A game you can’t lose: beyond the victim-creator dichotomy

A game you can’t lose: beyond the victim-creator dichotomy

It happens to all of us. Once in a while we get down. Thoughts that circumstances are going against us occur, and we believe them. Before long, we feel like victims of other people or of circumstances. And as if that weren’t enough, we often add insult to...
More than skin deep: Cultivating beauty in your business

More than skin deep: Cultivating beauty in your business

A few weeks ago one of the participants in the Profit Alchemy course shared this quote from William Morris: If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful....
Why moods don’t have to mess up your business

Why moods don’t have to mess up your business

Some years back I experienced epic premenstrual syndrome. Not only was I frequently sad, I was angry as hell. Some days it was all I could do to be even marginally civil. Shoot, many days I couldn’t even manage that. By the time I got my period, I was mentally...
Find the wisdom to grow your biz in a good feeling

Find the wisdom to grow your biz in a good feeling

When I look back over the years that I’ve been in business, I see that my best decisions have all been grounded in a good feeling. I’m not talking about feeling blissed out or jazzed or confident, though those things have sometimes accompanied the good...