How much is enough
What 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 MoreMore Thoughts on Reinventing Business Success in 2020 [+ Video]
2020… What a year to remember… All those business plans you made? All the success metrics you laid out for yourself? That may not be the way things played out… As we near the end of this crazy-town year, take a moment to reflect on how you originally defined success in 2020, and how that…
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 MoreAre We There Yet?
Greetings from Palm Springs! It’s lovely here if a bit hot; today’s high is 103. While I’ve been here, I’ve been working with individual coaching clients as I usually do, and using the rest of my work time to focus on creating a home study course, write a few articles, and get my ideas out…
Read MoreWhat Does All Your Stuff Have to Do with Business?
There’s a strong chance that as a self-employed professional, you work at home either part or most of the time, and during the pandemic — with its lockdown and need for physical distancing — working at home has become more significant than ever. Which, good news / bad news, means you’ve had plenty of time…
Read MoreGrand Illusion
During lockdown, I’ve been entertaining myself with all kinds of things – books, TV, movies, music – that are old favorites. Which is what lead me to Styx. That’s right: the fluffy-haired bad from the 70′ and 80’s. While listening to their song, Grand Illusion, I was struck by the lyrics, especially in light of…
Read MoreWhen Things Fall Apart
Sometimes it’s hard to have perspective when things around you feel like they’re falling apart. Your best laid plans for work and life seem to be slowly unraveling, and your world feels topsy-turvy. What to do? Breathe. Breathe because your body needs oxygen. Breathe because you need the lightness that air brings. Breathe because it’s…
Read MoreWhat Do You Do When You’re Not Feeling It
What do you do when you’re just not feeling it? Not feeling the business love… Not feeling like your mojo’s working… Not feeling like you know what you’re doing… Not feeling like you know how to keep going… Not feeling like you’ve got any originality left in you… What do you do? You keep…
Read MoreIt’s Going to Be OK
Do you ever feel like where you’re headed doesn’t make sense? Or that you have something to convey, yet you’re having a hard time getting your point across? Or maybe you’re following the energy, going where it leads you, and it’s not going in a straight line and you find yourself thinking, what the hell…? My…
Read MoreHow Do You Get Things Done?
How do you get things done? Do you feel you’re an achiever who enjoys checking off the boxes? Do you see yourself as more laid back, getting to things whenever you can? Whatever your style, the truth is, if you’re in business for yourself, you need to get things done, and chances are, no one…
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