One of the most dreaded questions I get asked
I’ve been in this business development/training game since 1999, and since then I have worked with thousands of small business owners, and I’ve been asked many, many questions. In my prior career, in the first 3 years of being a paramedic, I went from being nervous about every call, to feeling pretty confident that I […]
The adventure of being professionally filmed
In an example of Divine Timing, this past weekend Scott Gleason Blue came up to Ithaca, New York, to film me for a project that’s been long overdue. The experience of being filmed was really interested for a number of reasons, but I want to focus on one reason today. You see, Blue has decades of […]
New Program: Heart of Your Business
I’ve been as guilty as anyone, at times, of that pressured, scurrying response to fear and anxiety, trying to answer the question, “What do I need so that this pain/challenge/trouble goes away?” One way this pattern looks in business is frantically trying to learn, usually at great expense, some very specific strategy that is finally […]
[Video] Love in… everything?
Our star practitioner, Yollana Shore, has been on a deep adventure into the wilds of business, taking on, as a partner, the start-up and revitalization of a resort on an island off Australia. At the far end of an intense experience that involved a lot of hands on work, including creating/hiring a new staff, and making […]
[Video Guest] Making networking fun
A past client, colleague and friend Leif Hansen, the Spark Guy, is our guest author this week. Leif does tremendous work with organizations and individuals around bringing spark and creativity into your work. Part of his background is in improv, and I did a stellar workshop with him some years ago, up in Seattle. I […]
The pain of ending when you want to get going
I’m surrounded by boxes, my clothes are still piled on the floor because we haven’t gotten dressers yet, and while we did start cooking again, it’s more pasta and hamburgers rather than full-on cooking a meal. Yes, we finally moved into our new house at White Hawk Ecovillage this past Friday! Woo-HOO! This weekend is […]
[Video] Best-selling author struggles with fear of visibility
Earlier this week I had a conversation with best-selling author and Supercoach Academy founder Michael Neill about the 3 times he confronted his fear of visibility, and how his business and work moved forward in big ways each time he was able to walk through the fear. Except that the fear didn’t look like anything […]
The surprising challenge in becoming visible
Updated 2/3/21 I’ve written about networking from the heart before. Here, and here, and here. However, there’s another piece that I’ve worked with clients quite deeply, and it’s the challenge around “becoming visible.” The whole being visible piece can be vulnerable, and even scary, for many people. It often comes up just when someone is […]
[Video] Pain-point Marketing
I am SO grateful to have a team… this week we’re entering the home stretch in getting our new home at White Hawk Ecovillage built, hopefully about 3 weeks away from moving in, but have hit a snag involving the kitchen cabinets and window that may need to be moved! (Move! A window?!) Thankfully it […]
When you need help choosing B instead of A
Six times a year, every other month, I lead a Virtual Retreat for our Community. The most recent one was this past Friday, and during the retreat we worked with a Divine quality called the Awakener. In a few paragraphs I’ll tell you more about the Sufi Divine qualities, which are profound to work with. […]