Firing clients that aren’t a fit
Before we get into today’s topic, I want to remind you that I’m hosting Sarah Peyton- she’s offering a free webinar workshop this Friday titled “Become Trauma-Informed for Your Clients.” This is such a critical topic, and Sarah is someone I respect highly in the realm of trauma healing. In fact, my wife Holly, as […]
Sabotaging success… let’s not
A member of our Learning Community spent quite a long time in a certain amount of emotional distress… because of success. A really big sale, like really big, and everything went kaplooie emotionally. This is such a normal reaction! Most people judge themselves as being bad at receiving, or “success avoidant.” Not true. I don’t think that’s […]
What if “funnels” didn’t really work?
I’ve known for many years that funnels were not really the thing. “What is a funnel?” It’s where you try to sell someone a series of offers, increasing in price, on the theory that if you start small, you can eventually hook them into buying something big and expensive. Except… does it really work that […]
“Folks are sharing my course, but no one is signing up!”
Over the years I’ve had this conversation with quite a few clients, where they have an offer, and they are doing their best to promote the heck out of it, mainly through sharing in groups they are a part of, or having folks they know share it with their people, and the number of enrollments […]
4 remedies when you’re in tears of overwhelm
Over the years, I’ve seen plenty of people (including myself!) brought to tears in overwhelm about their business. There is SO much to do! The overwhelm is real, the needs are real, and yet… we don’t have to end up in overwhelm. After the most recent time this surfaced in our Learning Community, I took […]
Why your sliding scale is failing and how to fix it
Most of our business is based on what I call “pay from the heart,” so I am very much in support of flexible pricing. However, there are places where it can really fail. And here’s one of the biggest reasons I see sliding scales fail. It can be a little embarrassing to see, but it’s […]
Protecting seedlings so your best ideas don’t die
Back in the spring, I had ten hazelnut seedlings that had been doing well, but I transplanted them too soon, and they all died. An idea that isn’t discussed very often is protecting new seedling ideas in your business, and not rushing to be public with them so quickly. Walk with me? https://youtu.be/AqLGLwS-0uc What do […]
The 5th week hack for business owner vacations
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. This month, July, has five weeks, and so I’m mentioning the fifth-week hack again, as I do from time to time. This is to emphasize how you can take significant time off every year, four whole weeks!, […]
Business lessons from a Sufi saint
Recently I was teaching about the Sufi saint Rabi’a of Basra in the Sufi Zawiya (zow-wee-ya) I convene monthly, and, as usual with this saint, tears came up and we were deeply moved. Although the Zawiya teaching isn’t quite right for today, I was remembering that I had made a video of a different, but related, […]
Conditional Empathy + 3 podcasts
I’ve recently shown up on three different podcasts, which is fun. They are all so different, I wanted to share them in case they are helpful, fun… and, the hosts are each doing really good work.Each of these episodes was surprisingly vulnerable and touching in different ways. I’m grateful for how these folks hold space. […]