Sick of Selling? Here’s 5 Simple Ways to Get More Out of Every Sale You Make
Think about this. It’s seven times more costly (in both money and time) to get a brand new customer than it is to  KEEP an existing customer. This bit of data comes to us from the White House Office of Consumer Affairs.  (I’m not just […]
The 21-Day Lie (And Other Sabotage-y Mindsets You Can Ditch)
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” – Tao Te Ching It’s January 21. That means you’ve had 21 whole days to live out your word of the year, change your habits and make all your dreams come true.  […]
5 Questions That Will Change Your Life
“The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.” – David Whyte Here’s your homework for December. Instead of getting lost in either the resistance of, or the reveling in, […]
Are You Too Sensitive to Have a Business?
In the Uber-Human, Hyper-Efficient, Success-Driven world of business, little attention is given to emotions. (Have you noticed?) Instead, focus is placed on efficiency, strategy, action, and goals. What happens, then, is that people who feel deeply or are sensitive find that this approach doesn’t work. […]
What to Do if You Suck at Numbers, Receipts and Invoicing (Cheat Sheets Included)
Did you tell yourself it’d be different this year?  Did you have big plans for keeping up with your books each and every month? Like, did you write the word “FINANCES” into your Google calendar every other week in a moment of bravado? Now that […]
The $11,127.23 Wake Up Call: Un-boring Advice about Incorporating your Biz
When Sarah first started her design business, it was all just “leap and the net will appear.” She only made about $17K the first year of her business, so she never really had to consider taxes, or even to be bothered by boring phrases like […]
How to Get Back on Track As the Summer Comes to an End
Here’s what a client said last week. (See if it sounds familiar.) “Man, I was really on a roll with this project before the summer. But then the kids were home all summer, and we had vacation, and then I had to get Brian off […]
Is Being a “People Pleaser” Sabotaging Your Confidence?
Years ago, I was hosting a retreat. Â I was teaching the attendees about decisions and commitment. Now, we had spent many hours over our three days together getting clarity, setting intention and identifying next steps and big dreams. I said that in my experience, intention […]
How to Be Free (Really)
I remember my first taste of real-life personal freedom. It was about a year after I quit my cubicle job. I was ruthlessly determined to live life on my own terms – so I had done some radical things to earn this delicious moment. I […]
How to Make Sure You Never Get the Wrong Kind Of Client Again
“I want to gouge my eyes out. Every time I see his name in my appointment book, that’s what I want to do. I just want to poke my own freakin’ eyes out.” Amy was stabbing her salad with a fork, jamming it into her […]