I believe, and know, that we can be paid well and still run a business that is slow and gentle, that leaves room for our personal lives, our humanness and anything else that is important to us. This blogpost is all about the need to talk more about money in slow business.
Category: money
How this money story affected my business (and how it’s changed)
In this post, I’ll share this money story with you and how I’ve been challenging it in my business and private life. I also invite you to explore some of your own money stories and begin to approach your ideas about money from a place of trust rather than fear or scarcity.
The nuts and bolts of setting financial goals in your business
In this post, I’ll share with you how I set financial goals in my business in the past, and how I’ve done this differently this year (and why this feels so much better).
a different take on to-do lists
How do you feel about your to-do list? If I’ve learned anything about to-do lists over the past couple of years it’s that people’s relationship with them is complicated. In this post, I want to share the project list as an alternative to the to-do list. As I’ll explain, project lists are much more do-able…… Continue reading a different take on to-do lists
how to keep going when business is slow
I often speak to small business owners about how unpredictable running your own business is. You put in all the work, do all the “required” things, do the marketing, perfect your sales pages–and nothing happens. Or, you’re not working in any special way on your marketing or doing anything different, and get a flurry of…… Continue reading how to keep going when business is slow
how I decided on prices that feel good in my business
Over the past months I’ve been thinking a lot about pricing and money in general. I’ve been planning to decrease from my part-time job, worked on setting up a designated business buffer, and have been researching what I need and want to make in more detail. In this blogpost I explore how I decided on…… Continue reading how I decided on prices that feel good in my business
How to trust yourself as a business owner (and human)
As a business owner, you get to set the rules. Hurrah, freedom! But, after a lifetime of being told what to do and when to do it at school and work, figuring out what your rules are going to be can be hard. In this post I share some strategies to learn to trust yourself…… Continue reading How to trust yourself as a business owner (and human)