I should know. I had a story of my own once. A story that I BELIEVED… about me being SO precious and SO pure-hearted and so COMMITTED as a wife and mom… SO different from other business owners… that I couldn’t POSSIBLY do all I needed to do to have a thriving business. No, no,
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This is a question I get asked repeatedly. Weekly, at least. And people will assume that I’m not like them, or they’re not like me … or they don’t “have” that certain magic whatever that would make MY pace possible for THEM. You know, at least not without massive burn out and exhaustion and adrenal
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  For a long time, I had a client based business… meaning I had private clients that I met with every week, week in, week out, ad nauseum. I strategized and coached AND wrote for them. And, for a long time, I loved them…. enjoyed them… and LOVED seeing them succeed. I found their work
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No, not a business plan. #uggg I’ve never had one, never needed one, and don’t recommend them… not in the traditional sense, anyway. I’m talking about a GENERAL IDEA of a plan. A recipe of sorts. Something a SMIDGE beyond just a list of ingredients or tools. Even the FAINTEST IDEA of how this business
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Two inconvenient facts you must know and accept in order to make THIS article the most profitable thing you’ve read all year: The more “commoditized” you are, the less money and freedom you will have. If you are a commodity, your market can find some thing comparable ANYWHERE and then haggle over price; and Your
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There are times when I fear I make this look TOO easy, when I regret not taking to Facebook to RANT over — for just one example — what happened 10 days ago, when I got 780+ texts, Facebook messages and emails in a span of about 4 hours. All “urgent.” lol… Sometimes I wonder
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