Entrepreneur Mindset #3: Finding a Redemptive Perspective
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Entrepreneur Mindset #3: Finding a Redemptive Perspective

Yesterday, I had “my worst day”. I mean, not my literal “worst day”, because I totally see that worse could easily happen. And the day wasn’t as bad as the day I realized my business would have to file bankruptcy or as bad as the day I couldn’t make payroll, or as bad as the…

A Story About A Girl Who Got Fired For Being Called Fat

It started on a group text. Those things are never good, friends. You forget who’s on them, and if you’re the type of person who occasionally says unkind things about others, you’re likely to find yourself in a sticky situation at times. Lesson #1 here: Only be kind, for ever and always. Be kind in…

Being Brave
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Being Brave

  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…

The Voices of Fear

Sometimes he’s annoying and loud, booming out across the room, “Ha-ha! You can’t do this! Remember that you stink at the whole accounting/communication/focus thing?” To which Courage, and a few good friends, whisper in reply: “Why not you?” Sometimes Fear is less loud, but still just as tickled. “Hoo-hoo! This’ll be fun! Can’t wait to…

On Failure

Seth Godin’s short, and, as always, brilliant blog post yesterday was something I had to read twice. The first two sentences read: “But what if I fail?” You will. When I read that on his blog, it echoed in my head: you will, you will, YOU WILL. If only because you can’t win every single…

Limitations & Courage

The older I get,  the more my limitations surprise me. You know that phrase, “You can be anything, but not everything”? Every time I read that mantra, I find myself inwardly rebelling. “WHAT??!?!?” screams my determined dreamer mindset. “Who says?” (That’s the playground throw-down talk coming out.) This quickly escalates to “NOOOOO!!!!” (Tantrum.) Followed by…