Get Your Shizzle Together in the New Year

New year lots of change based on our new reality. Perhaps a new or revised business model. New goals? New priorities? Take the time NOW, at the beginning of the year to take a fresh look at your goals and be sure you have set yourself up for success. In this video I talk about: […]

Entrepreneur with Down Time?

We all have periods of time “between”. Between gigs, clients, meetings, launches, proposal sent and waiting for the response. You know that time. We also have “dither days”: days when we are sitting in front of the computer and not getting anything done. My Mom called that dithering. Here are a few sneakily productive ways […]

Time Is on Your Side: 5 Productivity Tips for Entrepreneurs

It’s not enough to dream of success. It’s not even enough to set goals. At the end of the day, you need to be able to get things done. And, there is so much to get done! The only way to truly achieve your dreams and build the business you’re meant to build is to […]

Business Slow? Think Like a Farmer

Last week I talked about a client of mine – a real estate agent going through her slow period. Our work during that time focused on thinking like a farmer – but what does that mean in practice? Do you think all a farmer has to do is wait until fall to harvest truckloads of […]

How NOT to Panic.

At some point, every business owner will find herself in a troubling situation. Revenue is down. New clients are scarce. Profits are falling. Just one peek at the financials is enough to bring on a full-fledged anxiety attack. Unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, chances are you’ve experienced that sinking feeling of a business […]

Overwhelmed and Paralyzed?

We all fall victim to overwhelm. The trick is to find a way to reset quickly, so you can recover and get back to what you need to do. Whether it’s often or infrequent, the paralyzing results are the same. Here is what happens to me when I’m in overwhelm (Not pretty, but I’m just […]

Hire to Your Weakness, Lead With Your Strength.

I have never been a detail person – much to my dismay. My handwriting is almost illegible, I make mistakes in calculations (thank goodness for formulas in Excel so I don’t have to do the math myself!), and I leave a trail of minutia wherever I go. I just don’t SEE the details and good […]

Work Life Balance – When Your Personal Life Throws Up Roadblocks

Most women entrepreneurs are workaholics, type A personalities, or passion driven to an extreme. I think that is built into our DNA and part of why we become business owners in the first place. But every now and again life throws us curve balls and we need to be able to adjust to our new […]

Has Content Creation Become a Chore? You Need a System.

My biz is content heavy. In January of 2018, I made a commitment to doing a weekly blog post.  Talk about a stretch goal! This seemed absolutely impossible, as the most I had been able to do previously was a post every 3-4 weeks.  But I knew that consistency builds visibility, fans, and engagement. I […]

Outsourcing: Cure for the Burnout Blues

One of the symptoms of being in a growth spurt is that things can feel out of control. Many of your carefully crafted processes are no longer working, and your company just feels like it is bursting at the seams. You probably feel overwhelmed and stretched beyond your limits. The goal of a true CEO […]