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We often think of being in the zone or being in flow as optimal states. While those are certainly great states to be in, I'd like to...

I've often said that recognition is a strategy, not a destination. Few of us want to be stars or celebrities, but smart marketers today...

Sometimes we know we're special and sometimes we feel like the odd ones in a crazy world. In this episode, I share some scientific PROOF...

Generally speaking, the listeners of my show – my coaching clients, and the students of the Self-Employed Business Institute – tend to be...

In our attempts to reinvent ourselves, reposition our messaging, or work through the next iteration of our businesses, we can have...

One of the things we self-employed business owners are often unprepared for is being an employer. The independent attributes that make...

What we, as small businesses, can learn from big companies has nothing to do with mimicking them in any way. But what is important to...

I truly believe that one of our greatest responsibilities as service providers is to let the world know how we can serve them. Too often,...

Sometimes you're just not sure if it's a compliment or not. I've always assumed being called a beast in business was a compliment but on...

What's the number one reason anyone becomes self-employed? Freedom. Independence. Is it possible for everyone to work and live anywhere...

Being such freedom-seekers, self-employed business owners often aren't prepared to be an employer, but we can find ourselves in that role...

We are often ill-prepared to be an employer when we set out to create and run our own business. In this episode, I share some of the many...

It's built into my sign off that, “you may be in business for yourself, but you're not in business by yourself.” You are not alone....

We all know the typical advice. "Work ON your business more than IN your business." That's good advice to a degree. In this episode I...

One of the biggest mindset shifts I experienced was at a time when I felt like I had my feet in several different industries and went to...

Ever feel discouraged? Ever wonder if "this time", this latest attempt of whatever it is you're trying to do, is really going to turn out...

I think there are times in life when we're stuck and we don’t even know it, and of course, there are times in life we know we're stuck....

I often refer to myself as a wisdom junkie. I love a good quote or pearl of wisdom, and it never ceases to amaze me how one thing, one...

I've been hearing a fair amount of scarcity money mindset lately so I offer a couple of solutions to turn that truck around. It's not...

“Before we can have a customer, we must first have a buyer.” That is one of my favorite lines from the book we’re going to discuss today....