[Video] Feedback only from those who cherish you
Quick note: Sam Bennett, of the Organized Artist Company (she helps artists and creatives actually make money, very heart-felt approach) has organized what she calls an “ebookapalooza” which isn’t nearly as overwhelming as it sounds, since there are only 6 people involved, including yours truly. One of the people is SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) […]
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 […]
The Conference Game
I’m writing this in San Francisco from the Wisdom 2.0 conference- a crazy intersection of 3000 people from the tech industry and those engaged with wisdom traditions. Before I get into the game I played, I just want to be witnessed at how strange it was to be in San Francisco. I lived in the […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]