I have a hard time asking for money.
The extent of my money issues didn't resonate with me until I worked in a restaurant as a food runner. As a food runner, I brought the food to the tables (I didn't really do a lot of running- I'm not that ...
perseverance
How to Become an Artpreneur: Blending Art and Business
Not very many years ago a young woman started a business selling cookies. After discouragement from family and friends and multiple rejections by banks, she had finally persuaded one bank manager to give her a small loan.
Maybe it was the freshly made chocolate chip cookies she brought to the ...
Die Empty
Todd Henry releases his new book "Die Empty" today. It is a powerful book about spending your life with the intention of dying empty- all spent because you've given all your energy, talent, resources into the work and the people who mean the most to you.
His first book "The ...
Hiding Your Gifts is Wrong
I read a quote that hasn't left my brain.
I read it as I was working on the SHINE E-course: Somebody Needs You to Shine.
It's a simple but deep principle many people ignore.
Not disciplining myself to be better at sharing my skills, gifts and talents robs other people ...
Rewrite the Book (Even When Life’s Fires Burn Down the Story)
I started this work ready for anything. I was excited for the launch of the summer e-course. A book was almost complete. The positive energy and excitement had been deflated by Tuesday.
Somewhere between the computer crashing, remembering my Carbonite subscription had expired and some other unexpected news it seemed ...
How Baking Bad Cookies Changed my Attitude
I really get down on myself when I mess up a cookie recipe. And recently, I've been messing up a lot which hasn't been great for my attitude in the kitchen.
At least, this is how I felt after several botched cookie recipes. (You can see one of them ...
All Work is Hard, but Keep Working
Building stuff is hard.
Starting a new blog, a new job, writing a book, learning a new language, making a move -any move that breaks you from your comfort zone- it’s all hard.
But you should still continue to build stuff, regardless of the challenge.
All work is hard. Keep ...
Fight through Failures
Going through a round (or six) of failures and defeats when trying to launch a new phase in life can be like a punch in the gut.
Fighting through failure is hard.
Somewhere between looking at an increasingly empty bank account, the rejection letters in the inbox, unreturned calls and ...
4 Lessons Learned from an Obsession with Women Entrepreneurs
I’ve been slightly obsessed reading books and articles about women entrepreneurs- specifically in the world of food.
I’m not sure what led me to this idea, but it seemed good at the time and now I’ve started writing a book. Honestly, what started was a personal project of going ...
Keep on Walking
Where did the week go?
I've been a turtle this week, buried in work, slow but steady.
Thought I would pop my head up and say "hi!"
A few things I'm working on and thinking about this week.
Somewhere down the road there will be answers to the questions...somewhere down ...
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