The One Project Missing from Your Strategic Plan
It’s a given for your business: you want next year to be different than this year. And so all kinds of projects and tasks end up on your to-do list. Marketing, office structures, product/offer creation, client care, technology. Very important, this doing of things. Without action, very little manifests, no matter how clear your intentions […]
Why I’m Unemployable
The absolute-must-lesson for anyone. As Christine Northrup says, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, “The most radical thing anyone in our culture can do, is to rest when they’re tired.”
When to Raise Your Prices Without Feeling Evil About It
There are many legitimate reasons to raise your prices. But, you need to think about more than just yourself here. That’s right, raising your prices can actually be an unselfish act, done in deep service to your cusotmers. Your customers may be missing out on important benefits to themselves if you don’t raise your prices. […]
Is Your Business Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
This was originally written as the events following Hurricane Katrina were unfolding in Louisiana in the U.S. How in the heck do you run a business in the face of disaster? It seems heartless to focus on growing a business when an entire city has been flooded, and thousands have been killed in the blink […]
Help From a Drinking Buddy
For much of my life asking for help had always had the flavor of being led to the dentist’s chair- anxious, painful, control lost, and the results weren’t always immediately apparent. I remember asking for help when I was little, and being teased for not knowing- I can’t even remember what it was about, all […]
A Solution to Overwhelm
If there is one thing that is completely common in small business, it’s overwhelm. We all get there at least occasionally, and some of us seem to have set up permanent residence. Unfortunately, the view ain’t so nice, and the rent is exhorbitant. When you are overwhelmed, your creativity plummets, your access to your intuition […]
What's Your Problem?
Well, the change of season here in Portland hit me with a whopper- I was down with the flu for an entire 7 days- fevered, weak, congested, the whole bit. Another seven days of slowly getting my strength back, and I’m much better now, but it was definitely an exercise in surrender. So, this experience […]