Adventures on the Blog
Stories, (Un)Marketing experiments, inspiring conversations and spiritual business
A Wild, Audacious Adventure in Creating the Impossible (with a Goat)
The goat was wearing sunglasses. Again. When you see the goat wearing sunglasses, you know it’s going to be a scorcher. 40 degrees (that’s 104 degrees for my fellow Yanks.) In any unit of measurement, it’s going to be HOT. And so, I make an offer to you, my goat...
The Surprising Way to Get More Done In Four Hours Than You Have In Years
A few weeks ago, a client asked me, “How do you stay motivated?” The question confused me because I don’t think about motivation at all. I do what I love to do because I love it; I don’t need to “motivate” myself like a monkey who only works for bananas. But I wasn’t...
How a $7K Leap Changed My Business Forever
It was the year 2010. Taio Cruz’s Dynamite was packing the dance floor at the weddings I DJ’d with my husband. We were running a thriving wedding DJ business, grossing over $100k each year. Our couples loved us and there was room to grow. Except I didn’t want to. I...
The Real Reason You’re Not Charging More and How to Change That
In this week’s Spark & Strategize meeting, we dove into our June theme: Play and Get Paid. And surprise, surprise…the topic of getting paid was a shit disturber. Here’s what people said: “I really can’t charge for that.” “Maybe they can’t afford it... I have no...
The Best Niching Advice the Business Experts Won’t Tell You
You don’t have to go far in the world of business advice before you come across this gem: Niche your business. The idea being this: be specific about who you help and the transformation you provide with your services. This makes it easier for you to stand out from the...
Why Play Is the Secret to Business Success
I’m NOT a business coach. I’m a connoisseur of creative dreamers. A community conductor of misfits, rebels and changemakers who are birthing “impossible” projects that change the world. I am the most inappropriately joyful coach and catalyst for dreamers (and...
How to Find Your Hidden Strengths with the Golden Shadow
Today’s playful exercise: Make a list of 10 competitors in your field and what you admire about them. Instead of competitors, I’ll call them nichemates (a term borrowed from Authentic Business Coach, George Kao.) Here’s what I admire about ten of my nichemates, whose...
How to Overcome Analysis Paralysis and Create Clients Through Connection
Creating clients through connection is simple and anyone can do it. Have a conversation. Listen. Serve. But when you’re sitting in front of your laptop with a blank screen and a spinning mind, you might wonder: Where do I start? What does “connecting” actually mean?...
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