We self-employed business owners can be a bunch of control freaks. Think about it, you likely left a more institutional job (think corporate, academia, etc.) for the freedom and flexibility of being your own boss. You wanted to be in charge and in some cases were adamant about never having to take orders from anyone […]
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There is no shortage of cheer-leading around setting BIG GOALS in business circles. All that RAH RAH RAH-ing makes me tired. I’m not a huge fan of goals, at least not as they are traditionally set. I’ve written about my philosophy of setting multidimensional goals on several occasions: like here and here. The longer I
Goals Don’t Grow Your Business; Systems and Habits Do Read More »
“Hi, my name is Paula and it has been 9 years since my last paycheck. “ I love to say those words. I have now spent more years self-employed than I have spent at any other company I worked. That blows my mind. As I enter into my 10th year of business I bring you
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I want to talk about the idea of intentionality. This means being at choice versus reacting. A lot of times people will say, “Well I couldn’t possibly take this day off or this time off. Or I couldn’t possibly carve out a few hours to work on my business instead of in my business because
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Sometimes truth can be as surprising as fiction. Like the time we played two truths and a lie in the “Table of Contents” restaurant at the divine bit of heaven known as the Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport, Oregon. The entire table (of people we had never met) was absolutely convinced my lie was that
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