I remember sitting backstage in my green room with tears streaming down my face just before I was about to go on stage. I was on the West Coast in Irvine, California, and about to speak at my first-ever Business Boutique 1-Day event. This was an event, by the way, that I was so excited…
Anyone who knows me knows that I have 500 ideas going through my head at any given moment. I’m creative (sometimes scattered), resourceful (occasionally scrappy), and spontaneous (a little unpredictable). Most creative entrepreneurial types are like this. We have no shortage of ideas—ideas that we just know are all brilliant by the way—but we have a real shortage of…
Whether your company is big or small, it’s hard keeping up with all that goes into running your own business. Those of us with entrepreneurial spirits end up piling more and more onto our overflowing plates, and we end up spread too thin. We can’t keep running this way! We have to cut something out.…
Fear, failure, and fear of failure will accompany you when you do great things. It’s part of the journey, so you should expect it. Everyone who is successful is scared of failing. Taylor Swift puts it this way: “It can feel, at times, if you let your anxiety get the better of you, like everybody’s…
Many people have a preconceived notion about selling. They think you have to be pushy and aggressive to sell your products or services. But, that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’ve all been bothered by pushy sales people before, and we certainly don’t want to be anything like that. And unfortunately, those negative experiences…
With over 30 million Americans working as independent workers or “solopreneurs,” not to mention the endless free social media and selling platforms, there’s never been a better time or bigger audience to launch your own side gig. Maybe you’ve always had a knack for repainting old thrift store furniture. Or maybe you’re a gifted musician…
There’s one thing that most of us would love to have more of. No, not money. That would be nice too, but that’s not it. Time When you think about it, you can get more of almost anything you want in life. If you want more money, you can earn it. If you want more…
