I consider myself a creative person. I have drawings and paintings and quilts and pottery to prove I am. I’m creative in my work. I stopped short of calling myself a creative bookkeeper, because of the connotations, but I was creative, and still am creative in coming up with business solutions for my clients. All […]
Pride in a Job Well Done
Pride is how you feel about your work versus how others feel. We take pride in a job well done. When we do our work well, we have a feeling of satisfaction, of being in control, of being contributing members of our community. We feel good. It’s not enough to do a good job […]
Esteem from your Business
Being valued within our community and having status used to be crucial for survival. For most of human evolution being banished was a death sentence. We strove to prove our value within our community and feeling valued increased our sense of safety and well-being. Additionally, the higher our status, the more quality of life we […]
How Do You Build Connection in Your Busi...
One of the biggest benefits I see small business owners miss, is in designing their business in a way that allows them to bring their best selves. For instance you get to design how you want to connect with your team, your customers, your community and the world. What kind of connections do you want? […]
Make your Business Mean Something
Your business can do more than simply provide your product or service to your customers. You can do good in the world, you can add a social component. There are several ways to do that in a way that allows you to do well at the same time. Percentage of sales You can give a […]
Mastery in Your Business
Your business has many roles in your life beyond providing for your economic needs. Today we’re talking about Mastery in your business. Mastery is one of the keys to fulfillment. We crave a sense of improvement. We want to know we are getting better at doing what is important to us. How can you bring […]
How to Figure out the Best Way Forward b...
“Something’s changed and I don’t like it.” Josie was clearly upset. “What’s up?” “I’ve been contacting my clients just like you said, but they haven’t been booking follow up appointments with me the way they used to. I don’t know what I am doing differently.” “I noticed you didn’t buy that tech you talked about […]
Why DID you start your business?
“Why oh why did I start this business?” George was not happy. He’d worked hard for years to build his cafe business, but now he told me he had a hard time getting out of bed in the mornings. “I can feel my business slipping, I feel it slowly eroding as I lose my passion […]
Why you have plateaued in your business ...
You know that feeling in your business that no matter how much harder you work, you aren’t making the progress you should. You are doing all the right things, the things that worked in the past. The things that others are doing and getting great results. The things all the books, gurus and courses are […]
6 Stages of Starting Your Business
I resisted. For the longest time. Working with people starting a business. People in startup mode are overwhelmed and when my clients are overwhelmed, I get overwhelmed. When you are starting, you need so much. All at once. I didn’t think I had the ability to be effective and really help. Until I realized that […]