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There are two stages that every business owner goes through and they arrive in no particular order. The defining stage happens over the course of months or years while we figure out how to sell our product or service. We play with words, colors, and images to reflect the who, what, and why of what…

You can make all the assumptions you want about how others succeed and therefore how you can, too. You know you do. Ever thought about how few of them are true? We both know what happens when you make assumptions. Problem is, you don’t notice you’re collecting those mental dustbunnies even as they turn into…

Talk about tech hurdles. Did you know that Coca-Cola sold their soda at five cents a bottle for seventy years? Not 7, not 17…70 years. Between 1890 and 1959 there were three wars, the Great Depression, inflation…and they never raised the price. They’re a company invested in making money, as you well know. Except that…

Are you explaining your pricing to people? Years ago, I was really bad at this part. The part about educating people on my pricing. Whenever someone wanted to hire me for a coaching or speaking engagement and asked why I charged what I charged, I’d launch into a lengthy explanation. I’d talk about my experience,…

Can you imagine your life’s work being credited to someone else? Nannette Streicher was one of the finest piano builders in Europe. Over 250 years ago, she built them for her good friend Ludwig van Beethoven. Nannette ran the business. She employed her husband to handle the sales and bookkeeping. Why, you’re surely wondering, haven’t you…

In 2011, I gave a TEDx talk and spent a third of it sharing my enthusiasm for multitasking. “We’re expert multitaskers,” I argued. Doing 37 things at once isn’t a choice busy people get to make which is why we’re so good at it. “I multitask, therefore I am,“ I proclaimed. The 28,000 views on…

What measuring stick do you use to figure out how successful you are? You might be regularly staring at the competition hoping to be just like them one day. You might be like my friend Brendan whose Google Sheets obsession drives him to keep daily tabs on his profit and loss progress. You might be…

Welcome to Sweating Through The Insights! I’m beyond thrilled that you’re here. This brand-spanking new newsletter has been hand-crafted just for you. It’s a smorgasbord of guidance, concerns, and insights for you to take to heart or to take with a grain of salt. After I recently sold my third business, The Founding Moms, I…

What’s in this episode: It’s time to say goodbye to the Why Are We Shouting? podcast. This is our last moment together after over 3 years of shouting into your earholes. Why is this the last Why Are We Shouting? episode? You’ll have to tune in for the full story. But the TL:DR of it?…