Hype, Urgency and the Crisis in Small Business
I like to be positive and upbeat, but I have to warn you that I spent years as an activist on different issues. Being positive is important, but it can also lead to a certain blindness that devolves to a belief that everything is okay. Everything isn’t okay. Our economy is dysfunctional, sick, ailing. No, […]
Control Versus Do-It-Yourself
I mentioned last week that during a day trip out to the Oregon coast we stopped at Camp 18. Although we missed our scheduled departure of 7am, we did manage to get the kids in the car, and all of us on the road by 8:30am, which was definitely a victory. However, only 20 minutes […]
The Other Three Reasons Pricing is So Hard
One of our Heart of Money participants was still struggling with her pricing. “I’ve had some incredibly breakthroughs in my relationship with money, but pricing myself still feels hard. How do I do this?” After hearing her explanation, I immediately saw what was going on. “First of all, empathy! Pricing is hard! And the big […]