Afraid to grow
Hey there, beloved, About two weeks ago I had a big insight that came in because of a comment someone made in our Spiritual Development Program. It got me thinking about my parents, myself, and my relationship to growing Heart of Business. Basically, I saw a place where I was stuck, and something that I […]
Birthday squared!
Our boys, Sam and David, turn 7 years old today. Happy birthday, gentlemen! In honor of their birthday, I’m not working today, but instead spending the day with family. I’m so grateful I can do this. I will share two things: 1) Look for a special announcement tomorrow. I know we just finished promoting Heart-Centered […]
3 signs it’s worth it to improve your copywriting
We’re in the middle of a week of celebrating that we *finally* finished our Heart-Centered Copywriting Home Study, something we had intended to finish more than two years ago. What happened? Priorities, that’s what happened. It was very painful, but I kept telling Steve, and he kept telling me, “It’s not time. It’s not time.” […]
Parenting-Business Woes
While running what might have been the 60th (or more) Virtual Retreat for our Community two Fridays ago, one of the questions that came up from a retreatant is how to help his wife, who was struggling in various ways. And, they have 2 kids, one under the age of 4. This comes up fairly often. […]
Subject: Getting Tangled Using Affiliate Links?
This week, our Director of Education and practitioner Steve Mattus tackles a topic that a lot of people in our Foundations programs have asked about – how to do affiliate links from a heart-centered place, if at all? Plus, I love the photo of Connick. So cute! So here’s Steve, and Connick: Getting Tangled Using […]
Doing Visionary Leadership Right
I haven’t written a lot on leadership for obvious reasons: a lot of our clients are self-employed, and even the many who have slightly larger businesses usually only have a handful of people on their team. Standard “leadership” topics don’t really seem to be relevant. But leadership IS relevant, especially if you have a small […]
Networking – 3 tips to expand your reach
Before we get to the video, I want to point you to a resource that may be super helpful. My friend and colleague Isabel Parlett does simply AMAZING work around helping people who do strange, unconventional, and inexplicable things find the language for what they do. In a single session she helped me find “Every […]
How to say no to (seemingly) reasonable requests you don’t want to do
Updated 3/17/21 When you’re new, or your business is really slow, you say “Yes” to everything that comes your way, which is a fine strategy. However, when your business starts to work and you get busier, you must learn to say “No” which is related to getting past overgiving. The issue isn’t just saying “No.” […]
When you need a big change and it’s not coming
Updated 3/10/21 There are folks in our Learning Community who have made big leaps forward, yet are still stuck. What I mean is that they’ve seen significant increases in the number of clients, the amount of money they are making, and ease in running their business. However, they are still stuck because there’s a big […]
When I had to ignore clients
Updated 3/31/21 I was raised on hard work. I had a job from the time I was 12 (I delivered the Washington Post), my parents worked 6 days a week at their retail store, and there were several years when I put in very long hours into Heart of Business. As the business developed, and […]