Every year in September, I join Kelly McCausey’s Stretch Yourself Challenge. It’s a content marketing challenge that helps people reach new heights of both productivity AND satisfaction with their business presence.Every year, I learn more about myself and get better at choosing my goals. Last year, I had a bit of an epiphany about what […]
Business
Saying Yes to the Stretch
What scares you when it comes to growing your business? There are a LOT of things in building and growing an online business (or ANY business for that matter) that will seem big and scary and intimidating at first. Some people never progress beyond a certain point because of it. I often quote a coach […]
Stretching When It’s NOT Easy
This week was the official kick-off of the 10th anniversay of the Stretch Yourself Challenge – a content marketing challenge designed to help you stretch out of your comfort zone and do great big things with your content. I’ve done this challenge a few times in years past (at least twice, possibly three times, I […]
It’s NOT About Resolutions – It’s About Actions
[Email from Tuesday, January 8] This time of year stirs up lots of talk of change, of goals, and of course, of “resolutions.” I do it too. For one thing, new beginnings are attractive to all of us. We get to leave behind what’s not working and start fresh. IF we actually do that. I’m […]
Freestyle Friday [Week-at-a-Glance]
(Freestyle Friday from January 4) Welcome to your first Freestyle Friday email of 2019. This is your week-at-a-glance summary of everything that’s been going on throughout the week. Let’s Rock 2019 Together! As I’ve been mentioning for the last few weeks, my holiday chaos extended past just the regular holiday dates. Yesterday I had to […]
How Can One Word Have Almost Opposite Meanings?
(Email from Thursday, January 3) What do you think of when you hear the word hack? As in business hacks, lifehacks, content hacks… To be honest, for me it’s one of those words I’ve never liked. I don’t know where my negative reaction to the word first came from, except that there ARE some none-too-pleasant connotations for the word hack. […]