98: Here’s What to do with Good Advice from an Expert
A few years ago I had the honor of having a call with Farnoosh Torabi, money expert and the host of the So Money podcast. She was conducting informational interviews with her entrepreneur listeners, to find out the greatest pain points we were facing. We chatted for about 30 minutes on Skype and she gave […]
97: Let’s Give It Up for Slow Growth
I have long admired Ev’Yan Whitney, a sexuality doula and sex educator who helps women heal and embrace themselves. I even worked with her! (It was amazing.) In a recent email update, she wrote: I’ll be honest: Things have been very busy for me lately. After eight+ years of doing this work, it feels like […]
94: Two Steps to Calm Your Mind and Make Meaningful Progress
Have you ever felt overwhelmed? LOLOLOL ROFL LMAO of course you have!!! In the relentless world of online marketing and entrepreneurship, there are dozens of ways to feel overwhelmed every day. It takes discipline and practice and self-compassion NOT to feel overwhelmed. If you can relate, you’re in good company. You’re normal. I’m normal. We’re […]
90: Make Something Exciting Happen
The Flywheel Effect. It comes from Jim Collins in Good to Great: In building a great company or social sector enterprise, there is no single defining action, no grand program, no one killer innovation, no solitary lucky break, no miracle moment. Rather, the process resembles relentlessly pushing a giant, heavy flywheel, turn upon turn, building […]
88: Your Business Fantasy is Not Your Business Goal
When I was growing up we had a huge maple tree in our back yard. And from the maple tree my dad hung a tree swing, one he made out of a long, dark blue rope and a thick plank of wood. I used to go outside and swing by myself for hours. And while […]
84: Sunday Morning
I look forward to the weekends because they mean hours of uninterrupted reading time. Lounging in bed until ten o’clock, reading. Starting a new novel Friday night and savoring it all weekend. Staying up until midnight or later, riveted by a story. But this morning was different. My body woke up at 6:24, and the rising […]
80: Why I Work with Mission-Driven Companies
Today a prospect asked, “why do you work with mission-driven organizations?” No one had asked me that before. And the answer that came is this: It’s not because it’s trendy – although, as a millennial, it’s par for the course that I’m drawn to mission-driven organizations. It’s because… why do anything if it’s not to […]
79: The Final Frontier: People
As doom-and-gloom forecasting news will tell you, everything that can be automated… will be automated (hello, economic crisis as entire industries are made redundant!). Since the industrial revolution, more and more of our lives have become mechanized. Autonomous cars and trains are coming; maybe someday we’ll have autonomous flights. As for marketing, oh my. Gone […]
77: Are You Exploiting Yourself?
I’m skeptical that “passion” is a healthy (or realistic) criteria to guide your career. But the advice to “do what you’re passionate about” gets bandied about all over. It can have the unfortunate effect of making you doubt yourself if you don’t currently love your career, or feel hopeless because passion? What does that even […]
75: Read This if Work Sometimes Feels like Rubbing Your Forehead Against a Cheese Grater
Do you ever have those weeks where your work tasks seem to procreate like bunnies? Piling up no matter how hard you work to Get Shit Done? No matter how much you do, there’s an unsurmountable amount remaining. It’s discouraging. Because you’re doing all the right things: the two-minute rule, planning, prioritizing, time blocking. You’re adjusting your […]
