You know that feeling: Your thoughts are flying at 90 miles per hour. It’s new business ideas, it’s deliverables, it’s remember-to-text-your-friend-tomorrow-it’s-her-birthday. It’s mental hyperventilation. The thoughts are going so fast you can barely complete one before the next comes zooming along. When you’re an entrepreneur, the professional is very personal. You’re pouring everything you have…
Welcome to Shop Talk! While we love providing you with jam-packed, actionable posts, we also wanted to share quick, thought-provoking snippets here and there — from our brains to yours. We once had a coaching client blurt out “I want to run away” mid-session. We could have laughed and kept pressing her about her to-do…
The comparison trap is a universal one. You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn’t fallen down the slippery slope and had a moment (or two) of jealousy from coveting someone else’s career success. And let’s face it — no matter what career stage you’re in, there will come a time where comparison will…
No matter how much our digitally-savvy hearts love online organizational tools like Google Calendar, Evernote, Asana, and more, there’s one thing a lot of one woman shops can agree going analog on: planners. There’s something so incredibly satisfying about setting your planner up for the week, the month, and the year. Something to be said…
Welcome to Shop Talk! While we love providing you with jam-packed, actionable posts, we also wanted to share quick, thought-provoking snippets here and there — from our brains to yours. So, here’s a fun fact: The Google Doc for this Shop Talk idea was started in February — and all it had in it was…
Let’s not beat around the bush: There seems to be a myth amongst One Woman Shops that it’s shameful to take on part-time or full-time work for someone else when they’re working to build their solo business. The feelings that come up: shame; embarrassment; failure. After all, how can you call yourself a business owner…
