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5 days to a better business? You betcha.
I’m so excited to announce the latest and greatest around here! The Steer Your Ship 5-day challenge is a complimentary collection of audio adventures created to add more profit and enjoyment to your business. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work with me personally, this gives you a good sense of the tasks [...]
8 Clever things to post on your Facebook business page
Hi peeps! Sarah Von Bargen is my guest author today, ’cause she’s so damn nifty and I heart her so bad. Please leave comments to show your support for this amazing woman! Sarah Von Bargen has been writing for 13 years and blogging for five. Her blog Yes and Yes is read by 11,000+ every [...]
Is it time to start a new business?
It’s time for a reader question, lovely! Kaley in Los Angeles asks: What do you do when you feel discouraged seeing thousands of other people go after the same dream you have? I’m still trying to figure out if I want to get into photography but I get discouraged seeing how flooded the market is. [...]
Pay-what-you-can sale, hooray!
There’s no faking a smile like that. We did it! We raised enough to donate $12,000 to Flying Kites, meaning that two of the kids under their care are fully funded for one year. Room, board, healthcare, food, education, transportation, and big big hugs: done. Thanks to each and every one of you who purchased [...]
How to ditch the day job mentality and think like an entrepreneur
Today’s question from a reader: I have a lot of skills but I’m stuck. How do I get unstuck? And wow do I go from a day job mentality to an entrepreneurial way of thinking? For better or worse, there’s no aging and slightly balding boss coming around to peek over your cubicle and ask [...]
Is there a limit to how good life can be?
I was working with a business coach and we were on our monthly call. I had a proper freakout about how GOOD life was — how my marriage was improving, I was losing weight, my business was going well, my friends were fantastic, and I was genuinely happy. This, of course, led to panic. When [...]
What to do when your family thinks you’re insane
Thank GOD my name finally appeared on a book cover in 2012, or my Mom would still think I do some sort of secret side hustle selling drugs. I’ve explained ghostwriting and e-books, but her response was simple: “Why would anyone pay for a download?” She’s stuck in 1995, when the internet was full of [...]
Make life 87% more fun in a single step
Hello, and welcome! This is part two in the Change YOUR world, dammit! series, which is here to help you make the internal shifts that bring about confidence, courage, and presence in the current moment. In part one of the Change YOUR world, dammit series, we talked about the patterns your mind has created and [...]
The trouble with raising prices
A common side effect of attending business workshops or taking business training is taking the advice to raise prices in order to achieve profitability and then some. I’m a big fan of this practice, and I’m an absolute believer in charging a fair and profitable price for what you do. But there are some things [...]
3 tricks for a calmer mind and less-stressed you
As a human, your mind has scripts that play over and over. The scripts say you’re dumb, you’re fat, you’re useless, you’re not worth it, you’re not worthy, your life is shit, etc…they never lead to the conclusion that you are brilliant and beautiful. Today, let’s take a look at these scripts — we all [...]
