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Good Fortunes
You crack open a cookie and the fortune is good. We like that, right? What if the paper were blank? Would you write a good forecast for yourself? Would you let your saboteur predict gloom and doom? Clarifying your own good fortune is more than setting resolutions that...
Telltale Signs
Sailors watch the wind. It’s invisible, of course, so they watch the water. By seeing the ripples, feeling their skin, listening to the air, the unseen is made apparent. Isn’t it the same when sailing your creative business? We need to see the unseen by looking for...
Anchoring Growth
What anchors you? When it comes to growing your creative entrepreneur-ship, it’s important to prepare. What will steady the voyage through times of change? People, processes and controls. In a recent MOOC (massive online open course) I completed about growing a small...
New Twist
I think we agree. The creative path is not linear. It folds, turns, and spirals around in ways we cannot see. Then why do we look for those linear connections? How come we get hooked on cause-effect thinking? We do marketing “Action A” and expect “Business B” to come...
Triple Down
How is going fishing good for creative entrepreneurs? Brain research now shows that downtime activities support creativity. You know that, right? Get stuck on a project, and you might take a walk to clear your mind. Set out in a boat on a quiet lake, even better. The...
Self Service
“May I help you?” is the wrong question. At my first job at a department store years ago, I was taught to greet customers differently. Now I think I understand why. There’s a part in all of us that doesn’t want help. According to the inner saboteur, the knee-jerk...
Seeing Cycles
What have you noticed about the rhythm of your own creative energy? As creative entrepreneurs, we seem to have lots of choice about when we do what. So, how do we learn best to honor cycles and timing of our creative efforts? Unfortunately, there is no unique calendar...
Approval Stamp
In business we are attentive to our customers, of course. We care about them and do our best to stand in their shoes, to see their point of view. We aim to satisfy. And when clients choose and experience our products and services, we listen to their feedback. Before...
Braking Glad
My car has been teaching me to slow down. Maybe not exactly the winning tortoise yet, but at least like the hare with new brakes. It started going wacko last week. The map-reading light would go on all by itself. The warning chimes would sound for no apparent reason...
Worry Whirl
Nothing thwarts our creative efforts better than a bad habit. Some habits are inherited. We come by them innocently and then they stick. Is worry one of yours? I come from a long line of worriers. I’ve learned from some of the best. Yes, it may give a busy mind...
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