This month’s ezine is related to last month’s issue with a slightly different twist: while it can seem easier to shed projects and tasks that you are “just not into” anymore, how about if you love everything you are doing? Read on for some thoughts on how to maintain your creative spirit while getting things [...]
Marilyn Scott-Waters has been an artist all her life, but found that her corporate role as Art Director at Nike was pinching her soul. So she ventured into the world of freelance, and as part of her business built a gigantic following with her whimsical paper toy site thetoymaker.com. On today’s radio show, hear her [...]
I had a powerful and visceral lesson about the importance of doing vs. analyzing yesterday that has tremendous implications for wannabe entrepreneurs. My two-year old son Josh had his first swimming lesson. We haven’t taken him swimming too much in his short life, but when we have, he has enjoyed it, so I thought he [...]
I don’t often offer advice to think small or shrink dreams as I find that most people need to get comfortable with embracing their desires, rather than repressing them. But there can be times when your expectations for what you must have in order to be happy are actually based on some unhealthy beliefs or [...]
After reading some of the comments on my last post, “If you are stuck in a cube and dying to get out, how does it specifically feel?” I was compelled to write about a common phenomenon I encounter in some of my clients: soul numbing. Barbara caught my attention with her grisly but powerful description [...]
After reading some of the comments on my last post, “If you are stuck in a cube and dying to get out, how does it specifically feel?” I was compelled to write about a common phenomenon I encounter in some of my clients: soul numbing. Barbara caught my attention with her grisly but powerful description [...]
I am in book writing mode today, working on the chapter which describes the conditions that led up to the current state of corporate life, and the subsequent impact on the emotional lives of its cube inhabitants. Although I get tons of wonderful and detailed emails from the “cube oppressed” around the world, I would [...]
Even the most optimistic and motivated aspiring entrepreneur will reach a point where frustration or anxiety grinds progress to a halt. This is otherwise known as “hitting the wall.” It can happen when doing things you hate such as: Making sales and marketing calls Trying to crank out a first draft of a book or [...]
Even the most optimistic and motivated aspiring entrepreneur will reach a point where frustration or anxiety grinds progress to a halt. This is otherwise known as “hitting the wall.” It can happen when doing things you hate such as: Making sales and marketing calls Trying to crank out a first draft of a book or [...]
StartupNation just launched a very fun and attractive competition for home-based entrepreneurs: The StartupNation’s Home-based 100. Aiming to shed glory and exposure on the oft-neglected sector of home-based entrepreneurs, it is the first annual ranking of the best-performing home-based businesses in the U.S. The categories include: Greenest Home-based businesses that have a positive environment and [...]
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