Two Routes to Business Healing
When I first started working with clients back in the late 1990s, I quickly realized two things. First, that I seemed to know more than I thought about business and marketing, and clients started to do well. Secondly, that information only got people so far. Many clients seemed to get stuck, even with good information […]
The Gift of A Healthy No
Recently two members of the Heart of Business team said “No” to me, quite strongly and clearly. Here’s a quick video I was inspired to record about the experience. Do you have inspiring stories of “no?
To GooglePlus or Not
Introduction: Jason Stein has been a personal friend, a colleague, and for some time now a Heart of Business practitioner. He works with clients and runs small groups for us, rolling up his sleeves and opening his heart (can you open an already wide-open heart?) to support folks in the steep slopes of their business. […]
Is Being Present Killing Your Business?
Introduction: Jason Stein has been a personal friend, a colleague, and for some time now a Heart of Business practitioner. He works with clients and runs small groups for us, rolling up his sleeves and opening his heart (can you open an already wide-open heart?) to support folks in the steep slopes of their business. […]
The Car Wreck of Being Authentic
I applaud the move towards openness, honesty, integrity. In the conceal/reveal cycle, as my friend Eric calls it, we’ve been moving steadily into an age of “revelation” if you’ll permit me the word. When is revealing too much, though? There seems to be a delicate balance wherein you want to know the person on the […]
Why I’m Not An Early Adopter
I admit it–I don’t have an iPad. My MacBook is the old style, white, not aluminum uni-body design. I didn’t have a smart phone until the iPhone 3GS was out. And then only because the rest of my team forced us to get them. I’m a big believer in having the right tools for the […]
Sticky Notes Versus the To-Do List Tsunami
Earlier this year I replaced our kitchen sink. At one point I was faced with having to tighten down the basin drain, which comes in two parts: the metal ring on top of the drain hole, and the bottom part which screws into the top part, allowing water to drain down the pipe, instead of […]
Interview with Larry Willeman- CFO-for-Hire
One of my earliest marketing mentors Robert Middleton recently put me in touch with a fellow Portlander, Larry Willeman. We met for tea and I had a fascinating time hearing about what he does. Larry is a remarkable person (as is Robert, I’ll be interviewing him soonish.) Through his consulting firm, Willeman Strategyas Partners, he […]
Jason Stein’s Gift
NOTE Nov 22-> If you came here looking for Yollana Shore’s video, I sent out the wrong link. Here’s the right link to see her video. I think I made the mistake because I’m kinda full up emotionally and I’ll be telling you about it in the next days. I was so chagrined because it […]
The Simple Reason Why You’re Not Reaching Thousands of People
You’ve got something fantastic that you do, and you want to reach a lot of people with it. And why not? Reaching a lot of people means that your great thing helps more people. It also means that you probably will end up with more clients. Of course, you may not. There are lots of […]