Illumination Tuesdays

The Best Jobs to Have in 2006 - All Business - Yahoo! Finance

Link: The Best Jobs to Have in 2006 - All Business - Yahoo! Finance.

Personal Coaches have made it onto the list of the top jobs to have.

Thanks to Bobette Reeder and Elizabeth Tull for sending this news my way.

Squidoo : Lenses : Everything you need to know about becoming a Successful Coach

Link: Squidoo : Lenses : Everything you need to know about becoming a Successful Coach.

Now it can be told. I've been among a small group of beta testers for Seth Godin's newest venture Squidoo. I've got four lenses going and given time...will probably add more. The above link is to my Becoming a Successful Coach lens. But I also have one for personal development, one for business building...and just for fun, a foodie lens.

What's a lens? A single page site that includes a set of handpicked, organized content about a single topic. Check it out. While you're there, you may be inspired to start your own lens. Do email me if you do!

On Becoming an Expert

On today's Illumination Tuesday call we explored what steps you can take to become an expert in your field.  While many of the steps are the same as those you take to build your business, the framework is different.  Here, unabridged and unedited is the audio of today's call.  Listen in:

Two "expertising experts" whose books and blogs you might want to read are:

Stephen Von Yoder, author of "Get Slightly Famous" and his blog.  Also Robert Bly, author of "Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field" and his blog.

You might also be interested in seminars by Fern Reiss  http://www.expertizing.com/main.htm