Small Business Success

10 Red Flags That Signal You Aren’t Cut Out for Self-Employment

Friday, November 4th, 2011

This post originally appeared on BlogHer   People often ask me – how did you know you were cut out to be your own boss? How do you deal with the anxiety? The risk? The learning curve? There are many ways to be successful… I coach my clients how to navigate the inner and outer [...]

BlogHer ’10 Recap

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

This week I am back from the BlogHer ’10 conference in New York City. For me the weekend was a study in contrasts.  Unlike BlogHer ’09 where I was a speaker, this time I simply planned on drinking in the experience without any specific time commitments. Last year I was stoked to be social; this [...]

How To Start 2010 Powerfully & Sanely

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The noisemakers are all put away and it’s back to “reality”, whatever that is…  Forget the New Year’s Resolutions, they don’t work. What does work is setting yourself up for success.  You have dreams and goals for 2010, so how do you hit the ground running without going insane or working yourself into burnout by [...]

Top 5 Things You Can Do for Your Business During the Holidays

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Whatever holiday you celebrate and however you enjoy it, inevitably the rhythm of business changes during the last few weeks of the year. You can use this time to your advantage to bring a strong close to 2009 and an even more powerful start to 2010 whether you are a business owner or employee. You [...]

Are You Just Hanging On and Waiting for the Economy to Recover?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Many people and businesses seem to have been sitting in a holding pattern for months and continue to do so.  Know what?  This approach is doomed to fail.  Like the old quotation — when you fail to choose, you choose to fail. Do you find yourself just trying to hang on and get through the [...]