After dropping my kids off at school one morning, a thought occurred to me: you’re never in too deep. If it was too deep, you’d be drowning. And realistically, most of us aren’t literally drowning. We may feel like it, but, let’s face it: we can be pretty good at drama. And since we’re talking…
Tomorrow morning, I hop on a plane to head back home after a few amazing, full, and paradigm-shifting days. I’ve been in Nashville for the past few days, attending Jeff Goins’ inaugural session of Tribe Intensive, an amazing marketing workshop, as well as hosting a mastermind-style intensive of my own. Because I’m tired, I’m keeping…
I’m delighted to be joining some of my favorite blogging friends to offer a Day Designer through this great fall giveaway! To enter, just follow the directions below! The giveaway runs through October 13th! Your hosts for the giveaway are: Whitney English, Shay of Mix and Match Mama, Megan of Honey We’re Home and Heart…
Seth Godin once said in an interview, “Books are like souvenirs of ideas.” As I sit here, befuddled about what my fingers should talk about next, I look around the room, and sure enough, my eyes don’t land on books. They land on ideas. The current idea floating around in my mind has something…
I know I’ve been quiet lately, but the silence on this blog stems from a pile of amazing people and projects I’ve been able to work on. I’d love to be better about documenting these adventures as they occur, but in the grind of daily minutia, the details don’t seem to matter. The tiny steps…
Terri Roberts told her story from the platform at the small church where I grew up. She told the story of how her son had become a perpetrator. Perpetrator—the word for a man or woman who commits a horrific crime against another person. The crime her son had committed was shooting ten Amish school girls….
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, restless and unsettled? Have you ever felt called to action, but you’re just not sure in what direction? Have you ever seen injustice, and wished your pointer finger was a magic wand, because you know you’re supposed to do SOMETHING? I think we all…
Big progress. Little progress. Old progress. New progress. Short progress. Long progress. High progress. Low progress. Bad progress, good progress. Fat progress, skinny progress. Pretty progress, ugly progress. Perfect progress, flawed progress. It doesn’t matter what kind of progress you’re making. The amazing thing about progress is that it all counts. What doesn’t count: Stationary….
Welcome, ye who hail from Huffington Post Small Business. I wish I was writing with exuberance, but I’m a little deflated at the moment, I’ll admit. We’re kindred spirits, though, you and I, so I can admit that. Small business owners gotta stick together, right? I just returned from my monthly “Posse” meeting. It’s a…
