Category: Links of Interest
There is no such thing as Trucker’s Block
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There is no such thing as trucker’s block is there? Yet we persist in saying that as creatives we have ‘creative block’. A trucker gets up and does her work every day. Block’s don’t come into it. Today I’m going to talk a bit more about why there is no such thing as a creative
Higher Paying Clients does NOT Mean More Profit
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One of the fine people on my email list recently got in touch with me to ask about their niche. They’re tired of seeing websites with no clear benefit to the business that paid good money for them and that’s where they want to specialise. Redoing sites so they actually provide a return on investment.
Your Word is all You Have
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While listening to Game of Thrones I got to thinking about your word. Not the words you use, and at the same time all about the words you use. All you have is your word. It’s your reputation. When you tell a client you’ll finish a project, you need to finish it. If you can’t
If you want your message to come across, practice
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You can’t just show up and ‘wing it’, not if you want your message to land. Today I’m going to talk about practising before you talk to your prospects so that you can turn them into clients.
Kim Doyal talks about how your business brings you space
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Kim and I talk about how after the death of her husband, she found a business that brought her the space needed to be a single parent. You can find Kim at The WP Chick. Links Obstacle is the Way Ryan Holiday Danielle Laporte Pivot 48 Days to the Work You Love
Do you have a secret life like Walter Mitty?
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There is a great movie called The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It has dreams that weren’t met and adventure. It’s a great analogy for where many business owners are. They dreamed of an amazing business, but then life started happening and they’ve been carried along to something that’s good. Good is…okay, but that’s not
How do you 2x your results in half the time?
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How do you get 2 times the results in half the effort? – Profit First Today I talk about this thought experiment found in Profit First. Spending time on these thoughts can help you transform your business because they require huge changes in how you run your business. Are you ready to make huge changes?
Every day of work can’t be a good day
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We like to dream that every day running a business can be a good day, but it can’t. Today I go a bit deeper in to how some of the days have been going for me lately. They haven’t been the days I had hoped when I started a business.
Are you listening, or waiting to speak?
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I’ve come back to this topic a few times…are you listening or are you waiting for your turn to speak? Today I talk about what listening sounds like (hint you don’t talk) and give you a few resources to improve your listening skills Links Read to Lead Episode #170 My series on effective questioning
What is your business in service of?
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It started as a bit of a throw away comment on a run as I saw the mountains. I don’t run the roads or do hill repeats just to be a faster runner. I don’t do it to ‘win’ the ultramarathon I’ve got on the calendar. I do it so I can move fast in

