Are you thinking about next year? Hoping 2021 will be different? Are you feeling stuck where you are? Concentrating on how crappy 2020 is and has been… Are things feeling a little scary right now? This is a critical time to start thinking about how you’re going to make 2021 different… … no matter what’s…
Do you hate to plan? Hate the thought of it? Think of it as boring and a waste of time? Why do you need a plan in your business? It’s just going to change anyway… A plan helps you focus. It keeps you on track. It’s like using the GPS in your car. A plan…
Business and marketing involve a lot of problem solving. I worked for one of my mentors for a while. He told me one of my highest skill sets was my ability to problem solve. Can you set your plan in place and still be flexible enough to change if need be? When unexpected things…
Words are important. The ones you say to yourself AND the ones you say and communicate to others. Using words in business to tell stories and get your message across is one of the most important things you can do. We all learn (and buy things) from stories. We remember stories… …not facts and…
The RIPPLE effect. People talk about it, but I often wonder if people really get the power of it. I’ve made it an acronym. Here’s what it means to me… Repetition In Place Produces Little Effects Somewhere We often underestimate the effect we have on people – whether we want it to or not. And…
Isn’t a sunrise one of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen? And all that it represents… A new day. New beginnings. Fresh starts. I have a small not on my desktop monitor (yes, some of use still use those) that says, “Start Again.” Not start over… Start Again! Starting over is overwhelming… and…
The purple flower that appeared and then disappeared in a single 24-hour period held a lot of lessons for me. The part about the purple flower I didn’t share last week, the part that stuck with me for a while – until I looked for another lesson – was about being alone… …there it was,…
I pulled in the driveway like I had hundreds of times before… and I didn’t notice anything different than I ever had. As usual, I was focused on other “things”. As I got out of the car and walked toward the front door… there it was. One, single purple flower in what might have once…
Have you ever found yourself answering the question about why you’re doing something with “because THEY told me to?” Who’s They? When you do things because everyone else is doing it or because you saw it on somebody else’s social media feed, take heed. Are you the leader in your business or are you following?…
Do you think about the reasons WHY you do what you do? Or do you just do things to get them done? Or because you’re “supposed” to do this or that? There is strategy and then there’s flying by the seat of your pants and being haphazard about the things you do. Specifically, in your…
