I carry around a lot of ideas. They roll around in my head like ball bearings made of Jello, bouncing off each other, merging together, and splitting apart. They are always in motion, either ambling or whizzing by…and it sometimes takes a glass of wine (or two) to get them to rest. So while I [...]
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I want an iPad. Badly. But as super-freaking-cool as it is, I can’t justify the expense — and oh, how I have tried — so it remains an I Wanna and not an I Gotta. There was a time when I would have pulled out my credit card and paid for it with interest, month [...]
I screwed up. But before I tell you about that: Remember the whole Hand Puppet Marketing thing? Where shy folks, like me, can maintain a buffer between themselves and the world, but still successfully sell their stuff? Yeah, well, I decided to try my hand at Hand Puppet Services, a.k.a. subcontracting. Here’s the part where [...]
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No, no. Not that body. I mean your hot body of work. Because, if you’re like me, you got a lot done this year. I earned money, spent money, and made beneficial and detrimental decisions. I had bright new ideas, retired dusty crusty ones, and traveled cross-country three times. I held tight to an old [...]
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My Ego is pitching a fit. You wouldn’t believe the tirade that’s been going on in my head. It’s slamming doors and emptying drawers and breaking up all the plates. One moment it’s pouting, the next moment it’s pleading, and later on it’s threatening all kinds of horrors. Sheesh! And all because I’ve found good-paying [...]
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Do you know the best thing about hanging with smart coaches (like Ericka, Laurie, Michele, and Pam) and the smart people they know? Aside from the laugh-out-loud phone calls and lunches, I mean. It’s their objectivity. And their sensitivity. And the clarity that comes with combining those two things. My Insight Posse Now when it [...]
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To be clear on the Hand Puppet Marketing thing… I’m not saying you should be scared to market your business in a put-yourself-out-there kind of way. I’m saying that if you are scared to put yourself out There—make a big splash, attend large conferences, make cold calls (and even warm ones), or shake hands at [...]
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I love confident extroverted people…they keep things simple. Their all-purpose advice for getting a new job, getting a date, or getting customers is— Put yourself out there. Oh wait…sorry. I forgot the best part. They actually say— Just put yourself out there. As if the emotional risk in introducing yourself to strangers is manageable, as [...]
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