Should you or should you not risk it?
Today I saw a quote attributed to Erica Jong: “If you don’t risk it, you risk even more.” BOOM. As someone raised in an environment of high certainty (study hard, go to uni, get a degree, get a good job, work till you retire), the transition to self-employment was especially
What are your 3 words for 2019?
Last December, I spent some time reflecting on how I want my 2019 to look and feel. What kind of contribution do I want to make? What do I want to accomplish personally and professionally? How do I want to show up as a wife, mother, business owner, creative, and
With the sound of NYE fireworks and cheers of “Happy New Year!” a pleasant memory, here are 5 things I learned in 2018. 1. Do one thing you were afraid to do the year before.For me, this was incorporating paid events into my Meetup group. I was terrified people would
On your journey of career transition, it is a given that you will have days like this – “Why do I bother?” “Should I just give up and go back to getting a proper job?” “I still haven’t succeeded after x years. Doesn’t this mean this is not the right
Letter to My Fellow Introverts in Business
Dear Introverted Entrepreneur: I get that you want to make a difference. I get that if not for fear, you would be unstoppable. Fear of failure. Fear of what others think. Fear that you might not make it, that you might make a mistake, that you might lose money. Fear
Don’t rehash your old story – do this instead
Ever gone to a gathering of friends or family and there’s that one person whose words you can predict before they even open their mouth, because they say the same thing every time? That’s a bit like you and me when we rehash our old stories. I can’t be an
In the early years of my martial arts journey, I used to panic when someone else performed a technique differently from how I did. I would always assume that I was the one in the wrong, and that the other person had got it figured out, so I would try
3 Things You Can Do Today to Get Out of Feeling Stuck (Part 1)
In each entrepreneurial journey, there comes a time when it feels as though circumstances are conspiring against us. Collaborations begun in great enthusiasm fizzle out. There is tepid response to our marketing efforts. We get little or no activity in our FB groups. We get an email notification to say
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Have you ever had something happen to you that was so huge it took over your life and everything else seemed secondary? An illness. A family emergency. A death. In that moment, everything changes, and priorities are rearranged out of necessity. Things that used to be important become less so,
