Chasing perfection: woodworking for entrepreneurs

Chasing perfection: woodworking for entrepreneurs

Hobbies are essential for entrepreneurs. I’m not talking about quasi hobbies that are actually the pursuit of skills applicable to your business. The best types of hobbies for entrepreneurs – especially those of us whose work is cerebral, requiring long hours wedded...
Can you teach ambition?

Can you teach ambition?

This question – can you teach ambition? – stopped me in my tracks. Unsure of whether or not I’ve been trying to do just that, I paused, trying to think of how to respond. It was a pertinent question, put to me by a person to whom I was pitching my program Hustle &...
Your secret weapon in business that costs nothing

Your secret weapon in business that costs nothing

If you’re a one-(wo)man band in business, it’s easy to get disheartened by what you can’t do. No marketing department to outsource to, no chief financial officer to say “yay” or “nay” (and, better yet, show you how to make something work financially), and no customer...