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 […]
Caught between generosity and overgiving
Updated 1/27/21 Early in your business’ life, over-giving is natural, and even healthy, despite what the critics say. You have a lot of new-start enthusiasm, you have a real need to be generous, and you also have a real need to practice and get your gifts out there. So you do that. You go the […]
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 […]
You Don’t Have To Try So Hard
“Today’s article is from Steve Mattus, our Director of Education and Community Manager. Plus, his clients love him. I’ve worked alongside Steve as he’s faced some huge challenges, and he’s come through them with grace. I’m so grateful he’s sharing this article today. With love, Mark” Here is Steve’s article… A couple years ago, I had […]
Choosing Your Feedback Loops
For more than two decades I’ve had an old car, a 1986 Volvo 740. It’s got 224,000 on the odometer, and it keeps running. Neither my wife Holly nor I ever cared about getting a new car. Now that we’ve moved to the country, we need a second car, so that both of us can […]
[Video] 3 Tips For Social Media Without Throwing Up
Before our video I want to mention that I’m doing a free call for The Shift Network in which Stephen Dinan interviews me and we talk about what it really takes to get a transformational business going. I happens Saturday, August 22 (the day before my birthday!) and it’s titled Beyond Startup Overwhelm: How to […]