Each time I think about creating anything—a story, a design, a business—a specific Sondheim tune comes to mind. This song rattles around my head, looping through the nooks and crannies. “Bit by bit, putting it together.” The tension spawned by the trills of the keyboard…
Category: The Art of Business
At the end of July, I got a great little gig to write a feature piece for a local magazine. At the same time, I committed to writing five guest posts along with my regular schedule of activities. Plus, at the beginning of August, I…
“Marketing is a journey of coming into your own skin.” – Nick Catton, Creative Alignment Coach Being our whole selves, as people and as entrepreneurs, means sharing our work, our creativity, ourselves with others. Demonstrating how we’ve used our own creativity to solve a problem…
Back in August, when I was sharing the fabulous posts from my fellow creativity coaches, they were sharing my posts as well. I’ve been trying to decide how to share these links, and finally decided to just go for it in a little list. So,…
To create the thing we imagine, we must continually improve our craft. Most times, this enhancement in our skills comes from pushing ourselves to the next level with experience, but occasionally we get a leg up from education. When all of our experiential knowledge fails,…
When I say the words “diversify your income streams,” does that make your heart freeze? Your hands turn into raptor claws? Your brain spit the words “I don’t know what that means!” out of its core? Here’s the deal. An “income stream” is just a…
isaac-smith-unsplash I haven’t wanted to write this report about June. I feel disappointed with myself and my progress, and that doesn’t seem uplifting in the least. By this point in the year, I expected to be flowing. Instead, a wall presented itself carrying familiar challenges…
Many movies, television shows, and news stories show the pinnacle of success as making lots of money. And that’s how our society gauges our success. Not “Your painting is so beautiful,” but “how much can you sell it for?” Your friend follows up your gift…
I learned how to use a ring light last night! I love The Equalizer, a new tv show, and the storyline included the main character’s daughter begging her mother to do a TikTok dance with her. They showed her setting up and that’s when I…
“I don’t see how these Fortune 500 leaders have time to read thirty books a year or workout for an hour every day! How do they do that?” My client and I were talking about his non-negotiables, those things he needed to do to be…