Filling the Bucket, One Drop at a Time
Visionaries are easily overwhelmed when it comes to the day to day grunt work of turning their dreams into reality. Because they can SEE the Future, FEEL the Future, TASTE and TALK about the Future, it...
View ArticleThe Good News About Lies You Believe
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult–once we truly understand and...
View ArticleThe Illusion of Communication
The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. ~George Bernard Shaw Have you ever had a conversation with a person, walked away, said “Well, that went well,” only to discover that...
View ArticleThe Devil You Know
Earlier this week Deb and I had the opportunity to sit down with one of our very trusted advisers and spent a few hours on the receiving end of some white- knuckled coaching that was frankly hard to...
View ArticleRiding the Purple Pony
My daughter, Tania used to have an imaginary friend, The Purple Pony, when she was little. She could see it, and it went everywhere with her and our family when we went out. It talked to her, sat on...
View ArticleHow to Take Exemplary Care of Your A+ Clients
Ideal Client, A+ Client, VIP Client… they go by different names, but their value in your business remains the same. They are the Number One key to your success and if you ignore them, you are missing...
View ArticleAt the Heart of Creative Coaching
“If you don’t have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can’t expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.” ~Doug Coupland The quote above is one I found on the website...
View ArticleDo You Have a Problem? Good!
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” ~Theodore Isaac Rubin Imagine this: You have been sitting in paradise...
View ArticleThe 7 Entrepreneaurial Freedoms
Why do people become entrepreneurs in the first place? There are many reasons, but get a group of entrepreneurs together in one place and the number one answer you will hear is FREEDOM. But what does...
View ArticleHow Your Creative Project is Like a Beating Drum
I’m in love with Phillip Phillip’s new song, Gone, Gone Gone. So much so, that when I have time to just sit for a few moments, I click it on my playlist on Spotify or You Tube and listen to it over...
View ArticleThe Importance of Sanctuary In Your Creative Business
Stop for a second and take a look around you right now. Where are you? Are you at home in a comfortable clean environment surrounded by items that you love,with talismans that inspire you to create...
View ArticleThe Problem with Digging a Hole to China
My first entrepreneurial partnership taught me critical lessons about business. My business partner, Randy, was a charismatic, fearless, energetic young man, with giant ideas and the drive to achieve...
View ArticleStop the Sabotage! Webcast
Are you a creative entrepreneur who struggles with self-sabotage and self-rebellion, even when you KNOW what you need to do to meet your goals? Help is on the way! Watch this value-packed call as Wendi...
View ArticleImportant Reminder! Don’t Forget to Plant Your Business Garden!
Here in Chicagoland, we went from a freezing windy Mother’s Day weekend of thirty degree temperatures to a balmy, humid eighty degrees day on Tuesday. We went to bed with the heat on Monday night and...
View ArticleTen Tips to Boost Your Authentic Enthusiasm
Have you ever noticed that you are attracted to people who are enthusiastic and passionate about what they are doing, talking about or simply BEING about? Enthusiasm is magnetic, a lighthouse beam...
View ArticleTen Must Read Books To Build Your Mental Mojo
There is not a week that goes by that I reiterate some version of this comment in coaching: “There can’t be a separation of personal life and business life for the creative entrepreneur. If you...
View ArticleIf It’s Not Fun, Why Are You Doing it?
Life is way too short to fritter away on work that you hate. Don’t get me wrong, we all have to do things we might hate from time to time. I have three dogs. As much as I love them, they come...
View ArticleA Promise To My Heart
Imagine for a moment a child, innocent and sincere, looking up at you with big, brown eyes asking you to do something important. Something that means to world to that sweet child. Some wish that only...
View ArticleAre You a Zombiepreneur?
I have a confession to make. I have a hatred strong dislike for all things zombie-related. The Night of the Living Dead and all of its spawn grate on my last nerve, from the brain-eating, foot...
View ArticleAre You Asking the RIGHT Questions?
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to writing a post last week. I fired up my computer to see a comment from one of my children, letting the family know that she had spent the night in the...
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