Smoothing Cash Flow When Your Business Is Small or New
Intro: Happy U.S. Thanksgiving This article was actually first published back in June of last year. My family is on vacation, first visiting the birth parents of our adopted twin boys, and then off to my sister’s where our larger family goes every year to celebrate Thanksgiving. In preparing to be out of town for […]
Revisiting Moses on Teaching
This week the Heart of Business Momentum course began, AND we relaunched the Business Oasis (it was badly in need of a facelift since it’s original launch in 2005). Crazy busy. So I gave myself the mercy of reprinting an article. And it is a good reminder for me, because it’s all about teaching, getting […]
Pay What You Can and Tad Hargrave
A while ago I wrote an article, Avoiding the Horror of the Sliding Scale, in which I took a very strong stand against sliding scales because of the burden they put on your readers. Really. Many people who put a sliding scale into place do it because they are uncomfortable with money and pricing. In […]
Heart of Money Pre-release Mistake! Oy!
We made a big mistake yesterday. Actually, we made a second mistake recently, but one at a time. The $155 Mistake Kate and I were putting the finishing touches on the Heart of Money Homestudy promotion by doing the Right Price exercise. That’s where we use our hearts to land on what I call the […]
Is Tithing the Road to Abundance or New Age Nonsense?
You may be familiar with the principle of tithing–giving a certain percentage of your earnings to those in need. You may have also heard that what you give will come back to you twice-over, three-times over, seven-fold, or ten-fold. Different traditions have different formulas. Some people swear by it. Others just end up swearing as […]
An Antidote for the Money Grumblies: The Kitchen Table Financial Summit
Every small business owner has the same worries: where’s the money coming from? Whether you are running a $1.5 million landscaping firm, a $300,000 consulting practice, or you are a self-employed service provider scraping by on less than $40K per year, you probably, at one time or another, have felt financial pinch. It’s true. Most […]
The True Measure of Money in Your Business
Shiny new cars. Big mansions. The good life. Even if you’re not a particularly material person, it’s easy to be caught by those images and to wonder, “Why don’t I have that? Is there something wrong with me?” It has become especially popular to equate material wealth with spiritual attainment. If you do good, and […]
When Is It Okay to Not Get Paid?
Someone was getting started, like brand-new, in their business, and I recommended giving away free sessions to people, willy-nilly. And she was like: “You know, we’ve got bills to pay. How much is really okay to give away, without going gonzo about it?” Fair question. Giving it away for marketing purposes can have limited impact. […]
When You Charge More Than You Yourself Can Pay
Would you buy what you’re selling for the price you’re selling it for? One of our readers just let us know she’s grappling with this dilemma: “My biggest challenge is believing in myself. I have trouble asking for the sale, because I personally wouldn’t be able to afford my [own work]. I can’t get my […]
Getting Paid . . . Eventually . . . After Having to Ask
Throughout 2008, we had an interesting, uh, adventure in hiring, before we found our infrastructure queen, Kate Williams. Kate is blogging the Insider View, as previously self-employed and now working with us. I expect that she’s going to embarrass the crumb out of me. The intention, however, is to be as transparent in our business […]