10 Questions to Kick Off Your Marketing Year
What dreams and goals do you have for your business at the beginning of this new year? As you ease into January, take time to set the stage for a great year to come: great marketing, great sales, and great clients. Ask yourself the questions below to help you reflect and plan, and get ready…
Read More10 Inspirational Tips for Your Business This Year
As the year begins, it’s easy to get caught up in the hubbub of developing better business habits, being more proactive, earning more money, being more profitable… the list goes on with well-meaning ideas about how to make you, and your business, better. These well-meaning articles can induce a state of FOMO–Fear of Missing Out–that…
Read MoreEnd of Year Inspiration, Focus on What’s Important + Activity
And here we find ourselves at the end of the year, on the precipice of the shortest day, the prospect of more winter ahead and the promise of a new year peaking on the horizon. What would you like to bring with you into the shiny New Year? What would you like to leave…
Read MoreIf 2021 wasn’t business as usual, what was it business AS?
No doubt about it, it’s been a year… As we approach year’s end, take a moment to reflect on how it started, and where you’re at now. Very likely it wasn’t business as usual, so what was it as? What’s new or different? What did you try? How did things go? How would you like…
Read MoreWhat does less mean to you?
As we approach the end of the year, my mind is turning to a familiar phrase: Less is more. I’ve been pondering this for several weeks now, as I review the year and think about what I want to make sure gets done before the year’s over. It’s been fascinating to notice my…
Read MoreHow is it almost 2022 when I still have so much to do?!
Imagine back to the beginning of the year. If you’re like a lot of me, you probably had a lot of great plans. You may planned to change things up – maybe you were thinking about introducing something different, like a new direction in your business, or switching the focus of what you offer and to whom. Or…
Read MoreApproaching the End of the Year
Time is flying …how is it already October?… and I feel as though I’m just about ready to begin on some projects I planned earlier this year. Seriously. There is literally not enough time to do everything I had planned …I’m sure you can relate – please tell me you can relate… which means it’s time to…
Read MoreYou Don’t Need to Do This Alone, part 6
When you embark on a major life change — a reinvention — it’s good to have time alone to ponder, dream, conjure, and all the things that help birth your ideas. It’s also valuable to have others to bounce those ideas off of, and be inspired by what they’re doing. When it’s time to put…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do to Keep Your Reinvention on Track?, part 5
Let’s say you’ve taken your first step toward your reinvention. You created a vision, believed in yourself, admitted your fear, and got started. Nicely done! Now, how do you keep going? Keeping going is a real thing. When you begin, there’s often excitement, which creates momentum. Then at some point, fears may start…
Read MoreWhere Do You Start a Reinvention?, part 4
Trying to figure out where to start reinventing yourself might feel overwhelming, as if there’s a secret formula, or a right place to begin. There isn’t. The best place to start is from where you are now, with all your hopes and dreams, curiosities and confusions. Here are four thoughts on how to…
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