: How big dreams reveal limiting beliefs (and why that's actually good news)

Key Takeaways:
🎯 Your business and life cannot outgrow you—you need to grow first as the leader
🎯 Things take as long as we give ourselves—constraint breeds creativity
🎯 The right timeline feels challenging but believable: "Yes, it will be hard, but it's inevitable I'll achieve it"

Featured Success Story:
Client Spotlight: Jennifer's exponential growth journey—how she doubled her income in 2024, then doubled her first half results again in 2025 using this exact framework.

Resources Mentioned
📅 Ready to apply this framework to your business? Book a complimentary consultation with Maggie to explore how personalized coaching can accelerate your growth - https://calendly.com/maggie-s2l/discovery-call

🎧 Missed last week? Check out Episode 212 for behind-the-scenes insights from the 10X Expansion Retreat

Connect with Maggie
🌐 Website: https://stairwaytoleadership.com
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-perotin-business-and-leadership-coach/
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggie.perotin.s2l/

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Stop abandoning your goals the moment your first plan doesn't work perfectly! In this episode, Maggie reveals why so many business owners quit on their important goals when urgent tasks take over, and shares a simple 3-question framework to keep moving forward without starting over.

Key Takeaways:
• Why business owners abandon goals instead of adjusting plans
• How to use the DREAM-PLAN-DO framework to stay flexible with your approach
• 3 essential questions to ask when your plan isn't working

Featured Framework: DREAM-PLAN-DO

Action Step: Pick one abandoned goal and recommit to it this week - but permit yourself to adjust the how without abandoning the what.

Connect with Maggie:
Ready to build a business that works for you? Book your complimentary strategy session at https://www.stairwaytoleadership.com/

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Ever wondered what it's really like to host your first business event?

In this candid behind-the-scenes episode, Maggie shares the raw, unfiltered lessons from organizing and leading her very first in-person retreat—the 10X Expansion Retreat. From last-minute planning to unexpected challenges, discover what worked, what didn't, and what she'd do differently next time.

What You'll Learn:
• How a client's casual suggestion turned into a transformative business event
• The 5 critical areas every event organizer must master (theme, venue, food, flow, vendors)
• Why starting small was the best decision for a first-time event
• The unexpected challenges that no one warns you about
• How to turn your long-term vision into immediate opportunities
• Real lessons from venue selection, timeline management, and vendor coordination

Key Takeaways:
✨ Always visit your venue before booking (learn from Maggie's leap of faith!)
✨ Less content is better than rushing through—plan for participation time
✨ Food elevates the entire sensory experience for attendees
✨ Over-communicate with vendors—assumptions lead to surprises
✨ Small, intimate events can be more powerful than large conferences

Perfect For:
• Entrepreneurs considering hosting their first event or retreat
• Business owners wanting behind-the-scenes insights from event planning
• Anyone curious about turning vision into reality
• Service providers looking to add events to their business model

Episode Highlights:
• The serendipitous venue discovery story
• Why the 10X theme created perfect client attraction
• How meditation and grounding transformed the day's energy
• The vendor management lessons that only experience teaches
• Why this "accidental" event aligned perfectly with long-term vision

Featured Concept:
The 10X Expansion philosophy based on Dan Sullivan's "10X is Easier Than 2X"—why thinking bigger requires becoming a different person, not just doing more of the same.

Connect with Maggie:
🌐 Website: hhtps://stairwaytoleadership.com
📧 Email: maggie@stairwaytoleadership.com
📅 Free Consultation: https://calendly.com/maggie-s2l/discovery-call

Have Your Own Event Stories?
Maggie would love to hear your event organizing experiences and lessons learned! Reach out and share your stories.

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