Winter Action Tip #4 (Part 2): Pruning & Trimming

Time for pruning and trimming… Remember my pole saw from last week? Good thing I have power tools! I cut down the dead branches closest to my house a couple of weeks ago, just in time for the 2 tornado warnings last week. I didn’t actually see a cyclone, but the winds did get up…

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Winter Action Tip #4: Cutting Out Bad Business

We’re in the final month of winter. And our final winter action items ignite my deepest resistance. Cutting out the bad, and letting go of the good. I’ve started cutting, pruning, and trimming in my garden. Cutting feels easy. Take out the dead, diseased, and dangerous. Like that dead limb hanging over my shed. No…

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Connecting the dots for yourself with Rest

Rest isn’t a dirty word! Do you ever look back on childhood and sigh, “if only I had known how great that was”? I think that every time my little nephew takes a nap. And then, sometimes, I think, “wait, I’m an adult. I’m in charge of me!” So I just take one with him.…

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Winter Tip #3 – Building Connection

It is all about building connection! “um, I’m gonna need some context here…” That was a recent text from my brother-in-law. I sent my sister and brother-in-law a text last week. It was the code to unlock my phone. “in case I go missing,” my text read. Now my brother-in-law knows I have a true…

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Inspiration from the Inside Out

Read about unexpected benefits of reusing content below or Listen right here 👇   You know I’ve really been cozying up to winter over the past few weeks. And last week, I talked about reusing old content. Kindergarten me dreamed of being a preacher growing up. And grown up me, is practicing what I’m preaching.…

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The Magic of Building a Business

Ready to build a business that allows you to do more life? I’ve been feeling a little antsy. I ordered living room furniture for my new house back in July. And it still hasn’t arrived. I found out a couple of weeks ago, it might never arrive. The company is going through a purchase of assets, and…

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Embracing Winter: The Season for Assessing and Planning

Tennessee River Valley view from hike

Let me tell you why winter is the perfect time for assessing your business and planning for the future… When I was younger, winter was my least favorite season. It was Bare. Boring. Sad. Lonely. Dark. Still. And cold. You might understand my disdain for the season since I’m a 7 on the enneagram (an…

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Marketing Budget Formula for Small Biz

I watched Maverick a few weeks ago. By the end of it I was convinced of two things. 1. I need Jennifer Connelly’s anti-aging routine. 2. Maverick is the ONLY guy who knows how to feel his way to the fastest flying times in the worst conditions. Everyone else has to see him do it…

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Getting The Right Marketing Message To Your People

Are you reaching the right people with your marketing message?  Let me set the scene… You walk into a stuffy, overheated elevator in a bustling downtown building. Although there is another rider in the elevator, you push the button to the 14th floor and face forward minding your own business. As the elevator rises and…

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