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, […]
My Favorite Productivity Tricks for Procrastinators
People who say procrastination is about laziness are like people who think that anorexia is about not eating enough. Case in point:Â As I started to write this article, I thought, “I’ll just go check my Facebook messages first.” Then I caught myself in the […]
How to Create Anything (Even When You’re Scared, Inexperienced and Don’t Believe in Yourself)
Let’s say you had a baby. Congratulations! Your baby is the best human ever! You love your baby. You celebrate as it starts to crawl. You and your partner delight in this baby’s every new adventure. Then, one day, the baby stands up on her […]
How to Get Higher Conversions from Your Emails and Marketing
In business, the number “one” is considered a bad number. One is a bad number in your business when you only have one person on your team. It’s a bad number when your only product fails on its latest launch. Â Or when your ONE client […]
Powerful Lessons From Your Word of the Year
This is the time of year when I get emails and Facebook notes from people who downloaded my Word of the Year Discovery Tool last year at this time. They’re writing to share the breakthroughs that happened to them as they let a single word “guide” them throughout the past 365 days.
9 Productivity Tricks for Procrastinators
Best Of Series: This is a repost of one of my most popular blog posts. Irony: As I started to write this article, I thought, “I’ll just go check my Facebook messages first.” I caught myself in the act and opened a Word doc instead. […]
Hit the “Reset” Button on Your Word-of-the-Year
We’re about to cross the halfway mark of 2015. Back in December, if you read my Word of the Year Discovery Tool, you chose a word for yourself. It was a word to guide you through this year. This practice of choosing a word-of-the-year (rather […]
The Top 5 Lessons from my 2014 Word of the Year
My Word-of-the-Year for 2014 was “Within.” I’m a lifetime learner. That means I take in and filter vast amounts of information and wisdom from people, perspectives and experiences – plus expand myself, my soul and my business using many levels of support and expertise. AND, […]
Lose the New Year’s Resolutions & Create Real Success in 2015
This is an article I like to share as we prepare to enter the new year… The regulars at the gym have already started joking about the coming doom. “Have a good workout now,” they said. “Cuz you know what it’s gonna be like next week!” That’s because all the […]
7 Mindset Practices for “When the Dirt Comes Up”
A mentor of mine used to say that when a seed is planted, the first thing that comes up is NOT the sprout. The first thing that comes up is the dirt. If you have your own business, you know exactly what this looks like. […]