Entrepreneurial Mindset
Approaching 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 MorePseudo Freedom
Maybe this sounds familiar. You have an idea of running a business. You get your business logistics set up, get a few clients, earn a few bucks, and you feel like you are on the right track. Then, sometime later—maybe six months, maybe two years, maybe longer—your business is stagnant, you’re not happy with the…
Read MoreHow Does She Do It?
I have a client who is amazing at creating what she wants in life and business. As I thought of her this week I marveled at all she has achieved over the past several years: a fantastic man in her life, as much work as she can literally do (she’s a solopreneur), more money than…
Read MoreFrom Surviving to Thriving in Your Business [+Video]
If you’re like many of the self-employed people I’ve talked with over the past year, 2020 came with plenty of challenges that sent you scrambling and doing your best to hang on. Survival became the order of the day, and making it through another day, week, or month felt like a victory (and rightfully so).…
Read MoreOh, What the Hell
In dieting, there’s an effect that scientists have nick-named the What the Hell effect. This effect is what happens when you’re on a good roll with your food and drinks, then something crazy happens: A piece of cake falls into your mouth! You drink a milkshake! You eat a piece of cheese! In other words, you veer…
Read MoreOvercoming the Fear of What Stops You [+Video]
Last year was quite a year, and it’s left me with the question of what holds me back – beyond a pandemic, of course. As a long-time business owner, there are plenty of things I could list: negative self-talk, faulty assumptions, out-of-date self-image… Yet through it all, I know there’s a way to overcome what’s been holding me back,…
Read MoreThe Shove that was 2020
Let’s face it – 2020 wasn’t the year any of us thought it would be. As a business owner, you know the importance of staying nimble, being flexible, and keeping your eyes open for opportunities, and it seems 2020 has put those qualities to the test. I was talking with a colleague about this and…
Read MoreReinventing Success
How successful do you feel in your business? Chances are, you’re accustomed to working from a definition of success that’s pretty straight forward. Or perhaps you haven’t spelled out what success in your business means, and you’ve been floating happily along. Either way, my hunch is that the pandemic has altered how you’re looking…
Read MoreMore Thoughts on “Including That”
In these past weeks I’ve been playing with July’s theme, “I think I’ll include that,” watching all the ways it seems easy for me to include things, and feeling a bit sheepish about the ways I push against things that just are. This past week, I had another chance to notice this. On Fridays,…
Read MoreWhat’s Possible?
From this place right now, as you look out at the next hour, week, or lifetime – what’s possible? I mean, really possible? Imagine allowing yourself to dream, to go into the places you’ve been too shy to admit, or scared to try, or hesitant to even think about. …could I really work for myself?…
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