The end of the year always brings the self-development crews out en masse to help us choose our annual words, phrases, visions, plans and goals. As a self-development nerd and Virgo, I love all of it. And yet, it can feel really overwhelming to make so many choices at a time when the weather and social patterns slow us down. I look at the world through a Body of Work perspective, so for each … [Read more...]
Is your leadership growing with your business?
I always take pause when asked in interviews (now hundreds of times) "What skills are most important for being a successful entrepreneur?" Perseverance? Analysis? Negotiation? Sales? Finance? My answer is usually some version of "All of them" and "It depends." The skills required for you to be successful in business have a very tangible side to them - all businesses require operational … [Read more...]
When you and your business want different things
One of the big benefits of the Internet entrepreneur revolution these past 15 years is that we have so much more control over how to design a business. No longer relegated to cramming ourselves in uncomfortable blue suits to eat rubber chicken lunches in dim hotel rooms with coffee stained carpets, we can do business and build businesses where and how we want to. Working while camping out of a … [Read more...]