Nelson and I just got home from a week’s holiday in Virginia visiting family and friends. We also drove to our favorite town in the Virginia mountains with plans to go hiking and check out the wild ponies at Grayson Highlands State Park. Friday night we checked into the cutest little hostel in downtown Damascus […]
Business Systems & Processes
Since the world didn’t end
So, you might have noticed the world didn’t actually end last week. I think that’s just great. And I bet you do, too. And since the world didn’t end, have you thought at all about what you’re going to do with all this time you’ve been gifted? I know one of my clients is cleaning […]
Santa Crazy!
So, the weirdest thing just happened to me. Santa called and said he wanted to talk to me about his business. Seriously. He said he’d heard that I could help him be less crazy before and after the Christmas rush. That I could help him find time. And help the business of toy giving to […]
TV Star in the Making
I’ll admit it…I was a tiny bit nervous about interviewed for a television show. Would I know what to say? What if I accidentally said a swear word? And the important stuff – what to wear? Makeup? I don’t really “do” a lot of makeup. I did go get a haircut. And I didn’t wear […]
An Invitation and a Question
Scroll down for the invitation I’ve been promising…but first… I want to contrast a couple of conversations I’ve had with business owners in the last few weeks. The conversations say a lot about the success or struggle a business owner will face today and in the future. The first scene is this: two business partners […]
How different do you want things to be?
For the last couple weeks, I’ve been meeting with “Ron.” Ron’s business is growing quickly. He’s seeing his To Do list increase and he’s feeling his overwhelm beginning to creep upwards. He’d been managing to run his business by “making it up as he went along” but knew it wasn’t really working anymore. He was […]